Supreme Court of India · 2002-04-30
RAVINDER SINGH @ BITTU vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Citation / case number
- SC 2001/11718
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- RAVINDER SINGH @ BITTU
- Respondent
- STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Author
- Y.K. SABHARWAL U.C. BANERJEE
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL U.C. BANERJEE
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the convictions under Sections 3 and 4 of the TADA Act, Section 120 IPC, Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC, and Section 3 of the Explosives Substances Act, 1984, affirming the life sentences and fines imposed on Ravinder Singh @ Bittu. The Court found sufficient evidence of conspiracy and violent crimes including robbery and bomb blasts, resulting in multiple fatalities. The appeal was dismissed, confirming the lower court's findings and sentences, while acquitting co-accused Hardeep Singh and releasing the approver Kulvinder Singh.