Supreme Court of India · 2002-09-11
The State Of Haryana vs Sher Singh & Ors
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2002 SUPREME COURT 3223
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- The State Of Haryana
- Respondent
- Sher Singh & Ors
- Author
- P. Venkatarama Reddi
- Bench
- S. Rajendra Babu, P.Venkatarama Reddi
Judgment text excerpt
The State of Haryana challenged a Punjab & Haryana High Court judgment that acquitted nine respondents and modified the sentence of a tenth respondent. The case involves charges of murder (Section 302 IPC) and attempt to murder (Section 307 IPC) read with Section 149 IPC, arising from a violent clash in a field. The court examines the evidence in a matter involving inter-related parties from both the prosecution and the defense.