Supreme Court of India · 2003-08-01
Gurdev Singh & Anr vs State Of Punjab
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2003 SUPREME COURT 4187
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Gurdev Singh & Anr
- Respondent
- State Of Punjab
- Author
- K.G. Balakrishnan
- Bench
- K.G. Balakrishnan, B.N. Srikrishna
Judgment text excerpt
The appellants were convicted under Section 302 read with Section 149 of the IPC for their involvement in an unlawful assembly that caused the death of 17 persons. The Additional Sessions Judge and the High Court of Punjab and Haryana both sentenced the death penalty. The appellants have appealed to the Supreme Court of India challenging the convictions and the death sentences affirmed by the High Court.