Supreme Court of India · 2003-08-01
Gurdev Singh And Anr. vs State Of Punjab [Alongwith Criminal ...
- Citation / case number
- AIR2003SC4187
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Gurdev Singh And Anr.
- Respondent
- State Of Punjab [Alongwith Criminal ...
- Author
- K.G. Balakrishnan
- Bench
- K.G. Balakrishnan, B.N. Srikrishna
Judgment text excerpt
The appellants were convicted and sentenced to death 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 case involves a challenge to the High Court's confirmation of the death sentence. The Court examined the evidence regarding the common object of the assembly and the individual roles of the accused in the mass killing.