Supreme Court of India · 2003-08-08
Surinder Singh vs The State Of Punjab
- Citation / case number
- AIRONLINE 2003 SC 43
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Surinder Singh
- Respondent
- The State Of Punjab
- Author
- D. Raju
- Bench
- Doraiswamy Raju, H. K. Sema
Judgment text excerpt
The case involves an appeal against a conviction for murder under Section 302 read with Sections 34, 201, and 511 of the Indian Penal Code. The appellant and others were charged with the murder of Santokh Singh, while one accused remained a proclaimed offender. The trial court acquitted two of the accused due to lack of evidence, focusing the legal scrutiny on the remaining defendants.