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october 2008

Supreme Court of India · 2008-10-20

Palwinder Singh vs Balwinder Singh & Ors

Citation / case number
AIR 2009 SUPREME COURT 887
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
Palwinder Singh
Respondent
Balwinder Singh & Ors
Bench
Cyriac Joseph, S.B. Sinha

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court examined the legality of the High Court's order allowing the revision application of the accused, who were charged under Section 302 IPC for the murder of a dumb woman. The Court emphasized the importance of dying declarations, noting discrepancies between two declarations made by the deceased, which raised doubts about the identification of the accused. Ultimately, the Court upheld the Sessions Judge's refusal to discharge the accused, reinforcing that the prosecution had sufficient grounds to proceed with the trial under Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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