Supreme Court of India · 2013-09-20
BALDEV SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB
- Citation / case number
- SC 2005/14239
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- BALDEV SINGH
- Respondent
- STATE OF PUNJAB
- Author
- GYAN SUDHA MISRA A.K. PATNAIK
- Bench
- GYAN SUDHA MISRA A.K. PATNAIK
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Baldev Singh and Balwinder Singh under Sections 120-B, 148, 452, 364, 365, 302 read with Section 120-B and 201 IPC, affirming the High Court's judgment. The Court emphasized that the prosecution established the illegal detention and subsequent murder of the victims, corroborated by multiple eyewitnesses. The Court held that the evidence presented was sufficient to sustain the conviction, rejecting the appellants' claims of innocence.