Supreme Court of India · 2015-11-20
Raj Singh @ Raja vs State Of Haryana Tr.Sec.Ministy Of Home
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2016 SC (CRIMINAL) 80
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Raj Singh @ Raja
- Respondent
- State Of Haryana Tr.Sec.Ministy Of Home
- Author
- Prafulla C. Pant
- Bench
- Prafulla C. Pant, Dipak Misra
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Raj Singh @ Raja under Sections 148, 302, 307, 323 read with Section 149 IPC, affirming the High Court's decision which dismissed the appeal against the Sessions Court's judgment. The Court established that the presence of multiple accused armed with weapons and the resultant death of Rajesh constituted a clear case of unlawful assembly and murder under the IPC. The appeal was dismissed, maintaining the sentence imposed by the lower courts.