Supreme Court of India

Niranjan Singh v. State of Punjab

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How to cite
Decided 26 April 1996

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the High Court was right in upholding the conviction of the appellant under Sections 120-B, 201 of the Indian Penal Code.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

JUDGMENT: J U M N T S.P. KURDUKAR, J. This Criminal Appeal is preferred by Niranjan Singh s/o Bhan Singh, the accused No. 3 challenging the legality and correctness of the judgment and order of conviction dated January 7, 1983 passed by Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh. 2. At the outset it may be stated that originally five accused persons were tried in Sessions Case No.16/81 for various offence punishable under Sections 120- , 148, 302 read with 149 and 201 IPC.

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