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PETITIONER: DALIP SINGH AND OTHERS
Vs.
RESPONDENT: STATE OF PUNJAB.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 15/05/1953
BENCH: BOSE, VIVIAN BENCH: BOSE, VIVIAN MAHAJAN, MEHR CHAND JAGANNADHADAS, B.
CITATION: 1953 AIR 364 1954 SCR 145 CITATOR INFO : R 1954 SC 204 (7) D 1954 SC 648 (8) D 1955 SC 762 (7) R 1955 SC 778 (15) RF 1956 SC 460 (9) R 1956 SC 469 (14) F 1958 SC 993 (11) F 1960 SC 289 (18) D 1960 SC 673 (6) RF 1961 SC1787 (11) R 1963 SC 174 (10) R 1965 SC 202 (20) RF 1968 SC1464 (3) R 1972 SC 254 (4) F 1974 SC 276 (11) F 1974 SC 323 (5,9) RF 1975 SC1917 (14) R 1976 SC1084 (12) R 1976 SC2207 (51) F 1977 SC 472 (13) F 1991 SC 318 (13)
ACT: Indian Penal Code (XLV of 1860), ss. 149,302-Conviction under s. 149-Conviction of less than five persons-When proper-Sentence for transportation-Enhancement to sentence of death, on appeal-Interference with discretion of trial judge-Propriety-Evidence-Relationship of witness to deceased.
HEADNOTE: Before s. 149 of the Indian Penal Code can be applied, the court must find with certainty that there were at least live persons sharing the common object. This does not, however, mean that five persons must always be convi...