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State of Punjab v. Gurnam @ Gama Etc.

Criminal Law – Administration of the criminal justice – Acquittal on technical grounds by the High Court

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
30 Jul 2025
Citation
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 2053
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2836/2025
Bench
Rajesh Bindal, Augustine George Masih

Issue for consideration

Issue arose to assail the correctness of the judgment of the High Court by which the criminal appeals filed by the respondents were allowed and the judgment of the Trial Court convicting the respondents was set aside relying upon the judgment of this Court in the case of Punjab, 2018 INSC 714.

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