Date: 17 March, 1976
Bench: P.N. Shingal, Ranjit Singh Sarkaria
FACTS
Maina Singh v. State of Rajasthan is a landmark case in Indian legal history. The case involved the murder of a person named Ram Sarup. The following are the facts of the case:
On 28 September 1969, Ram Sarup was murdered by a group of people.
The accused, Maina Singh, and four others were charged with the offenses of murder and criminal conspiracy.
The trial court convicted the accused and sentenced Maina Singh to death and the others to imprisonment for life.
The accused appealed to the High Court, which upheld the conviction and sentence.
The accused then appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court examined several issues related to criminal law and held that the accused were guilty of murder and criminal conspiracy.
The court held that the prosecution had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused had committed the offense of murder and criminal conspiracy.
The court also held that the sentence of death on Maina Singh was rightly imposed.
ISSUES
The issues of the case were whether Maina Singh was a member of an unlawful assembly and whether he had the intention to cause the death of Kishan Singh. The Supreme Court held that the prosecution had failed to prove both of these elements but that Maina Singh was guilty of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Kishan Singh by means of an instrument for shooting.
JUDGMENT
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction and sentence of the accused. The court held that the accused were guilty of murder and criminal conspiracy. The court held that the prosecution had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused had committed the offense of murder and criminal conspiracy. The court also held that the sentence of death on Maina Singh was rightly imposed.
The case had a lasting impact on the judiciary and the way it handles similar cases. In the case involved the murder of a person named Ram Sarup. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction and sentence of the accused and held that the sentence of death on Maina Singh was rightly imposed. The case had a lasting impact on the judiciary and the way it handles similar cases.
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