Breaking SUPREME COURT REAFFIRMS PUBLIC DOMAIN PROTECTION FOR DIGITAL LAWS
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Supreme Court of India 2016-12-02 partly_allowed

Gurpal Singh vs State of Punjab

Bench: 2 — Amitava Roy

In Brief

A man was convicted of murdering one person and attempting to murder others in a violent shooting incident that arose from a land dispute between brothers. The Supreme Court upheld the factual findings and guilt but moderated the conviction from murder to culpable homicide (involuntary killing), finding he acted in a reflexive fit of anger without clear intent to kill, though knowing fatal consequences were likely. The sentence was reduced to time served (12 years), and the appellant was ordered released immediately, balancing proportionate justice with the passage of time.

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