Breaking Supreme Court Legal Update
New Delhi · Thursday, 06 August 2026 9888666310 | [email protected]
Free Law — free judgments and free headnotes Free Lawby De Jure
Supreme Court of India 2019-07-31 dismissed

Sahib Singh vs State of Punjab

Bench: 2 — A.S. Bopanna

In Brief

Sahib Singh appealed his conviction under IPC Section 326 (causing grievous hurt), arguing he was not named in the original FIR. The High Court had upheld the Trial Court's conviction based on evidence that he possessed a kirpan (dagger) and attacked the deceased. The Supreme Court held that despite the absence from the initial FIR, credible evidence from injured eyewitnesses (Jagir Singh and Bachan Singh) who identified the appellant and his weapon established his guilt. The concurrent findings of both lower courts were deemed reasonable, and the appeal was dismissed."

The lawyer headnote and full judgment text are available to registered users.

Criminal Law Evidence Appellate Review Eyewitness Testimony

Read the full judgment & headnote. It's free.

Register to read the complete Supreme Court judgment text and the headnote, and to search 1 lakh+ Supreme Court judgments by meaning. It is a free service.

Register Free Login