Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
---|---|
e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | 395 I860: ss.364A 47I 4I2 I20B- Conspiracy and abduction for Penal Code |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | Penal Code, I860: ss.364A, 395, 4I2, 47I, I20B- Conspiracy and abduction for ransom and detaining victim under threat to cause death or hurt - Conviction by courts below - Challenged - Held: Evidence of victim as a whole was truthful - His elaborate testimony not only projected the stage-wise developments following his abduction till his release, the same remained unshaken substantially even by his cross-examination - Evidence adduced vis-a-vis the stage-wise recovery of the currency notes, fire-arms, the Honda City car etc. from the successive disclosures made by the accused persons also established their complicity in the offence - Apart from the fact that there was nothing convincing on record to even infer any false implication of the accused persons, the mere omission on the part of the victim to mention at the first instance the name of appellant, having regard to the charge of conspiracy and the concerted steps, to actualise the same was of no fatal bearing on the prosecution case, more particularly he having named/identified him at the trial as one of the perpetrators of the offence - In this perspective, the omission on the part of the investigating agency to hold the TIP is not fatal, in the facts and circumstances of the case - In the face of overall evidence on record, the purported deficiencies do not at all detract from the veracity of the prosecution case - Having regard to the proved facts, the prosecution was able to prove the charges levelled against the appellants - No interference with the conviction order called for.s. I 20-B - Conspiracy - Elements of - Held: Conspiracy requires an act i.e. actus reus and an accompanying mental state i.e. mens rea - Whereas the agreement constitutes the act, the intention to achieve the unlawful objectives of the agreement comprises the required mental state - Qua a charge of conspiracy, it is not necessary that all the conspirators should know eachand every detail of the plot so long as they are co-participators in A the main object thereof and it is also not necessary that all of them should participate from the inception of the stratagem till the end, the determinative factor, being unity of object or purpose and their participation at different stages. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Amitava Roy |
Neutral Citation | 2016 INSC 1045 |
Petitioner | Harpal Singh @ Chhota |
Respondent | State Of Punjab |
SCR | [2016] 8 S.C.R. 334 |
Judgement Date | 2016-11-21 |
Case Number | 2539 |
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources which is not just a repository with search/browse facilities but provides a host of services for the learner community. It is sponsored and mentored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find the right resource with least effort and in minimum time. NDLI provides user group-specific services such as Examination Preparatory for School and College students and job aspirants. Services for Researchers and general learners are also provided. NDLI is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for 10 most widely used Indian languages. It is built to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is designed to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. It is developed, operated and maintained from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Learn more about this project from here.
NDLI is a conglomeration of freely available or institutionally contributed or donated or publisher managed contents. Almost all these contents are hosted and accessed from respective sources. The responsibility for authenticity, relevance, completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability of these contents rests with the respective organization and NDLI has no responsibility or liability for these. Every effort is made to keep the NDLI portal up and running smoothly unless there are some unavoidable technical issues.
Ministry of Education, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), has sponsored and funded the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project.
Sl. | Authority | Responsibilities | Communication Details |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education |
Sanctioning Authority | https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives |
2 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project | https://www.iitkgp.ac.in |
3 | National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project | Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in |
4 | Project PI / Joint PI | Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project |
Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon |
5 | Website/Portal (Helpdesk) | Queries regarding NDLI and its services | support@ndl.gov.in |
6 | Contents and Copyright Issues | Queries related to content curation and copyright issues | content@ndl.gov.in |
7 | National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club) | Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach | clubsupport@ndl.gov.in |
8 | Digital Preservation Centre (DPC) | Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books | dpc@ndl.gov.in |
9 | IDR Setup or Support | Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops | idr@ndl.gov.in |