HARDEEP SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) A two-Judge Bench, Hardeep Singh v. State of Punjab, 2010 2 SCC(Cri) 355 of this Court has referred the following questions of law for consideration by a three-Judge Bench: (SCC p. 803, para 75)

(2.) We have heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties and perused the various judgments cited by them.

(3.) A three-Judge Bench of this Court in Dharam Pal v. State of Haryana, 2004 13 SCC 9doubted the correctness of the interpretation reached in Ranjit Singh v. State of Punjab,1998 7 SCC 14, and referred the matter to a larger Bench. In that case, this Court further observed that the law was correctly enunciated in Kishun Singh v. State of Bihar., 1993 2 SCC 16