Lakshman Prasad vs The State Of Bihar (Now Jharkhand) on 6 January, 2026
"17.In the above context, we may usefully refer to a recent decision of
a three-Judge Bench of this Court in Gurmeet Singh v. State of Punjab
[Gurmeet Singh v. State of Punjab, (2021) 6 SCC 108 : (2021) 2 SCC
(Cri) 771] that has restated (at SCC pp. 111-12, para 9) the detailed
guidelines that have been laid down in Satbir Singh v. State of
Haryana [Satbir Singh v. State of Haryana, (2021) 6 SCC 1 : (2021) 2
SCC (Cri) 745] , both authored by N.V. Ramana, C.J. relating to trial
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under Section 304-BIPC where the law on Section 304-BIPC
and Section 113-B of the Evidence Act has been pithily summarised in
the following words : (Satbir Singh case [Satbir Singh v. State of
Haryana, (2021) 6 SCC 1 : (2021) 2 SCC (Cri) 745] , SCC p. 13, para