CASE STUDY OF BACHAN SINGH VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB

AUTHOR – PRIYANSHI MISHRA, STUDENT AT CMR UNVIERSITY

BEST CITATION – PRIYANSHI MISHRA, CASE STUDY OF BACHAN SINGH VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (11) OF 2025, PG. 189-191, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344

CASE STUDY CITATIONS – 9 MAY,(1980)(AIR 1980 SC 898,1980 CriLJ 636,1982(1)SCALE 713,(1980)2SCC 684, 1983 1 SCR 145

Bench:Y Chandrachud,A Gupta,N Untwalia,P Bhagwati,R Sarkaria

Facts of the case– The appellant, Bachan Singh, was convicted of killing his wife and given a life sentence. After serving his prison sentence (i.e., after his release), he moved in with his cousin Hukam Singh and his family, but Hukam Singh’s wife and son objected to the appellant remaining there. A few days before to this occurrence, Vidya Bai saw the appellant hit her sister, Beeran Bai, in the face with an axe while she was startled by an alarm in the middle of the night. Vidya Bai was attacked in the face and ear with an axe as she attempted to stop the appellant, suffering severe injuries that caused her to fall unconscious. Diwan singh, a nearby sleeper, was alerted by the scream.