Darshan Singh and Bakhtawar Singh were initially acquitted by the Sessions Court in Ludhiana. The acquittal was subsequently overturned by the Punjab & Haryana High Court in Chandigarh. Darshan Singh ... and Bakhtawar Singh then appealed to the current court, where Bakhtawar Singh's appeal abated following his death. The appeal focused on examining the right of private defense and scrutinized the High Court’s reversal of the acquittal, noting that the High Court had made errors in its conclusions and failed to provide sufficient justification for overturning the trial court's acquittal.