Criminal Appeal Nos. 1551-1554 of 2008. Case: State of Uttar Pradesh Vs Narendra. Supreme Court (India)
| Case Number | Criminal Appeal Nos. 1551-1554 of 2008 |
| Judges | M. Yusuf Eqbal and Pinaki Chandra Ghose, JJ. |
| Issue | Arms Act - Section 25; Indian Penal Code (IPC) - Sections 120B, 148, 149, 302, 452 |
| Judgement Date | September 22, 2014 |
| Court | Supreme Court (India) |
Judgment:
M. Yusuf Eqbal, J.
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These appeals by special leave by the State are directed against the common judgment and order dated 27th May, 2005 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in Criminal Appeal Nos. 2181, 1997, 2027, 2129, 2936 and 2903 of 2004 and Criminal Reference No. 7 of 2004 (for confirmation of death sentence of accused Manoj, Sonu, Umesh, Tej Pal and Narendra), whereby appeals of accused Dinesh and Sheo Pal was allowed acquitting them of the charges and appeals of accused Manoj, Sonu, Umesh, Tej Pal and Narendra were partly allowed converting their death sentence to life imprisonment.
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The facts in brief leading to the filing of the present case are that one Pushplata alias Guddy (PW-1) lodged a report at Police station Deoband, Saharanpur that there was a dispute and enmity between her husband Dr. Rajveer Singh and brother-in-law Rajpal Singh with regard to a land and litigation which was pending in the Court. Due to said enmity, on 3.6.2001 at about 7.00 AM Manoj, Sonu alias Ajay, Umesh and Sunil armed with country made pistols and Tej Pal, brother in-law of Sonu, Narendra, son-in-law of Rajpal Singh armed with knives came to her house and killed her husband, sons Manish and Ashish and her brother Vinod with fire arms and knives. She stated that she along with her mother, brother Amit and several other persons witnessed the occurrence. Inspector Amrit Lal (PW-5) reached at the place of occurrence and instructed S.I. Azad Singh Chauhan (PW-6) to prepare the inquest memos. He prepared the site plan and recorded the statement of informant Pushplata, witnesses Amit Kumar, Anar Devi and Ram Singh (PW-2). He also collected the blood stained earth, plain earth, bed sheet, plain cement, empty cartridges and prepared the recovery memos. After conducting the postmortem of the deceased Rajbir, Manish, Ashish and Vinod on 3.6.2001, Dr. R.R. Gahlot (PW-3), Medical Officer, S.B.D. Government Hospital, Saharanpur opined that the death was caused by shock and haemorrhage as a result of ante mortem injuries. The investigating Officer after obtaining permission from District Magistrate, Saharanpur filed charge-sheet in the court Under Section 25 of Arms Act against the accused Manoj, Sonu@ Ajay and Umesh.
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The trial court framed charges Under Sections 148, 452, 302/149 and 302/120B against Manoj, Sonu, Umesh, Tejpal, Narendra, Rajpal, Dinesh and Shiv Pal. Accused Manoj, Sonu alias Ajay and Umesh were further charged...
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