JAYENDRA SINGH Vs. STATE OF M.P.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) These appeals are directed against the judgment and order passed by the High Court of Judicature of Madhya Pradesh at Gwalior in Criminal Appeal No. 98 of 1999, dated 03.09.2007. By the impugned judgment and order, the High Court has confirmed the judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Datia in Sessions Trial No. 60 of 1997, dated 20.01.1999.

(2.) Being aggrieved by the judgment and order of the High Court, all the accused persons namely Veer Singh (A-1), Jayendra Singh (A- 3) and Kailash Singh (A-4), except one, Shyamlal (A-2), are before us in these Criminal Appeals. The aforementioned accused, Shyamlal, was before this Court in [SLP(Crl.) No....(CRLMP No. 5855 of 2008)] and his petition was dismissed vide order dated 07.04.2008. By virtue of the said order, we assume that A-2 must be undergoing the sentence and conviction upheld by this Court.

(3.) We have heard, Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, and other learned counsels appearing for the Appellants. We have also carefully perused the judgment and order passed by the High Court as well as by the Trial Court. We have delved into the evidence of the witnesses, in particular, PW-1, PW- 3, PW-4 and PW-5, who were the eye witnesses to the incident and have also looked into the post mortem report of the Medical Officer. In our view, neither the Trial Court nor the High Court has committed any error, irregularity or perversity while arriving at the conclusion that the Appellants are guilty of the offences under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("the Code" for short). In that view of the matter, we do not find any reasonable ground to interfere with the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeals.