DIWANI RAM Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS appeal by way of special leave arises out of the following facts:

(2.) THE trial Court relying on the evidence of P.W. 1 Bachhu Das, the father of the deceased, P.W. 5 Budi Das who had allegedly seen the dead body being thrown into the Nandakani river by the three Appellants on the 13th June, 1989 and Jalmi Das P.W. 6 grandfather of the deceased who had given an application with regard to her having disappeared and duly corroborated by the evidence of P.W. 4, Dr. Vinod Kumar who had conducted the post mortem and opined that the death had been caused by a blunt weapon injury on the head and not by drowning (sic) convicted the Appellants for the offences for which they had been charged.

(3.) MR . Sunil Kumar Singh, the Learned Counsel for the Respondent - State has, however, supported the judgment of the Courts below.