SURYA PRASAD VERMA Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BOTH the aforesaid criminal appeals as well as the criminal reference arise out of the same judgment dated 15.2.2000 passed by Sri Daya Ram, the learned Xth Additional Sessions Judge, Sitapur convicting the accused Surya Prasad Verma for the offence punishable under Section 302, I.P.C., awarding death sentence to the accused appellant Surya Prasad Verma. Hence all these three matters are being dealt with by a common judgment.

(2.) FEELING aggrieved by the aforesaid judgment passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, the accused appellant has preferred both these appeals and a reference has been made for confirming the capital sentence of the accused appellant Surya Prasad Verma.

(3.) WE have heard the learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record.