RAM SWARUP Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) R. P. Yadav, J. This Criminal Appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 19th October, 1981 passed by the VI Additional Sessions Judge, Aligarh in Sessions Trial No. 174 of 1980 convicting the appellants Ram Swarup, Yad Ram, Nawab Singh alias Nabba and Chheda Lal under Section 396 of the Indian Penal Code and sentencing each of them to undergo imprisonment for life.

(2.) DURING the pendency of this appeal, two appellants namely Ram Swarup and Chheda Lal died and their appeal has abated.

(3.) SHRI Vidya Ram, Balbir, Bhagwan Singh and Smt. Chameli were medically examined at District Hospital, Aligarh on 8th August, 1979 between 4 p. m. to 4. 35 p. m. and a number of injuries were found on their person. Some of them were caused by blunt object and some of them were as a result of the fire arms. Post-mortem on the dead body of Indar Singh and Dharam Singh was conducted by Dr. R. A. Singh on 9th August, 1979 at 3 p. m. and 5 p. m. respectively. In the opinion of the doctor, the death of the aforesaid both the deceased had taken place on account of anti- mortem injuries which were caused by fire arms. These reports are Ext. Ka-20 to Ka-24.