STATE OF U P Vs. MAHESH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) FIVE persons namely, Mahesh, Manna, Virendra, Parashu Ram and Shankar were tired in Sessions Trial No. 262 of 1976 before the II Additional Sessions Judge, Deoria and they came to be acquitted. The charges against Mahesh, Virendra, Parashu Ram and Shankar were of Sections 147 and 307 read with Section 149 I.P.C. where accused respondent Manna was charged under Sections 148 and 307 I.P.C. simpliciter. The incident took place on 19 -8 - 1974 at about 8.30 p.m. near Amar Jyoti Crossing, Police Station Kotwali, District Deoria and the F.I.R. was lodged the same night at 9.30 p.m. by Dharamraj Singh, (PW 6) an eye -witness. Mahesh, Manna and Virendra accused respondents are real brothers being sons of Radha Kishan, Parashu Ram and Shankar are also real brothers being sons of Raghubir, Dharam Raj Singh and Ramagya sustained injuries in the incident.

(2.) PARASHU Ram died during the pendency of the appeal and the same abated respecting him on 28 -2 -2005.

(3.) ON the fateful day at about 8.30 p.m., the informant, Ramagya Chauhan, Ram Chhabila Mishra, Pradyumn Tiwari, Ramayan Shukla, Ram Lal Khatik and others were conversing near the crossing of Amar Jyoti Talkies where there was electric light. Some were taking betel leaves at the shop of Puranmasi. At that very time, the accused Parashu Ram and Mahesh were also taking betel leaves at that shop. They asked the shopkeeper to give betel leaves to them first. The informant told that they would take the betel leaves first. Parashu Ram and Mahesh thundered on the informant that he was meddling in all the matters posing to be a big 'Neta' (leader) and they would see to it that his Netagiri (leadership) was put to an end. The informant objected to it, saying that they were unnecessarily raising their tone. Mahesh retorted angrily and exhorted the accused Manna, Virendra and Shanker calling by their names. Mahesh and Parashu Ram rushed towards the informant to assault him. He tried to save himself. By that time, Manna, Virendra and Shanker also leapt up surrounding the informant and started assaulting him with kicks and fists. When the companions of the informant came to his rescue and tried to save him, Mahesh and Parashu Ram instigated their companions to kill the informant by means of a knife. Then the accused Manna assaulted the informant on his neck by means of Gupti (a sharp edged weapon) but the informant warded off the blow by his left hand. Then the accused Manna attacked him by Gupti second time and injured him at two places on his left hand. When the accused Manna attacked the informant third time, the latter turned his neck and the Gupti blow landed on his back just below the neck. When the witness Ramagya tried to save the informant, the accused Manna attacked him too by Gupti and he was also injured thereby. In the meantime, constables Ram Sanware Rai, Chandrika Tiwari and Vijay Prakash Tiwari also reached the scene of occurrence. They saw the informant and Ramagya being injured by the accused Manna and they also saved the life of the informant. Out of the assailants, Mahesh was arrested at the spot with the help of th companions of the informant and members of the public. The rest of them fled away. Both the injured bled profusely because of the injuries sustained by them.