JAI SINGH Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This criminal appeal is directed against the judgment and order of Vth Additional District and Sessions Judge, Etawah dated 28.02.1987 passed in Sessions Trial No. 206 of 1986. The accused appellants Jai Singh and Moti Lal have been convicted of an offence under Section 147 IPC, for which they have been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year, and for an offence under Section 302 IPC, for which they have been sentenced to undergo life imprisonment and to pay fine of Rs. 5,000/- each as also for an offence under Section 201 IPC to undergo rigorous imprisonment of 5 years and fine of Rs. 5,00/- each and lastly for the offence under Section 342 for which they have been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment of one year. All the sentences have been directed to run concurrently.

(2.) We may also record that appellant Moti Lal was reported to have expired and accordingly his appeal was abated under order dated 26.08.2014. Therefore, for all practical purposes the appeal of Jai Singh only survives.

(3.) The prosecution story as reflected from the records is as follows:-