SAHUKAR AND ORS Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard Sri V.P. Srivastava, Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri S.S. Pandey, learned counsel for the appellants, Sri Syed Ali Murtaza and Sri Satish Pandey, learned Additional Government Advocate appearing for the State-respondent and perused the lower court record.

(2.) The instant criminal appeal, filed on behalf of the appellants, is directed against the judgment and orders dated 211.1983 passed by Sri Dharam Singh Ram, the then Additional Sessions Judge-VI, Mainpuri in Sessions Trial No. 83 of 1983 [State Vs. Sahukar and others] whereby the appellants, namely, Sahukar, Sadho Singh, Pratap Singh and Jagdish, have been convicted under Section 302/34 IPC and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment.

(3.) The facts which can be enumerated from the record may briefly be stated thus :