RAGHURAJ SINGH Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE appellant Raghuraj Singh has been convicted under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to imprisonment for life for having committed the murder of ones Raj Kumar Singh on 4-6-1972 at about 8 A. M. in Alawal Khera, a hamlet of village Domanpur, which lies within the jurisdiction of P. S. Man- rajpur in the District of Kanpur.

(2.) THE first information report of the incident was lodged by Surajpal Singh in the aforesaid Police Station at 10.13 A. M. THE distance between the place of occurrence and the Police Station is 10 miles.

(3.) THE post-mortem examination of the body of Raj Kumar Singh was held on 5-6-1972 at 12.40 P.M. by Dr. J. S. Lakhera, Medical Officer, U. P. ML Hospital, Kanpur. He found the following ante-mortem injuries on the body of the deceased :- Gunshot wounds eleven in number, in an area of 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" on the right side front of the neck just above the middle of the right clavicle, varying from 1/3" x 1/10" to 1/5" x 1/10" size x muscle deep, about 1/2" to 1/3" apart from each other. Irregular margins- wounds of entry. THE skin surrounding the wounds was blackened and scorched In the opinion of the doctor, the death was due to shock and haemorrhage as a result of the gunshot injuries described in the post-mortem report and from the statement of Dr. Lakhera it is established that the death of the deceased was due to the gunshot injuries which were sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death.