STATE OF U P Vs. RAM SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE present State Appeal has been filed against the judg ment and order dated 10-4-1980 passed by the IV Additional Sessions Judge, Hardoi acquitting the respondents from the char ges, under. Sections 147/148/323/201/ 302/149, IPC in Sessions Trial No. 293/1979.

(2.) THE respondents were prosecuted by the Police of Police Station Sursa, dis trict Hardoi under Sections 147/148/323/201/302/149, IPC in connection with an incident which had taken place on 22-4-1979 at about 10 a. m. within the local limits of village Jaluwa Kheda, Police Sta tion Sursa, district Hardoi, in which it is alleged that they committed the murder of Munna as well as Jai Chand.

(3.) THE prosecution, in support of its case, examined nine witnesses in all. Out of them PW 1 Smt. Mayawati and PW 4 Ganga Ram are the witnesses of fact. P W 2 Subhash Chandra was examined to prove that he was in the village in order to cut the crop and on the date of incident he was returning to his village and Jai Chand as well as Munna deceased had accompanied him to village Jaluwa Kheda. PW 3 Mani Lai Shukla stated that he brought the dead bodies to the mortuary for post-mortem examination. P W 5 Sita Ram Shukla, Head Moharrir proved the First Information report, chik report and other relevant en tries of the General Diary. PW6dr. J. K. Verma examined the injuries of PW 1 Smt. Mayawati and proved the injury report, Ext. Ka-4. P W 7 Jora Singh, S. O. Incharge, Police Station Sursa conducted investiga tion in the case and submitted charge-sheet against the accused persons. PW 8 Dr. A. K. Mehrotra conducted the post mortem examination on the dead bodies of the deceased and proved the post-mortem reports Ex. Ka-22 and Ka-23. PW 9 Raghuraj Singh, Clerk Constable, Police Lines, Hardoi proved the General Diary entries of the Police Lines.