HANS RAJ Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This criminal appeal is preferred against the judgment and order dated 9.9.1991 passed by Ist Additional Sessions Judge, Azamgarh in S.T. No. 344 of 1987 (State Vs. Hansraj and Others) convicting the appellants under Sections 302/34 I.P.C. and sentencing each of them to life along with anciliary conviction / sentences.

(2.) The trial court charged all the accused persons under Sections 302/34 and 342 I.P.C. They denied the charges and claimed to be tried.

(3.) The prosecution in order to establish its case examined four witnesses i.e. PW-1 / Babu Ram Yadav (uncle of the deceased), PW-2 / Ram Pher (relative of the deceased), both eye-witnesses. PW-3 conducted the autopsy of the deceased and PW-4 is the Investigating Officer.