RAMJI LAL Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) V. P. Mathur, J. The two appellants came up against the judgment and order passed by Mr. R. P. Jain, the then Sessions Judge of Etawah on 19-10-1978 while he was disposing of Sessions Trial No. A-81 of 1977 and who convicted both Ramji Lal and Jagdish on a charge under Section 396 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced each on of them to imprisonment for life.

(2.) THREE persons stood trial before the learned Judge. One Satta alias Satya Narain, who was not named in the first information report, was put up for identification and the identification evidence was furnished. On identifica tion evidence, the prosecution case was not accepted by the learned Judges who held that it did not warrant conviction of batta alias Satya Narain and hence Satta alias Satya Narain was acquitted.

(3.) THE defence was complete denial of the prosecution version and the two appellants gave out that they have been falsely implicated in this case because ranjish. THEy also admitted the fact that they were on bail in a murder case, when this occurrence took place and because some dispute between their Phoopha Chhoteylal Jatav and Bahadur Singh and Chander Singh, they have been falsely implicated in this case. Ext. Kha-2 was placed on the record to prove the fact of the lodging of the report under Section 506, I. P. C. by Chhoteylal Jatav as against four persons including Chander Singh and Bahadur Singh.