TAJU KHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) SINCE both these appeals challenge the judgment dated 7. 8. 2003 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track, Laxmangarh, District Alwar, these appeals are being decided by this common judgment.

(2.) THE discovery of the dead body of Sarfudeen, the alleged recovery of few articles from the appellants, their conviction for offence under Section 302/34 and 120-B of Indian penal Code (for short, `ipc') forms the background of this case.

(3.) ON the other hand, Mr. Suresh Dhanwal for Mr. Praveen Balwada, for the complainant, and Mr. B. N. Sandu, the learned Public Prosecutor for the State, have argued that Mr. Taiyab (PW. 4) is a reliable witness as he has clearly stated in his testimony that the deceased was last seen in the company of the appellants. Moreover, the recovery connects the appellants to the alleged crime and lastly all the circumstances narrated by the prosecution unerringly point to the guilt of the appellants.