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Shamshul Kanwar v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [1995] 3 S.C.R. 1197
Bench M.M. Punchhi and K. Jayachandra Reddy JJ.
Decided 4 May 1995

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Indian Penal Code 1860: S.302 read with S.149--Faction fighting with 1 deadly weapons resulting in death of ten persons-All deceased belonging to -' prosecution party who had come to village for a burial-Held, accused party were the aggressors; shared common object of unlawful assembly to kill mem- c bers of the prosecuting party. Code of Criminal Procedure: Ss.235(2), 366-l>eath sentence-Faction fight invqlving atiack with rifles and deadly weapons resulting in death of ten persons-High Cowt confirming death sen:ence awarded to leader of accused p011y-Held: accused did not act in diabolical

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