Supreme Court of India

Shiv Ram and Anr. Etc. v. State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [1997] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 531
Bench M.M. Punchhi and S.P. Kurdukar JJ.
Decided 21 October 1997

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that Criminal Appea! Nos. 715-716of1997 filed by Sheo Ram (A-2) and Harish (A-4) as well as D Criminal appeal Nos. 717-720of1997 filed by Shyam Manohar (A-1), Suresh (A-13), Prakash (A-8) and Ravindra (A-5) are without any merit and they are consequently dismissed.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 : Section 149-Common object-Determination of-Brutal murder of -1 's brother whose head was severed prior to the mass murder in the instant case-Manner of assault and the mode of brutality in the present crime indicates that common object of the unlawful assembly was not only to commit murder of those who were suspected to have committed murder of - l's brother but also to commit mass murder to take revenge against their family members-Jn these circumstances the plea of some of the accused persons that they had nothing to do with the murders of -l's brother not

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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