Supreme Court of India

Daya Ram & Ors. v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2015] 9 S.C.R. 1141
Bench Prafulla C. Pant and Amitava Roy JJ.
Decided 2 July 2015

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that in the face of clinching evidence on record, establishing the culpability of the appellants, their conviction and sentence as recorded by the courts below does not call for any interference at thiSi end.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.34 - Double murder­ Previous enmity- Threat on previous night- Informant was c an eyewitness to the incident of series of assault on victims­ deceased - Incident took place at night in the field - Out of fear, informant hid himself in.bushes - In the morning found the dead bodies- Reported matter to police thereafter- Trial court convicted the appellants u/s.302 r/w s.34- Three other accused acquitted on benefit of doubt - High Court upheld conviction of appellants - On appeal, held: The weapons of assault were recovered on the basis of disclosure statements made

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