Supreme Court of India

Iqbal & Anr. v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2017] 1 S.C.R. 757
Bench A.K. Sikri and Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud JJ.
Decided 7 February 2017

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that there is.no error in the judgment of the Courts below convicting all the six accused persons, ·including the appellants, for the aforesaid offences.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 148, 3021149, 3071149 - Unlawful assembly - Common object - Six persons including two appellants armed with weapons came to the place of occurrence - Inquired about the whereabouts of two family members, the moment one appeared on the scene, upon exhortation by ' ', 'GL 'fired at 'BS' " and others, and other members also fired from their rifles I weapons - 'BS' succumbed to his injuries and two persons sustained injuries - Conviction of accused ulss. 148, 3021149, 3071149 holding that they formed unlawful assembly with the common object of killing the persons from the

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