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Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2022] 12 S.C.R. 1035
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha JJ.
Decided 4 November 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we are of the opinion that the recovery of the 8x60 bore rifle from Sahab Singh (A8) and the arrest of the rest of the accused, A6, A7 and A10, have been successfully proved by the prosecution.

Judgment, page 69

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Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w s.149, s.307 r/w s.14 9 and s.148 – Arms Act, 1959 – ss.25 and 30 – Code of Cri minal Procedure, 1973 – s.293 – Murder of five persons – Seven accuse d – The deceased belonged to or were associated with the sam e family; two of them were brothers, the third was their mino r son and the other two were their close family friends – Trial Court acquitted all the accused – Appeal against acquittal – High Court rev ersed the findings of the trial court and convicted all the accused under s s.148, 302 read with 149, 307 read with 149 of the IPC, and sentenced them to

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