Chhattisgarh Court September 2010 Judgments

Dharamlal; Shyam Kartik. Vs. State of Chhattisgarh.

Court: Chhattisgarh

1. This criminal appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 21-9-2004 passed in Sessions Trial Case No. 292 of 2003, whereby learned Ist Additional Sessions Judge, Bilaspur, has convicted the appellants under Sections 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code for committing murder of Vasudev Yadav and sentenced them to undergo life imprisonment. 2. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 17 2003 at about 11 - 12 O' clock in the noon the deceased Vasudev Yadav along with Mahendra Singh went to village Amli Kapa by bus and when they descended from the bus at bus stand, the accused persons Dharamlal having club and Shyam Kartik having sword were present there. As soon as the accused persons saw Vasudev Yadav and Mahendra Singh, they started abusing them and assaulting the deceased with fists and sword on the pretext that they did not give liquor on credit basis and had come in search of raw wine. In the mean time, Madho Singh, Brijn...