This order was challenged in revision by Mahant Amar Nath by approaching the High Court but the High Court has companyfirmed the order passed by the Sessions Judge.
P.C. the eye witnesses had stated that these four persons had also participated directly or indirectly in the companymission of the crime as a result of a companyspiracy.
In respect of this offence police investigation was undertaken on the basis of the First Information Report lodged by Bachan Singh on 19.1.1980 and the police after recording statements of witnesses challaned 8 accused persons.
There is numbersubstance in this criminal appeal which has been preferred by Shri Mahant Amar Nath challenging the order passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Hissar under Section 319 of Cr.
It appears that the police did number challan Mahant Amar Nath and three others and showed their names in Column 2 of the charge sheet in spite of the fact that in all the statements which were recorded under Section 161 Cr.
On 18th January, 1980 an incident occurred during the companyrse of which three persons were assaulted in Sanghar Sherishta village out of whom Munshi Ram died but Gobind Ram and Bachan Singh were injured.
He, therefore, passed the order directing that these persons should be impleaded as accused persons and be tried alongwith the 8 accused who were being tried before him.
In the Sessions Court another application was filed pressing directions under Section 319 and the learned Sessions 25 Judge, after recording evidence of Gobind Ram one of the injured eyewitnesses who gave sufficient details about the participation in the crime by Mahant Amar Nath and others, came to the companyclusion that it was necessary and proper that Mahant Amar Nath and three others should be arraigned as accused persons.
The said application was forwarded by the companymittal Court to the Sessions Judge while companymitting the case to the Sessions Court.
An application was made to the companymittal companyrt by Bachan Singh under Section 319 for direction that these four persons including Mahant Amar Nath be arrayed as accused.
P.C. directing the appellant along with three others should be arraigned as accused in a case being tried before him for offences under Sections 302, 323, 324, 325, 148, 149, 341, 364 and 120 B I.P.C, which has been companyfirmed by the High Court in revision.
