the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by chandrachud j. eighteen persons were put up for trial before the first additional sessions judge durg m. p. for offences arising out of the murder of two persons jagdeo and padum.
appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated the 27th march 1970 of the madhya pradesh high companyrt at jabalpur in criminal appeal number 451 of 1967.
that case ended in acquittal and it is alleged that jagdeo and padum were done to death by the appellants who felt especially aggrieved by the murder of the sarpanch.
criminal appellate jurisdiction criminal appeal number 142 of 1970.
number one of the injuries found on the person of jagdeo.
ram pan wani h. s. parihar and i. n. shroff for the respondent.
mookherjea sk.
in 1965 jagdeo and padum were prosecuted along with 2 others for companymitting the murder of one daulatram the sarpanch of the village.
and padum could be caused by a spear or an axe.
bagga s. bagga and yash bagga for the appellants.
the case of the prosecution is that on the afternumbern of may 9 1966 a group of about 18 persons including the appellants dragged jagdeo and padum.
from their houses and attacked them with lathis spears and axes.
this appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of the high court under which a sentence of life imprisonment has been imposed on the appellants.
