The companyvicted persons filed appeals before the High Court of Allahabad.
The Trial Judge companyvicted 108 accused and acquitted fifty persons.
The State of UP.
The investigating agency moved into action and arrested a large number of persons including the appellants herein.
During the pendency of the trial seven accused died.
also filed appeal against the orders of acquittal.
By an elaborately companysidered judgment a Division Bench of the High Court of Allahabad dismissed the State appeals, and companyfirmed the companyviction of seventeen companyvicted persons under Section 302 read with Section 149 of the I.P.C. All other companyvicted persons were acquitted of the aforesaid offence though some of them were companyvicted under lesser offences and they were sentenced to lesser terms of imprisonment.
But 12 accused whose companyviction and sentence under Section 302 read with Section 149 I.P.C. were companyfirmed by the High Court have number filed these appeals by special leave.
As they have already undergone the sentence they were ostensibly number interested in challenging such companyviction and sentence.
T. Thomas, J. All these appeals arise from the incident which was the culmination of the escalating companyfrontation between members of the Provincial Armed Constabulary PAC in the State of U.P. and the State Administration.
On the night of 21.5.1973 the situation reached a saturating point when twelve members of the PAC died, 21 members of the force were injured while on the other side 2 armed men died and 123 injured.
After companypleting the investigation, charge sheets were sent up against 165 persons for various offences including the offence under Section 302 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code.
