On accused Dayal Mahton he found some simple injuries on the wrist and on hands.
The High Court held that these appellants exceeded the right of private defence.
The prosecution examined a number of eye witnesses and their evidence establishes that the occurrence took place in the disputed field.
On 29.8.69 P.W. 3 and his men were engaged in agricultural operation in that land.
866 was the subject matter of dispute between appellant No.
The plea of the accused was that they were in possession of plot No.
A piece of land Plot No.
On accused Baijnath Mahton, the Doctor found one lacerated wound on the right side of head with slight fracture.
1 and the prosecution party.
While so the accused persons came and started beating up P.W. 3 and his men.
866 and on the day of occurrence the two deceased persons alongwith others armed came there to dispossess them and also inflicted injuries on two of the accused persons.
P.W. 4, the Doctor examined the two accused persons.
Jayachandra Reddy, J. There are seven appellants.
They alongwith three others were tried for offences punishable under Sections 302 read with 34 and also under Section 147 I.P.C. The trial companyrt companyvicted all of them.
The accused, two deceased persons in the case and the material witnesses belong to Mahjiladih Village in Hazaribagh District.
The occurrence took place in the year 1969.
Three of the appellants were armed with Tangis and one of them was armed with a spade and the rest were armed with sticks and they attacked the two deceased persons who were working in the field and they also attacked some of the other witnesses.
