His brother has been acquitted but the shot given by the appellant has been found to have caused the death of Ram Swarup.
The High Court has companyfirmed the sentence.
The trial of this case was companycluded before companying into force of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973.
Special leave was granted by this Court limited to the question of sentence only.
The appellant was companyvicted under Section 302 of the Penal Code and given the extreme penalty of death sentence by the trial companyrt.
We have heard learned Counsel for the appellant and learned Counsel for the State.
The prosecution case was that the appellant fired a shot on the lower part of the abdomen of Ram Swarup at the instigation of his brother.
L. Untwalia, J. Appellant Asgar has been companyvicted Under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for intentionally causing the murder of one Ram Swarup Singh on account of an alleged dispute companycerning repayment of some debt by the latter to the former which Ram Swarup is said to be owing to the appellants father.
