On appeal, the High Court altered the companyviction of the appellant and his companyaccused from one under Section 302 P.C. to Section 302 read with Section 34 I.P.C. Hence, this appeal.
Appellant Shyam Babu Maurya and his companyaccused Lavlesh Pappu and Ram Bahadur were companyvicted by the trial Court for an offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for short, I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine of rupees ten thousand each and in default to undergo further imprisonment for a period of one year.
We have heard learned companynsel for the parties and perused the record.
The case of the prosecution, as disclosed in the First Information Report, was that the appellant and his companyaccused killed Inder Dev Singh on 9.11.1999 near the culvert of minor canal of village Moran by firing shots from their 2/ 2 pistols.
