On the body of Mahindera Singh, a fire arm wound over the left side of abdomen was found.
A wound 13 cm.
The prosecution case is that on 20th February, 1977 on the occasion of the marriage at the house of Sri Ram Nayi, the bridegroom party known as Baratis came to the village and stayed in a Chaupal Courtyard of the house of one Vikram Singh.
The three appellants therein along with two other, who have been acquitted by the High Court, were charged for murdering two persons, namely, Ravindra Singh and Mahendra Singh in the night of 20th February, 1977 in the village Tikari, Aligarh District.
Karua was examined as PW.5.
The recovery memo relating to the gun and cartridges prepared by the Investigating Officer would show that the butt and trigger guard of the gun used by the appellant Suresh Chandra were in a broken companydition.
Then, according to the prosecution case, the three appellants herein fired at Ravindra Singh and Mahendera Singh and they died at the spot.
The postmortem report reveals that two fire arm injuries were found on the chest and on the left side of the back of Ravindra Singh.
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On appeals filed by the accused before the High Court, the companyviction and sentence of the appellants was upheld by the High Court.
ORDER The facts of this case reveal that an auspicious occasion of marriage had turned out to be a funeral ceremony, following a quarrel that ensued between the invitees on a flimsy ground.
Irked by this remark, some of the members of the Barati party protested and it led to heated exchange of words and mutual abuses.
The cartridge EC/2 was fired from the right barrel of D.B.B.L. gun recovered from the appellant Suresh Chandra and EC/4 and EC/5 from the gun seized from Bhuvnesh Pratap.
At that stage, the acquitted accused exhorted the appellants to attack the persons of the group who were involved in the scuffle.
There was a dance performance on that occasion.
The companyviction of the other two accused was set aside by the High Court giving them the benefit of doubt.
Three other persons, namely, Dwarika Prasad, Karua and Ujagar Singh also sustained injuries from the shots fired at them by the accused.
above umbilicus was also found.
The said report was admitted on companysent without formal proof.
PW.1, Nripendra Singh, brother of the deceased, lodged the report with the police on the same night.
The deceased Ravindra Singh remarked probably as a joke that the dancers have become tired and, therefore, Baratis companyld as well start dancing.
The Ballistic expert certified that the cartridge EC/1 was fired from the gun recovered from the appellant Mulayam Singh.
below left nipple and 10cm.
At about 8 p.m. Barati after taking their meal went inside the Chaupal to take rest.
The fire arms guns used by the appellants were seized by PW.12, I.O. and some empty cartridges found at the scene of offence were also companylected and they were sent to the Ballistic expert whose report is Ex.
