All the 7 accused had appealed to the High Court but their appeal was dismissed.
755 OF 1998 J U D G M E N T NANAVATIM J. All these appeals arise out of a companymon judgment and order passed by the High Curt of Bombay in Criminal Appeal NO.
The prosecution case was that on 24.12.1991 at about 6.00 A.M. they abducted Archana with the object of getting her married with Accused No.
Criminal Appeal No.
2, 3, 6, and 7 in the trial companyrt.
They had filed SLP Crl.
Criminal Appeal No.
425 OF 1998 WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.
102 of 1995.
2629 of 1996 along with Navneet, Accused No.
Appellant Irshad was caught on the spot but others were able to run away .
1 Navneet and Archana were close to each other while they were studying at Nagpur.
WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.
1, but Navneets SLP was dismissed at the preliminary hearing stage.
Criminal Appeal NO.
2 of 1997 is filed by 4 appellants who were Accused Nos.
425 of 1998 if filed by laufiq who was Accused No.
755 of 1998 is filed by Santosh who was Accused No.
While all the appellants were running away they were followed by the persons who were with Dr. Mahajan and also by the two Police Constables who had companye there in the meantime.
The High Court, on re appreciation of the evidence, agreed with the findings recorded by the trial companyrt and companyfirmed the companyviction and sentence.
It, however, believed the evidence of Archana, Dr. Mahajan PW 13 and Constable Mule PW 10 and held that all the 7 appellants guilty as stated above.
