CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2942 of 1984 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 2942 of 1984 Rama And Others .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Rakesh Kumar Singh, Ram Naresh Singh Gautam, S.K.Srivastava, Shiv Naresh Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.G.A. Court No. - 44 HON'BLE SAUMITRA DAYAL SINGH, J. HON'BLE TEJ PRATAP TIWARI, J. 1. Heard Shri Rakesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the appellants and Shri L.D. Rajbhar, learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. Present criminal appeal has been filed against the judgement and order dated 17.10.1984 passed by Shri U.N. Bansal, Vth Additional Sessions Judge, Hamirpur, in Sessions Trial No. 165 of 1979 (State vs Rama, Kedar, Gangadeen, Smt. Siya Dulari). By that order, the learned court below has convicted all the accused persons for offence under Section 302/34 I.P.C. They have been awarded life imprisonment. Appellants Rama, Kedar and Gangadeen are real brothers while appellant Smt. Siya Dulari is the wife of the deceased Asharam. All appellants were granted bail by this Court. During pendency of the present appeal, accused Kedar and Gangadeen died. Their appeal has been declared abated. 3. The prosecution st