Malempati Pattabi Narendra vs Ghattamaneni Maruthi Prasad And Ors

The Supreme Court held that the conviction under Section 302 IPC for murder was warranted as the assailants acted in concert, establishing criminal conspiracy under Section conspiracy and Section 149 IPC. The Court found that the High Court erred in reducing the conviction to Section 326 IPC, emphasizing that the brutal nature of the attack justified the original conviction. The appeals by the State and the son of the deceased were allowed, restoring the trial court's conviction and sentence.