Nallabothu Venkaiah vs State Of Andhra Pradesh

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the accused under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC for the murder of R. Venkateswarlu, affirming the trial court's finding that the accused formed an unlawful assembly and executed a premeditated attack using deadly weapons. The Court emphasized that the common object of the assembly was to kill the deceased, which was established through the evidence of multiple witnesses. The appeals against the conviction were dismissed, and the sentences of life imprisonment and fines were maintained.