Mallappa Siddappa Alakanur & Ors vs State Of Karnataka

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC for the murder of Malakari Sidda, rejecting their appeal against the High Court's reversal of their acquittal by the Sessions Judge. The Court emphasized the importance of the eyewitness testimony of Mahadev Ningappa Kamari, despite challenges regarding the timing of the murder and the credibility of the evidence. The Court found that the evidence sufficiently established the common object of the unlawful assembly leading to the murder, thus affirming the High Court's decision.