Supreme Court of India · 2015-07-02
Daya Ram & Ors vs State Of Haryana
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2015 SUPREME COURT 2550
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Daya Ram & Ors
- Respondent
- State Of Haryana
- Author
- Amitava Roy
- Bench
- Amitava Roy, Prafulla C Pant
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Section 302 IPC read with Section 34 IPC for the murder of Rohtash and Ashok, affirming the High Court's decision which sustained the trial court's sentence of life imprisonment and a fine. The Court found that the prosecution had established the presence of the accused at the crime scene and their active participation in the assault, which resulted in the deaths of the victims. The appeal was dismissed, confirming the lower courts' findings and the legal principles surrounding joint liability in criminal acts.