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Rajesh Yadav & Anr v. State of U.P.

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Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M. M. Sundresh JJ.
Decided 4 February 2022

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Judgment, page 20

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Penal Code 1860: ss. 302, 307 – Two persons were done to death by bullet firing by the accused – Previous dispute between the groups – Two eye-witness present on the spot – Recoveries made from all the accused – Trial court convicted and sentenced all the accused – High Court convicted the appellants for life, while acquitting them for the offence charged u/s.307, with the confirmation of conviction and sentence u/s. 25 of the Arms Act – On appeal, held: PWs-1 & 2 have not contradicted between themselves being the eye-witnesses – Merely because they are related witnesses, in the absence of any material to hold that they are interested, their testimonies cannot be rejected…

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