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HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JODHPUR BENCH)
FARJAND ALI
Fula Ram S/o Ganga Ram (Since Died) – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
FARJAND ALI, J.
1. This appeal has been preferred by the appellants under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the judgment dated 13.08.1993 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Nohar in Sessions Case No. 64/1992, whereby the appellants were convicted and sentenced as under:
All the sentences were directed to run concurrently.
2. Briefly stated the factual canvas delineates that there had been longstanding enmity between the accused persons namely Fularam, Ram Chandra, Dalip Singh, Tara Chand, Baluram, and Subhash, and the prosecution party comprising Kashiram (since deceased), Singaram, and their family members. This animosity had been simmering for nearly a month preceding the incident.
2.1. On 11.09.1992, accused Fularam allegedly hurled abuses at the prosecution side repeatedly during the day, heightening the tension. On the following morning, i.e., 12.09.1992, at about 9:00 a.m., Fularam went to the house of Singaram and again indulged in filthy abuses. When Smt. Reshma, wife of Singaram, objected, the accused struck her with a lathi, injuring her finger. The complainant, Laxmi Narayan, was present at that time.
2.2. Singaram then procee
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