IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
SIDDHARTH, VINAI KUMAR DWIVEDI
Ranvir Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Vinai Kumar Dwivedi, J.
1. Heard Mr. Rahul Misra, learned counsel for the surviving appellant, Omkar; Mr. G.N. Kanaujiya, learned A.G.A.-I for the State/opposite party and perused the record.
2. This criminal appeal has been filed by accused-appellants, Ranvir Singh, Omkar, Mangey Ram and Hem Raj Singh against the judgment and order dated 26.07.1984 of learned Trial Court passed in Sessions Trial No. 163 of 1979 (State v. Ranvir Singh and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 4 of 1979, under Section 302/34 IPC, Police Station Muradnagar, District Ghaziabad.
3. Brief facts of the case are that informant Gajraj Singh (PW- 7) got scribed the written report, Exhibit Ka-10, by Bhanwar Singh and lodged an F.I.R., Exhibit Ka-2, on 05.01.1979 at 07:00 A.M. against Ranvir Singh, Omkar Singh, Mangey Ram and Hem Raj Singh alleging inter alia that “litigation is going on between us and our uncle Ranvir and grandfather Chunni, who have been living for some time in village Pathauli, and they have executed an agreement of the land in favour of Mangey Ram and Hem Raj of our village, and now both the parties have joined together. My father, who was pursuing the land case, while he was alive
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