IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT GWALIOR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE ANAND PATHAK &

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE HIRDESH

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ON THE 19 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 7199 of 2019 BUNDELA AND OTHERS Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Appearance:

Shri Dhirendra Singh Niranjan- learned Counsel for appellants.

Dr. (Ms.) Anjali Gyanani- learned Public Prosecutor for respondent- State.

JUDGMENT Per: Justice Hirdesh This instant criminal appeal has been filed by the appellants, challenging the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 19.06.2019 passed by the Second Additional Sessions Judge, Ashok Nagar, in Sessions Trial No.67 of 2016. By the impugned judgment, appellant No.1- Bundela was convicted under Section 302 of IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 5,000/-, and in case of default, an additional one year of rigorous imprisonment. Similarly, appellant No.2- Gendalal was convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 of IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 5,000/-, and in case of default, an additional one year of rigorous imprisonment.

2. The prosecution's case, in brief, is that on 11.12.2015, complainant Narayan Singh brought his