[REPORTABLE]

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NOs. 1098-1099 OF 2003

WITH

CRIMINAL APPEAL NOs.

1100-1101

OF

2003

CHANDRAWATI ….Appellant

VERSUS

RAMJI TIWARI & ANR. ETC.

….Respondent (s)

O R D E R

1.

This order will dispose of Criminal Appeal Nos. 1100-

1101 of 2003 titled State of U.P. Vs. Ramji Tiwari & Ors. and

Criminal Appeal Nos. 1098-1099 of 2003 titled Chandrawati Vs.

Ramji Tiwari & Anr. Etc.

2.

The facts have been taken from the appeals filed by

Chandrawati Devi, the complainant in Criminal Appeal

Nos.1098-1099 of 2003.

3.

On 31^st October, 1997 the accused were removing hay

from the land in front of the house of Nazir, a neighbour of

Chandrawati. Nazir objected to this action and started abusing

them and tried to assault them as well. On hearing the

altercation Chandrawati's husband Bindeshwari and son Raj

Kumar came out to intervene on which Godavari-accused

brought a double barrel (DBBL) gun and cartridges and gave

them to accused Ramji Tiwari and exhorted him to kill Nazir

and the others to settle the disp