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REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2496 OF 2009

NANHAR & ORS.

.. APPELLANT(S)

vs.

STATE OF HARYANA

.. RESPONDENT(S)

WITH

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2497 OF 2009

O R D E R

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Appellant five in number, in both the

appeals, feeling aggrieved by the judgment and

order of conviction dated 7/5/2008 passed in

Criminal Appeal No.919-DB/2006 by Division Bench

of High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh,

arising out of the judgment and order of conviction

dated 24/11/2006 and order of sentence dated

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25/11/2006 pronounced by Additional Sessions Judge,

Bhiwani, convicting them for commission of offences

under Sections 302/149 of the IPC and awarding

sentence to undergo RI for life, together with

fine of Rs.2,000/-, are before us challenging the

same on variety of grounds.

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It may be mentioned herein that initially

charge-sheet was filed only against four accused

namely Nanhar, Virender @ Binder, Rampat and Rajbir

@ Meda under Sections 306/34 IPC. The name of the

fifth accused Umed Singh was added subsequently by

the Trial Co