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REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1482 OF 2013

YOGESH SINGH

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APPELLANT(S)

:Versus:

MAHABEER SINGH & ORS.

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RESPONDENT(S)

J U D G M E N T

Pinaki Chandra Ghose, J.

1.

This appeal is directed against the judgment and order

dated 17^th February, 2012 passed by the High Court of

Judicature at Allahabad in Criminal Appeal No.1734 of 1983,

whereby the High Court acquitted the accused persons –

respondents herein of the charges under Section 302 read with

Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code.

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The case of the prosecution is that on 26.06.1982 at about

8.00 A.M., the deceased Mohan Singh, who was a resident of

Village Garh Umrao, Tehsil Sadabad, District Mathura, U.P.,

after taking bath at the tube-well, was going to his house along

with his minor daughter Lajjawati (PW-5). He was carrying his

single barrel gun and the strip of cartridges with him. The

respondents Phal Singh and Mahabir Singh, along with other

accused Om Prakash and Gopi Chand, were clearing the

Digitally signed by

SONALI SAUND

Date: 2016.10.21

16:05:21 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

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