SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Before:- K.T. Thomas and R.P.Sethi, JJ.

Criminal Appeal No. 423 Of 2000 D/d. 1.11.2000.

Shamshad - Appellant

Versus

State of U.P. - Respondent

Indian Penal Code, 1860, Sections 302 and 304, Part I - Plea for converting sentence from Section 302 to Section 304 PartI- All victims sustained very serious injuries - Injuries sustained by deceased are devastatingly serious - Plea that it was not premeditated murder not sufficient for lowering offence from Section 302 to 304 Part I- Conviction upheld.

[Para 1]

ORDER

K.T. Thomas, J. - We heard Mr. B.B.Singh, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Praveen Swarup, learned counsel for the State of U.P. The concurrent finding on facts do not require interference by us. Mr. B.B.Singh then made an alternative contention that the offence can be changed to Section 304 Part-I of the Indian Penal Code on the premise that it was not a premeditated murder. That aspect alone cannot help for lowering the offence from Section 302 to Section 304 Part-I of the Indian Penal Code. The injuries sustained by the accused are all simple and he would have sustained them in the course of the action he lodged against the deceased and the two other injured PW.1 and PW.2. It is to be noted that all those victims sustained very serious injuries and the injuries sustained by the deceased are devastatingly serious. In the course of inflicting those injuries it is quite possible that they too would have resisted against the onslaughts and they would account for the minor injuries found on the person of the appellant. For those reasons we are not persuaded to interfere.

2. This Appeal is accordingly dismissed.

Appeal dismissed.