Case Brief:Gyasiram and Anr. Vs. Stae of Madhya Pradesh

Deciding Authority: Supreme Court of India
Name of the Judges: Justice R.C. Lahoti & Justice Brijesh Kumar.
Date of Judgement: 6th January, 2003
Facts of the Case:  In the instant case, the accused have been held liable for Murder. Both the accused persons were armed with fire arms. When the deceased and his companions passed by their side they followed them. Then they opened fire. There was an indiscriminate firing made by the accused persons and their other companions who have been acquitted. So far as Gyasiram, accused-appellant, is concerned, the finding arrived at by the Session Court and upheld by the High Court is that when the deceased Kalyan Singh had fallen down injured and lay prostate on the earth, Gyasiram placed his gun on the buttocks of the deceased and fired which fatally injured the deceased and resulted in his death.
Judgement:  The Sessions Court and the High Court on the basis of the witnesses have found the two accused liable for murder and punished them with life imprisonment. The accused has further filed an appeal in the Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court on the basis of the witnesses held that the appeal is not maintainable.  It stated that the appeal is held devoid of any merit. It is dismissed. The conviction of the two accused-appellants, as recorded by the trial Court and upheld by the High Court, is maintained.
Shradha Arora,Chanakya National Law University.