SUNIL Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) -Challenge in these appeals is to the judgment and order dated 4.4.2007 passed by Sri S. P. Singh, the then Addl. Sessions Judge Court No. 1, Etawah in S.T. No. 424 of 2000, State v. Guddu alias Suresh Pal Singh and another, whereby the appellant-accused Sunil has been convicted and sentenced to death under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (in short 'the I.P.C.') and fine of Rs. 500 under Section 429 read with Section 34, I.P.C.

(2.) CAPITAL sentence reference in terms of Section 366 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short "the Cr. P.C.") has been sent by the trial court for confirmation of death sentence.

(3.) THE deceased Sri Ran Veer Singh Sengar was a practising lawyer in Etawah. He had only three daughters, out of whom the deceased Smt. Indu was married to the co-accused Guddu alias Suresh Pal Singh. Deceased Km. Beena and surviving daughter Km. Rekha Sengar (P.W. 2) were unmarried. Since before the incident, Km. Rekha Sengar was living in Gautam Nagar, South Extension, New Delhi in a rented house bearing No. 216, in which Telephone No. 6853693 was installed in the name of her landlord. In the fateful night also Km. Rekha Sengar was in Delhi on the aforesaid address.