In Brief
A man convicted of murdering three people and disposing of a body appealed his conviction. The High Court had changed the legal basis of conviction from unlawful assembly to common intention without giving him notice or hearing his lawyer. The Supreme Court held that common intention requires proof of a prearranged plan and prior meeting of minds, which the evidence did not establish. The Court found the High Court's procedure violated natural justice principles. It set aside the murder conviction but upheld the conviction for destroying evidence, noting he had already served that sentence, and cancelled his bail bonds.
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