In Brief
Three men (Dashrath, Anand, and Laxmi) were convicted of murder under IPC Sections 302/149 for forming an unlawful assembly armed with battleaxes, kudari, and sticks, and killing three people (Chhedilal, Bablu, and Bhuru) who tried to intervene in an assault. The High Court upheld the conviction, finding the injured eyewitness credible and the weapon recovery corroborating. The appellants' self-defence claim failed; they initiated the unlawful assault. The Court dismissed their appeal, holding that the prosecution was not required to explain the appellants' minor injuries, and the courts below rightly convicted them.
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