In Brief
Dharmendra and others were convicted of murder (Section 302 IPC) for killing a man named Arvind on 28 October 2001. The appellants challenged their conviction, arguing that one accused was under an externment order and could not be present, and that gaps existed in the police report. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, finding that credible eye-witnesses clearly identified all accused at the crime scene, and that an externment order does not preclude presence if the accused is identified by reliable witnesses. The court rejected the gaps argument as an afterthought unsupported by cross-examination. The appeals were dismissed."
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