In Brief
Three accused—Kaushal Verma, Gaya Ram Verma, and Omkar Prasad—challenged their convictions for murder, rioting, and related offences under IPC Sections 147, 148, 149, 302, etc., in a 1997 case. The Supreme Court allowed their appeal, finding that their alleged roles were indistinguishable from those of four other accused whose convictions the Court had previously set aside. Eyewitness evidence did not clearly establish specific acts attributable to these appellants or link them to the common object of the alleged unlawful assembly. The Court set aside the convictions and acquitted all three.
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