In Brief
Four persons were murdered in their home on 9 November 1995 by a group of armed assailants who forcibly entered and mercilessly assaulted them with deadly weapons. Eight appellants were convicted of murder under Section 302 read with Section 149 of the IPC by concurrent findings of the Trial Court and High Court. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, holding that eyewitness evidence from close relatives of the deceased is not automatically 'interested' and must be evaluated for consistency and reliability. Finding the eyewitness accounts consistent, corroborated by medical evidence, and demonstrating clear intention to murder through prior preparation and use of deadly weapons without provocation, the Court dismissed the appeal."
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