In Brief
A man was murdered by multiple assailants armed with swords in January 1998. The appellant was convicted of murder while four co-accused were acquitted. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, holding that the acquittal of co-accused does not negate reliable eyewitness evidence against the appellant. Two credible witnesses clearly identified the appellant as giving the first sword blow and participating in the repeated assault that resulted in the victim's death from multiple injuries. The Court dismissed the appeal, emphasizing that direct evidence of the appellant's involvement remained unshaken despite the acquittals of co-accused who were assigned identical roles by the same witnesses.
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