In Brief
Five accused persons armed with deadly weapons attacked and severely injured Rajagopal at a bus stop in 1999, causing grave injuries including skull fractures and amputation of both legs. The trial court convicted all five under IPC Sections 148 and 307/149, sentencing them to seven years imprisonment. The High Court acquitted them citing procedural defects and missing evidence. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, holding that the injured eyewitness's unshaken direct evidence—identifying each accused and their specific role—was sufficient for conviction, and the High Court wrongly disregarded this evidence without finding it unreliable. The conviction and sentence were restored.
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