Criminal Appeal-Appeal by special leave-Scope-Murders
committed by village faction constituting unlawful assembly-
Sentence of death, if and when can be passed-Appreciation ... must examine an
witnesses cited.
HEADNOTE:
Forty persons belonging to a village faction and
constituting an unlawful assembly were put up on trial
before
Pradesh. It
arises out of these facts.
In Rompicherla village, there were factions belonging to
three major communities viz., Reddys, Kammas and Bhatrajus.
Rayavarapu (Respondent ... herein) was the leader of Kamma
faction, while Chopparapu Subbareddi was the leader of the
Reddys. In politics, the Reddys were supporting the Con-
gress
Jagjit Singh vs State Of Haryana & Ors on 11 December, 2006
Equivalent citations: AIR
rejected as they belong to rival
political parties in a faction ridden village. Moreover, they are
related to each other as well as the deceased ... various reasons viz., that they belong to rival
political parties in a faction ridden village; that they are related
to each other as well
would run concurrently.
3. Karpakkam village was no exception to the ordinary faction ridden rural community, the dispute vivisecting the village community dating back ... being falsely included with guilty cannot be easily ruled out. In a faction ridden society where an occurrence takes place involving rival factions
Madhya Pradesh. Both the courts below have
found that parties have formed factions, one represented by
the complainant's side and the other ... Chakodi, P.W.5 of the rival faction, was passing
in that lane. All the five accused were there. The father of
the appellants, Narayan
other members of his legislature party constitute the group representing as faction which has arisen as a result of a split in his original political ... voting or abstention; and (b) from the time of such split, such faction shall be deemed to be the political party to which he belongs
accused that from a very long time there were two factions in Thogarakunta village in Dharmavaram Taluk. One of the factions was known as Kapu ... faction though in that faction there were a sprinkling of Boyas. The other faction was known as boya faction. In that faction there were some
RESPONDENTS
JUDGMENT
L. NAGESWARA RAO, J
1. There were two factions in Chindukur village,
Gadivemula Police Station, Kurnool District, Andhra
Pradesh. One faction ... cannot be relied upon as they belong to the faction of
deceased No.1 and were closely related to the deceased.
The High Court further
Paragraph 3 provides that from the time of such split,
such faction shall deemingly become the political party...
The Speaker/Chairman in the nature ... result
of which there arose a faction and 26 M.L.As mentioned in
annexures 1 and 2 of Chowdhary Narender Singh's affidavit
