IPC S.34 – Common intention – The number and nature of hard blunt injuries on the two deceased make it apparent that the assailants were more than one

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), Section 34, 302, 324, 325 and 323 – Murder – Common intention – The number and nature of hard blunt injuries on the two deceased make it apparent that the assailants were more than one – Injuries by hard and blunt substance corroborate the evidence of the injured witnesses and of assault on the two deceased by lathis also – Common intention is evident from the accused persons coming to the lands of PW-1 armed and intimidating him to return the lands followed by assault upon him and those who came to his rescue – The accused then immediately proceeded to the house of the second deceased – The recovery of a bloodstained lathi and bloodstained clothes of the appellant on his confession, leaves us satisfied, on a cumulative appreciation of the evidence, that the accused were actuated by a common intention – Conviction upheld.

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