In this case, it was to be determined that whether the appellant shared common object to murder the deceased victim. Evidence on record established that all accused persons had come to spot with deadly weapons with intention to kill deceased. All accused had fired on deceased with their firearms, as a result of which deceased had sustained 16 bullet injuries. The prosecution was required to prove its case beyond reasonable doubts, which it did, and not beyond all iota of doubt. The fact that one of the injured witnesses may not have mentioned the name of appellant karan Singh does not demolish the evidence of the other witnesses. Hence, held, all the accused including the appellant correctly convicted under Ss. 302/149, 307/149 and 148 IPC by the courts below.
[Karan Singh v. State of U.P., (2022) 6 SCC 52]