Law: Penal Code (XLV of 1860)

Section: 336B,34

(a)    Penal Code (XLV of 1860)-------Ss. 336-B & 34---Itlaf-e-salahiat udw, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Accused were charged that they threw acid on daughter-in-law of the complainant as a result of which she got multiple burn injuries---Perusal of evidence of all the witnesses showed that prosecution had succeeded in discharging burden of proving the charge against the appellants---Victim had unequivocally revealed that all the appellants, who were already known to her, being neighbors, had thrown acid on her---Victim's evidence was consistent with the revelations made by Woman Medico-Legal Officer, who had opined that there were burnt marks on various parts of her body including neck, arm, legs and trunk---Defence alleged that no specific role had been assigned to any of the appellants---In cases of acid throwing, it was not necessary to specifically name the accused out of multiple accused when all had been specifically stated to have acted conjointly in conjunction with each other in throwing acid on the victim---In this case, the victim was available in the house, when all three appellants came at the door of her house together and when she after hearing commotion between appellants and her family members, came out of the house, they threw acid on her---Act of appellants i.e. coming at the house of victim together showed meeting of their minds, besides the fact that they were acting conjointly in furtherance of their common intention---Victim sustaining multiple injuries from the acid was not only established from the medical opinion of Woman Medico-Legal Officer but also by the police letter, different memos prepared by the police during investigation and evidence of the victim herself--Appellants had taken a specific plea of being arrayed in the case due to property dispute but had failed to bring on record any material remotely suggesting that parties were loggerhead on account of any dispute over property---Nothing was available on record to show that the appellants had been falsely implicated in the case out of any motive or enmity between the parties---In the lengthy cross examination, to which the…