The Supreme Court on October 28 upheld the conviction of four persons in a double murder case, rejecting their criminal appeal pending since 2011. The Court held that despite the delay in lodging the FIR and the non-recovery of weapons, the prosecution case rested on direct eyewitness testimony, which was consistent and corroborated by medical evidence establishing that the appellants had knowingly and intentionally attacked the complainant's side with dangerous weapons.

A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra , relying upon Nankaunoo vs. State of Uttar Pradesh ( 2016), held:

"From the above discussion, there remains no doubt in our minds that the present appellants in furtherance of their common intention formed an unlawful assembly. Inncha and Dh

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