SURJAN vs STATE OF HARYANA — Crl.A. No. 430/1997

Summary of Crl.A. No. 430/1997 (Surjan v. State of Haryana) The Supreme Court partially allowed the appeal filed by nine accused persons convicted by the trial court and affirmed by the Punjab & Haryana High Court for a 1985 violent assault resulting in one death. The Court upheld the conviction of accused Har Nath under Section 304 Part II IPC (5 years imprisonment) but set aside the Section 149 IPC convictions for all accused, finding insufficient evidence of common object. The Court also set aside Section 325 convictions for all accused, finding only simple injuries, and reduced Har Nath's sentence under Section 323/149 to three months rigorous imprisonment. The appeal was disposed of with these modifications. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.