RAMESHWAR DAYAL . vs STATE OF M.P. . — Crl.A. No. 897/2000

Case Summary: Rameshwar Dayal v. State of M.P. The Supreme Court dismissed the criminal appeal challenging convictions for the August 1983 murder of Ramprasad in village Basodi. The Court upheld the lower courts' findings that the appellants formed an unlawful assembly motivated by prior enmity over a water outlet dispute, armed themselves with lethal weapons, and collectively assaulted the victim with common intent to kill, establishing guilt under Sections 148, 302 read with 149 IPC. The Court rejected arguments that injury patterns contradicted the prosecution case, finding overwhelming evidence of premeditated, coordinated violence confirmed by witness testimony and medical evidence, and upheld life imprisonment sentences as justified and not excessive. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.