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The Supreme Court has given an important verdict in the case of murder for a mango. The court has converted life imprisonment into a sentence of 7 years. While imposing a fine along with the sentence of 7 years, the Supreme Court said that this is not a case of pre-planned murder, because the incident started with a fight between children for a mango, which unfortunately escalated when the elders of the family also got involved. Ultimately this became the reason for death and a child's father was attacked.

However, in a criminal appeal filed against the Allahabad High Court's decision in the Supreme Court, a bench headed by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia upheld the conviction of the convicts. But ordered the sentence of life imprisonment to be changed to seven years. The Supreme Court said in its decision that the court upholds the conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Murder was not premeditated: Court

Justice A. Amanullah was also included in the Supreme Court bench. The bench said that the reason for this murder was a fight that started between children over a mango. It was not pre-planned. The fight happened suddenly and the murder happened when family members got involved. Therefore, the court converts the sentence of life imprisonment of all the accused into rigorous imprisonment for seven years.

Know what is the whole matter?

This incident is of the year 1984. There was a dispute over mangoes in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The dispute was between two children, but two families also got involved in it. During this attack, a child was attacked with intent to kill. It was told in the FIR that the five named accused were beating the deceased with sticks during the attack. The seriously injured was admitted to a hospital in the district. Where he was declared dead.

Hearing from Session Court to SC

Later, the accused were tried for the crime under sections 302, 147, 149, 323 of IPC and the Additional Sessions Judge convicted all of them and sentenced them to life imprisonment. Against this decision, all five accused filed an appeal in Allahabad High Court. While the appeal was pending in the High Court, two of the five accused died. The High Court upheld the sentence of the remaining three accused. After which the accused knocked the door of the Supreme Court.