Case Facts:
Death Reference No 7 of 2010 Reference made under Letter No 52 of 2010 dated 17.05.2010 by Shri Ajay Kumar Srivastava, Additional Sessions Judge I, Bhojpur at Ara. State Of Bihar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1 Ajay Singh 2 Manoj Singh 3 Narendra Singh @ Nagendra Singh .... .... Condemned Prisoners WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 640 of 2010 ================================================== 1. Sanjay Singh S/O Shri Ram Tawakya Singh Vill.-Barki Kharaon,P.S.-Sahar ,Dist-Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 643 of 2010 =================================================== 1. Ashok Singh S/O Triveni Singh Vill. Barka Kharaon, P.S.-Sahar, Dist.-Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 652 of 2010 =================================================== Bela Singh, son of late Siyaram Singh, resident of vllage Barki Kharawa, PS Sahar, District Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Patna High Court D. REF. No.7 of 2010 dt.30-03-2012 2 /57 Criminal Appeal (DB) No 675 of 2010 =================================================== 1. Kamlesh Singh, s/o Mahendra Singh Vill-Barki Kharaon ,P.S-Sahar, Dist-Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 676 of 2010 =================================================== 1. Santosh Singh, son of Late Dip Narayan Singh Vill-Barki Kharaon,P.S-Sahar,Dist-Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 680 of 2010 =================================================== Narendra Singh @ Nagendra Singh, son of late Daroga Singh, resident of village Barki Kharaon, PS Sahar, District Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 685 of 2010 =================================================== 1. Mangal Rai, son of Late Yamuna Rai Vill-Dullam Chak,P.S- Chouri,Dist-Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 688 of 2010 =================================================== Patna High Court D. REF. No.7 of 2010 dt.30-03-2012 3 /57 1. Manoj Singh, s/o Late Dip Narayan Singh R/O Vill. Barki Kharaon P.S. Sahar, Distt. Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus 1. State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 690 of 2010 =================================================== 1. Bharat Mauar, s/o Late Sumeshwar Mauar R/O Vill. Barki Kharaon, P.S. Sahar in the Distt. Of Bhojpur 2. Mahendra Mauar, s/o Sri Janardan Mauar R/O Vill. Barki Kharaon, P.S. Sahar in the Distt. Of Bhojpur 3. Sribhagwan Mauar, s/o Sri Ramyash Mauar R/O Vill. Barki Kharaon, P.S. Sahar in the Distt. Of Bhojpur 4. Madho Mauar, son of Sri Tarkeshwar Mauar R/O Vill. Barki Kharaon, P.S. Sahar in the Distt. Of Bhojpur 5. Vinkatesh Mauar @ Jhaman Mauar, son of Sri Butan Mauar R/O Vill. Barki Kharaon, P.S. Sahar In The Distt. Of Bhojpur 6. Ram Pujan Ojha, son of Late Ramdeo Ojha R/O Vill. Ojhawalia, P.S. Sahar, in the Distt. Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus 1. State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 693 of 2010 =================================================== Ajay Singh, son of late Mahendra Singh, resident of village Barki Kharaon, PS Sahar in the district of Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 727 of 2010 =================================================== 1 Hare Ram Singh, son of Gulli Singh 2 Aksheyebar Singh, 3 Dilip Singh, sons of Ram Sanchi Singh, residents of village Barki Kharaon, PS Sahar, District Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s Patna High Court D. REF. No.7 of 2010 dt.30-03-2012 4 /57 WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 729 of 2010 =================================================== Bachcha Singh @ Harekrishna Singh, son of Sri Gulli Singh, resident of village Barki Kharaon, PS Sahar, District Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 746 of 2010 =================================================== Munna Singh, son of late Kesho Singh, resident of village Barki Kharo, PS Sahar, District Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 807 of 2010 =================================================== Kanhaiya Singh, son of Mahanand Singh, resident of village Barki Kharaon, PS Sahar, District Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s WITH Criminal Appeal (DB) No 823 of 2010 =================================================== 1 Subedar Singh, son of Badri Singh @ Rajendra Singh, resident of village Barki Kharaon, PS Sahar, District Bhojpur 2 Digree Singh, son of Ram Ashish Singh, resident of village Barki Kharaon, PS Sahar, District Bhojpur .... .... Appellant/s Versus State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s Against the judgment and order dated 05th May, 2010 passed by Shri Ajay Kumar Srivastava, Additional Sessions Judge I, Bhojpur at Ara in Sessions Trial No 28 of 1998. =================================================== Patna High Court D. REF. No.7 of 2010 dt.30-03-2012 5 /57 For the Reference and the State : M/s Ashwani Kumar Sinha, Shashi Bala Verma & D K Singh, APP For the Appeallants : M/s Surendra Singh, Rana Pratap Singh, Kanhaiya Prasad Singh, Krishna Prasad Singh, Akhileshwar Prasad Singh, Rajendra Prasad Singh, Senior Advocates with M/s Ajay Kumar Thakur, Pushkar Narain Shahi and Vindhyachal Singh, Bhaskar Shankar, Ritesh Kumar No 1, Sanjeet Kumar Singh, Anita Kumar Singh, Prabhu Narayan Sharma, Sarvesh Kumar Singh, Sumant Singh, Aaruni Singh, Vipin Kumar Singh, Jyotsana Shankar Singh, Dr Rajesh Kumar, Birendra Kumar Singh, Advocates For the Informant : M/s Rajesh Kumar S

Applicable IPC Section: 326

Statute Text:
Section 326 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 335, voluntarily causes grievous hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance, or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.