Allahabad HC convicts two men in 1984 murder case, overturns acquittal after 42 years

LUCKNOW: (May 5) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has convicted two persons in a 1984 murder case, overturning their acquittal after over four decades, officials said.

A division bench of Justices Rajneesh Kumar and Babita Rani on Monday allowed the state government's appeal and held the accused guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 of the IPC.

The court directed that the two surviving accused be taken into custody and produced before it on May 11 for a hearing on the quantum of sentence.