JAMMU, Sept. 29 -- The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld the 10-year sentence awarded to Shakeel Ahmad Hajam in connection with a fatal 2001 clash over a land dispute in Shopian, while rejecting the State's plea to treat the case as murder under Section 302 RPC.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Dr. Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Sanjeev Kumar dismissed the appeal filed by the convicts as well as the State's acquittal appeal. The judgment was pronounced on September 28, 2026.
The case arose from an incident of August 26, 2001, when a clash broke out between two groups at Padpawan, Shopian, over a property dispute. According to the prosecution, several persons entered the complainant's compound armed with lath...