GEEJAGANDA SOMAIAH Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment rendered by a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court dismissing the appeal filed by the appellant questioning correctness of the conviction recorded by the Fast Track Court. The said Court found the appellant guilty of offence punishable u/s. 302 of the India Penal Code, 1860 (in short the IPC ) and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 8,000.00 with default stipulation.

(3.) Background facts in a nutshell are as follows: