STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Vs. BHARAT RAMBHAU SIRSAT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Being aggrieved by acquittal of the respondents by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Buldana, for offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 read with Section 34 of the Penal Code, the State has preferred Criminal Appeal No. 36 of 1996 and the victim's father has preferred Criminal Revision Application No. 160 of 1995.

(2.) Facts, which led to prosecution of the respondents, are as under :

(3.) Victim's uncle Shriram came to know of the incident and gave a report to the police. Police came to the spot, performed spot panchanama, conducted inquest on the body of the victim and sent it for post-mortem examination. They recorded statements of witnesses, arrested the accused persons, seized incriminating articles, sent the same to Forensic Science Laboratory and on completion of investigation, charge-sheeted the accused before the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mehkar. The learned Magistrate committed to the case to the Court of Sessions at Buldana.