(1.) Heard Mr. Sumit Jha, learned counsel for the appellant and Mrs. Anita Kumari Singh, learned APP for the State.
(2.) By this appeal, appellant/convicted accused, Brahmdeo Thakur, is challenging the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dtd. 19/4/2004 passed by Sri Ram Pravesh Sharma, 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Sitamarhi, in Sessions Trial No.86 of 2002/ 25 of 2002 (arising out of Sitamarhi Sadar P.S. Case No.284 of 2001, by which the appellant has been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 7 years under Sec. 307 of the Indian Penal Code and further to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 4 years under Sec. 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substances Act separately.
(3.) The case of the prosecution, as unfolded by the First Information Report, may, in brief, be described as under: