(1.) This criminal appeal under Sec. 374 Cr.P.C. has been preferred claiming the following reliefs :-
(2.) The matter pertains to an incident which occurred in the year 1996 and the present appeal has been pending since the year 1998.
(3.) The accused-appellant laid a challenge to the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dtd. 10/3/1998 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Dungarpur, in Sessions Case 66/97 (State of Rajasthan Vs. Gattu @ Tulsa & Ors.), whereby the present accused-appellant has been convicted and sentenced as below :-