RAJLA ALIAS RAJVEER Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BEING aggrieved by the judgment of conviction dated 27. 5. 1992 passed by the Addl. Sessions Judge, Nohar (Sriganganagar) convicting the accused for offence under Sec. 302. I. P. C. for life imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 500/-; in default of payment of fine, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months; for offence under Sec. 201 I. P. C. to five years' rigorous imprisonment and 5 a fine of Rs. 100/-and in default of payment of fine, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one month; the appellant-accused has preferred this appeal on the grounds mentioned in the memo of appeal.

(2.) WITH the assistance of the learned counsel for the accused and the learned P. P. , we have gone through the records of the case. We have re-appreciated the oral and documentary evidence and have examined the records of this case critically in the light of the submissions made by both the learned counsel at the Bar.

(3.) ADVERING to the merits of the case, it was submitted by the learned counsel that the conviction is solely based on circumstantial evidence and even if the entire circumstantial evidence as led by the prosecution is accepted, it is hopelessly short of the required standards of proof on which judgment of conviction was based. He, therefore, prays for acquittal of the accused. This submission requires re-appreciation of the evidence for a finding thereon.