GURUWA MUNDA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY Court: In this Jail Appeal, neither on 15.03.2012 nor today anybody appeared on behalf of the appellant to press the appeal.

(2.) THE prosecution case in short is that Shankar Singh Munda -Informant (PW -2) lodged a fardbeyan on 01.07.1991 at about 11.00 AM before the police that in the previous night at about 8.00 PM, his son Harish Munda (PW -5) came in injured condition and asked him to close the door. In the meantime, two miscreants entered into his house. In the flash of torchlight, the informant identified the appellant as one of them armed with farsa in his hand. Another accused was having a gun in his hand. On demand, the informant gave them some articles and money. They demanded some more amount. The informant silently escaped to the house of one Baldeo and told him about the occurrence. After sometimes when the informant returned to his house, he found that the miscreants had fled away. He found his wife lying dead in the injured condition. His daughter -in -law -Gurubari Mundain (PW -6) told him that the miscreants asked for wine and when she said that it was not available, she was assaulted by the miscreants by lathi. The accused persons took away some ornaments kept concealed in the house.

(3.) ON the other hand, Mr. Sardhu Mahato, learned counsel appearing for the State, supported the impugned judgment.