KRISHNA MANDAL Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) NEITHER anybody appears on behalf of the appellant nor appears on behalf of respondent. This appeal has been filed against the judgment dated 27.08.2003 passed by Shri R.D.Yadav, Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C. -III, Dhanbad in S.T.No.72 of 2002 convicting the appellant under Section 302 I.P.C. and sentencing him to undergo R.I. for life.

(2.) THE prosecution case in short is that PW. 3 (Darshan Mandal) lodged a Fard Bayan on 23.04.2001 at about 12.45 hours before the police that her daughter Museri Mandalian (since deceased) was married with one Gopi Mandal about five years back. Gopi became mad for last two years, therefore, she started living in her parental house. About six months back, the appellant forcibly kept her. The appellant did not provide food and used to commit 'Marpit' with Museri. When the informant wanted to take her back, the appellant used to threaten him. Masuri did not want to live there but she was kept forcefully. At about 4 a.m. in the morning PW. 6 (Aroni Mandal) informed him that Museri has been killed by administering poison by the appellant. When he went to the house of the appellant, he found Masuri dead on 'Khatia'. Froth was coming from her nose. Nobody was there in the house.

(3.) ACCORDING to the prosecution case, as Masuri was living in the house of the informant, it can be presumed that the appellant has killed her by throttling . There is nothing to show that whether the appellant was living in his house alone or other persons were also living with him.