DHIREN KAPRI @ DHIRENDRA KAPRI Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

(2.) PETITIONERS have challenged the Judgment dated 8.8.2001 passed by learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Dumka, in Cr. Appeal No.46 of 1995 whereby, the appeal filed against the Judgment dated 17th July 1995 passed by Shri Himanshu Shekhar Jha, learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Dumka, in G.R. Case No.16 of 1988 / T.R. No.282 of 1995, was affirmed by the learned Appellate Court below.

(3.) LEARNED counsel for the petitioners submitted that the impugned Judgments passed by the Courts below are absolutely illegal, in as much as, the witnesses examined by the Court below are only interested witnesses and no independent witness has been examined. Learned counsel accordingly, submitted that the impugned Judgments passed by the courts below cannot be sustained in the eyes of law.