DHUMA SOREN Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE appellant was put on trial on the accusation of committing murder of Sanjhala @ Lathe Soren and his wife Tala Kundi Marandi. The court having found the appellant guilty for the said charge convicted the appellant for the offence punishable u/s. 302 of the Indian Penal Code vide its judgment dated 28.06.2003 passed in Sessions Case No. 251 of 2001 and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life vide order dated 28.06.2003.

(2.) IT is the case of the prosecution as has been made out by the informant -Hopna Soren, P.W. 6, in his fardbeyan (Ext. 3) is that while the deceased Sanjhla @ Lathe Soren and his wife Tala Kundi Marandi had gone to forest for bringing fire woods, this appellant, younger brother of the deceased Sanjhla @ Lathe Soren, committed murder of both the persons by cutting them through axe and chebni (a sharp cutting weapon) as the appellant, Dhuma Soren was suspecting that on account of witchcraft being played by Tala Kundi Marandi, he used to remain sick.

(3.) ON the basis of which a case was lodged and a First Information Report (Ext. 4) was drawn. The I.O. himself took up the investigation during which he held inquest on the dead bodies of both the persons and then sent the dead bodies for postmortem examination which was conducted by Dr. Basant Kumar Sah (P.W. 1), who upon holding autopsy on the dead body of Sanjhla @ Lathe Soren did find following injuries: -