CHEDU ORAON Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BOTH the appeals are against the common judgment of conviction dated 8.5.2000 and the order of sentence dated 9.5.2000 passed by Shri Ram Narayan Lal, Additional Judicial Commissioner, Lohard again Sessions Trial No. 277 of 1989144 of 1990 and thus they were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

(2.) MR . S. Rahman appeared for the appellant Mahabir Oraon in Criminal Appeal No. 295 of 2000 and on our request, he assisted the Court and advanced arguments on behalf of appellant Chedu Oraon also since on repeated calls nobody appeared on behalf of the appellant Chedu Oraon.

(3.) WITHIN four hours of the occurrence, a fard beyan was lodged on 26.2.1998 at 11.30 P.M. by the informant Smt. Shree Devi (P.W 5) daughter of deceased Sukhni Devi. The informant stated that the appellants and one Bahuran Mahli (Acquitted), all residing within the Kisko Police Station, entered her house and demanded jewellery. cash and utensil. When her mother said that she did not have cash. jewellery and they can take the house hold goods, Mahabir Oraon threatened her that they will take away the informant to which she protested.