NANDI DEVI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE appellant, Nandi Devi, was tried for an offence of murder on the allegation that she committed the murder of her husband Etwa Tuti on 3.4.1994 in the village Bera within the police jurisdiction of Bandu. The Trial Judge, accepting the prosecution case, found the appellant guilty and sentenced her to imprisonment for life. She was also sentenced to imprisonment for three years under Sec.201 I.P.C. The present appeal is against the said conviction and sentence.

(2.) P .W.2 Joel Tuti is the cousin of the deceased Etwa Tuti and the appellant is the wife of the deceased. About ten years prior to the incident, the deceased Etwa Tuti went to Assam to earn his livelihood and met Nandi Devi, a girl from the village Tilma in the district of Ranchi. He married her and later both of them returned to village where they were living together. They had no issues, on account of which there were quarrels between the appellant and the deceased.

(3.) AFTER the inquest, the body was sent for post mortem with a requisition requesting the Doctor to conduct autopsy.