JANARDAN PANDEY Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Being aggrieved by the judgment and order passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Amravati dated 23.9.2013 in Sessions Case No. 28/12, thereby convicting the appellant for the offence punishable under Sections 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentencing him to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/and in default, to suffer further S.I. for one year, the appellant has approached this Court.

(2.) The prosecution case, in brief, as could be gathered from the material placed on record is as under :

(3.) The learned trial Judge framed the charges below Exh. 3 against the accused for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The accused pleaded "not guilty" and claimed to be tried. At the conclusion of the trial, the learned trial Judge recorded the order of conviction and sentence against the present appellant as aforesaid. Being aggrieved by the order of conviction and sentence, the present appeal has been filed by the appellant.