NIRMAL CHANDRA MANDAL Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned counsel for the appellant Mr. Shankar Lal Agarwal well as learned counsel for the State, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by learned counsel for the informant Mr. D.K. Karmakar.

(2.) The instant Criminal Appeal No. 156 of 2004 has been preferred by the appellants again the judgment of conviction and order of sentence both dated 18.12003 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, (Fast Track Court No. V), Jamshedpur in Sessions Trial No. 201 of 2001 and Criminal Revision No. 102/2004 has been preferred by the informant against acquittal of appellants under Sec. 307 of Indian Penal Code and are being disposed of by this Honourable Court by way of this common judgment.

(3.) Against the said impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence the appellant Nirmal Chandra Mandal and Swadesh Kumar Mandal @ Swadesh Mandal have preferred this Criminal Appeal no. 156 of 2004 before this Honourable Court on 201.2004 which has been admitted on 22.04.2004 and since then, this criminal appeal is pending. Informant Santosh Kumar Mandal has also preferred Criminal Revision No. 102 of 2004, against the acquittal of both the appellants and under Sec. 307 of the Indian Penal Code. This Criminal Revision application was filed on 10.02.2004, which has been admitted on 20.12.2005 to be heard along with Criminal Appeal No. 156 of 2004.