DURGA CHARAN MUNDA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned Amicus Curiae and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State.

(2.) The sole appellant is before us in this appeal being aggrieved by the judgment of conviction dated 11.06.2014 rendered in Sessions Trial Case No. 103/2011 by the court of learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-V, Ranchi, whereunder he has been convicted under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life with a fine of Rs. 2,000.00, in default whereof, to further undergo simple imprisonment for three months, by the impugned order of sentence dated 16.06.2014.

(3.) The prosecution case has unfolded on the basis of the fardbeyan of Jehru Lal Munda, son of late Devan Munda, village Haram Lohar Tola, Jaridih, P.S. Tamar, District Ranchi recorded at 11.50 hrs. on 15.11.2010 by the A.S.I. Thakur Shyam Deo Singh, Bariyatu P.S. near the bed no. 3117 at RIMS in the Unit of Dr. C.B. Sahay bearing P.I.R. No. 12340. The informant inter-alia alleged as follows: