SINGO MURMU Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Two persons namely, Singo Murmu and Binod Murmu, both mother and son, were put on trial in S.T. Case No.47 of 2005. A First Information Report was lodged against them under section 302 and 201 read with section 34 I.P.C, on the basis of the fardbeyan of Debo Hansda, the informant. After the investigation, a charge-sheet was filed and both the accused persons were sent up for trial. They have faced the trial on the charge of committing murder of Gulapi alias Malati, daughter of the informant, in furtherance of their common intention and for causing disappearance of her body.

(2.) In order to establish its case that the accused persons first killed Gulapi alias Malati and then set her ablaze to give colour of suicide by the deceased, the prosecution has examined 8 witnesses; the informant is P.W.7 and the Investigating Officer is P.W.8, during the trial.

(3.) Dr. Yogendra Nath, who has conducted autopsy, has found the following injuries on Gulapi alias Malati: