KAPTAN PURTY Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned Amicus Curiae Mr. Rishi Pallava and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor Mr. Gauri Shankar Prasad

(2.) The sole appellant stands convicted by the impugned judgment dated 20.11.2009 for the offence under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life with a fine of Rs. 5,000.00, in default whereof, to undergo simple imprisonment for six months by the impugned order of sentence dated 23.11.2009 passed in Sessions Trial No. 1/2008 by the court of learned 1 st Additional Sessions Judge, West Singhbhum at Chaibasa.

(3.) Informant is the mother of the accused / appellant and mother-in-law of the deceased. Majhgaon (Kumardungi) P.S. Case No. 46/2007 was registered on 25.09.2007 at 20.00 hrs. against the sole accused / appellant on the basis of the fardbeyan of the informant, PW-2 Manjhari Kui, wife of late Dudang Purti of village Patar Hatu, Tola-Munda Sai, P.S. Kumarduugi, District-West Singhbum, Chaibasa, recorded by the Sub Inspector Baburam Bhagat, Officer-in-Charge at 15.30 Hrs. on 25.09.2007 at her own house at the village Patar Hatu. It inter-alia alleged as follows: