JUDGMENT - BRAHME P.S., J.: - Prakash s/o Wamanrao Lakde, the appellant herein, has preferred this appeal challenging the judgment and order passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Amravati in the Sessions Trial No. 91 of 1994 on 31-8-2001, wherein the appellant-accused was convicted for the offence under section 304-I of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- in default to suffer further rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months.

2. Prosecution case, in brief, is that on 15-1-1994 victim Munna Chavan, who was the son of witness Mohansing Chavan (P.W. 4), r/o. Village Bhatkuli, which comes under the Police Station, Kholapur, had gone to the pan shop of one Harish Rambhau More (P.W. 2) situated near the S.T. Stand with his friend Jeeven Athawale (P.W. 1) around 10.30 a.m. After having pan from the shop, deceased Munna and his friend Jeeven Athawale were standing in front of the pan shop when, at once, the appellant came there from the back side and suddenly inflicted three knife blows on the buttocks and thighs of deceased Munna, as a result of which Munna sustained multiple bleeding injuries o

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