(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA)

1. When the appeals were called out repeatedly then nobody has appeared on behalf of the appellant Raj Ballam Yadav @ Bijli Yadav. The appeal is of the year 1990. The appellant was properly noticed despite that he has not appeared, so this Court had no other way out than by appointing Amicus Curiae on behalf of the appellant.

Shri Alok Ranjan, Advocate is present in the Court and volunteers to assist the Court as Amicus Curiae.

Considering his willingness, Shri Alok Ranjan is appointed as Amicus Curiae to assist the Court on behalf of the appellant.

Let a copy of the brief of the appeal be handed over to newly appointed Amicus Curiae. The appeal is being passed over and it shall be taken up after lunch.

2. Criminal Appeal No. 197 (DB) of 1990 by Raj Ballam Yadav @ Bijli Yadav and Government Appeal No. 45 (DB) of 1990 on behalf of State of Bihar have arisen out of one common judgment passed on 25th of April, 1990 by the learned Sessions Judge, Nalanda at Bihar Sharif in Sessions Trial No. 276 of 1989, arising out of Bihar P.S. Case No. 519 of 1987 holding the appellant Raj Ballam Yadav @ Bijli Yadav guilty under Section 302