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2014 Supreme(Pat) 107

I. A. ANSARI, V. N. SINHA
Akhlesh Prasad Singh @ Akhileshwar Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants : Mr. Braj Nandan Prasad.
For the State : Mr. A.K. Sinha.

I. A. ANSARI, J.:–This appeal has put to challenge the judgment, dated 28.02.2012, passed, in Sessions Case No. 237 of 2010, by the learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Banka, whereby the accused-appellants, Akhleshwar Prasad Singh @ Akhileshwar Singh and Poonam Devi, stand convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code as well as Section 326 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Following their conviction, as mentioned herein before, they have been sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life and pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/- each and, in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for six months.

2. The case of the prosecution may, in brief, be discussed thus:–

(i) Deceased Renu Devi was wife of the informant Gopal Prasad Singh (PW 4), PW 4 being son of PW 3 (Jagdish Prasad Singh). On 30.06.2009, at about 7 PM, Renu Devi, having served meals to her husband (PW 4), her father-in-law (PW 3) and her brother-in-law, Rishi Kumar (PW 2), went outside her matrimonial house to answer the call of the nature. Having answered nature’s call, when she was returning, her neighbours, accused Poonam Devi and her husband, accused Akhleshwar Prasad Sing

































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