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SHAILENDRA SINGH
Awadhesh Kumar Jha @ Awadhesh Jha, S/o-Kapildeo Jha – Appellant
Versus
State Of Bihar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
The instant criminal appeal has been filed by the appellant/convict namely Awadhesh Kumar Jha @ Awadhesh Jha against the judgment impugned dated 12.04.2018 convicting the appellant and order dated 12.04.2018 sentencing the appellant by the Court of 1st Additional District and Sessions Judge, Sheohar in Sessions Trial No. 597/2010.
2. By the impugned judgment the appellant has been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 307, 326, 324, 447 and 341 of the Indian Penal Code (in short I.P.C.) and he has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years under Section 307 of I.P.C., further ten years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 326 of I.P.C. with a fine of Rs. 50,000/-, rigorous imprisonment for three years under Section 324 of I.P.C., rigorous imprisonment for three months under Section 447 of I.P.C. and simple imprisonment for one month under Section 341 of I.P.C. and all these sentences of imprisonment have been directed by convicting trial Court to run concurrently. The trial Court directed that the appellant will have to undergo simple imprisonment for two months in the event of default in payment of fine.
3. It is here relevant to mention
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