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ASHUTOSH KUMAR, JITENDRA KUMAR
Munaki Rai – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
Jitendra Kumar, J.—All the appeals have been taken up together as they have been preferred against the same impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 03.09.2019 and 04.09.2019 respectively, passed by learned 2ndAdditional District and Sessions Judge-, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connetion with Sessions Trial No. 10 of 2018 + 452 of 2017, CNR No. BRVA010017112017 arising out of Jurawanpur P.S. Case No. 34 of 2017, whereby all six appellants have been found guilty under Sections 302/34, 341/34 and 452/149 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.50,000/- each under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. All the appellants have been further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for four years under Section 452/149 of the Indian Penal Code. They have been further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one month under Section 341/34 of the Indian Penal Code. In addition to the aforesaid sentences, all the appellants have been further awarded four years rigorous imprisonment under Section 27 of the Arms Act. It was further directed that in case of default to pay the fi
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