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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Ashutosh Kumar, Alok Kumar Pandey
Ajit Singh @ Ajit Kumar Singh, S/o Late Nagehwar Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ASHUTOSH KUMAR, J.
We have heard Mr. Ansul, the learned Advocate for the appellant/Ajit Singh @ Ajit Kumar Singh [Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 620 of 2014] and Mr. Ravindra Kumar, the learned Advocate for the appellants in other two appeals, viz., Cr. Appeal (DB) Nos. 586 and656 of 2014 respectively.
2. The State is represented by Mr. Ajay Mishra and Mr. Dilip Kumar Sinha, the learned APPs., respectively.
3. Mr. Sanoj Kumar, the learned Advocate has appeared for the informant in all the three appeals.
4. One of the appellants in Cr. Appeal (DB)No. 656 of 2014, namely, Maheshwar Singh @ Mahesh Singh, had died during the pendency of the appeal and, therefore, the appeal as against him stood abated by this Court vide order dated 21.09.2023.
5. The appellant/Ajit Singh @ Ajit Kumar Singh (hereinafter called Ajit Singh) has been convicted under Sections 302 and 364/34 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE (in short the I.P.C.), whereas the rest of the appellants in Cr. Appeal (DB) Nos. 586 and 656 of 2014 have been convicted under Sections 302 /34 and 364/34 of the I.P.C. vide judgment dated 04.07.2014 passed by the learned Adhoc Additional District and Sessions Judge-II, Khagaria in Sessions Case No. 3
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