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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD, ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY
Sharwan Singh @ Ravi Singh @ Shravan Singh S/o Late Shivraj Singh @ Vidhyanand Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY, J.
1. Heard Mr. Saroj Kumar Sharma, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Ajay Sharma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The present appeal has been preferred for setting aside the judgment of conviction dated 25.05.2022 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘impugned judgment’) and order of sentence dated 30.05.2022 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘impugned order’) passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Danapur at Patna (hereinafter referred to as the ‘learned trial court’) in Sessions Trial No. 365 of 2014 arising out of Paliganj P.S. Case No. 101 of 2003 by which the appellant has been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 302 , 307, 326 read with Section 34 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE (in short ‘IPC’) and also under Section 27 of the ARMS ACT . He has been sentenced to undergo life imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 25,000/- for the offence under Section 302 IPC and in default of payment of fine, he shall further undergo imprisonment for six months. The appellant has also been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years and fine of Rs. 10,000/- each for the offences under Sections 307 and 326 of IPC an
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