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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
| Table of Content |
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| 1. establishment of a prosecution case. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. assessment of evidence and affirmation of trial court's judgment. (Para 11 , 30 , 32) |
| 3. witness testimonies supporting prosecution claim. (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18) |
| 4. credibility of eyewitnesses and injured witnesses. (Para 26 , 28) |
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 fi
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