JUDGMENT ON BOARD :

Goutam Bhaduri, J.

1. The present appeal is against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 22-3-2021 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pathalgaon, District Jashpur, in ST No.7/2020 whereby the appellant has been convicted under Sections 342, 302/34 and 302/201 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘the IPC’) and sentenced her to undergo R.I. for one year, Life Imprisonment and R.I. for five years respectively with usual default stipulations.

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 30-10-2002 the complainant namely; Bandhu Ram (PW-1), who is the father of Dinesh Kumar (since deceased) made a report at Police Station Pathalgaon, alleging that on 29-10-2002 between 10 to 11 pm the accused persons namely; Sukhsay (since absconding), Jalha @ Amarsingh and Geeta Bai in connivance with each other killed his son in their house and thereafter threw the dead body into the well. On the basis of that, the merg (Ex.P/2) and FIR (Ex.P/1) were registered. The map of the place of incident was also prepared. The dead body was subjected to postmortem and as per the postmortem report (Ex.P/21) the cause of death was homicidal in nature. On 30-10-2002 its