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RAMESH SINHA, RAVINDRA KUMAR AGRAWAL
Prabhu Nath Singh S/o Late Shyam Raj Singh – Appellant
Versus
State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station Sirgitti – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J.
1. All the above appeals are arising out of common Crime number, and common Session Trial, therefore, they are being heard and decided collectively.
2. These appeals are being filed by the respective appellants under Section 374(2) CrPC challenging their conviction and sentence dated 06.12.2023, passed by the 4th Additional Session Judge, Bilaspur, in Session Trial No. 35 of 2020, whereby the appellants have been convicted and sentenced as below:
| Name of the appellant | Conviction | Sentence |
| Prabhunath Singh (CRA-2330 of 2023) | Under Section 302/120B of the IPC (wrongly mention 102B in the impugned judgment) | Life imprisonment and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/- with default stipulation |
| Mithilesh Singh @ Babloo and Vimal @ Vimlesh Singh (CRA-388 of 2024) | Under Section 302 in alternate, 302/120-B of the IPC | Life imprisonment and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/- with default stipulation |
| Only for Mithilesh Singh @ Babloo | Under Section 201 read with Section 120-B of the IPC | RI for 3 years and to pay fine of Rs.500/- with default stipulation |
| Only for Mithilesh Singh @ Babloo | Under Section 25(1-B)(a) of th | |
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