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RAMESH SINHA, ARVIND KUMAR VERMA
Vedprakash Rana S/o Natthuram Rana – Appellant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice
1. This criminal appeal preferred under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, the Cr.P.C.) is directed against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 08.09.2023 passed by the learned Second Additional Sessions Judge, Sakti, District Janjgir-Champa, in Sessions Trial No.11 of 2020 by which the appellant has been convicted for offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay fine amount of Rs. 5,000/-, in default of payment of fine, to undergo additional rigorous imprisonment for six months.
2. This case was listed today for consideration of IA No. 1 of 2023 which is an application for suspension of sentence and grant of bail to the appellant/accused. However, with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matter has been heard finally.
3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 20.06.2020, the informant Hirabai Rana (PW-1) gave an information at Police Chowki, Faguram that she resides at village Kekrabhanta and does the household work. Her husband had expired way back. In his house, his elder son Vedprakas
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