JUDGMENT :

A.M.Bujor Barua, J.

Heard Mr. S. S. S. Rahman, learned counsel for the appellant and Ms. S. Jahan, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. An Ejahar was lodged by Hafiz Ali Saikia (ASI) of Dhaligaon Police outpost before the Officer-in-Charge of Dhaligaon Police Station on 04.02.2012 inter-alia stating that at around 9:30 am of 04.02.2012 Jengma Basumatary, son of Manik Basumatary, a resident of Palashguri under Dhaligaon Police Station had verbally informed that a half burnt dead body of an unidentified girl was lying in the jungle of Khagrabari Reserve. Upon receiving such information, the informant Hafiz Ali Saikia immediately proceeded to the place of occurrence and found that the dead body was of a 14/15 years old girl, who was wrapped in dokhona (traditional dress for women of Bodo community) and further that the girl appeared to be belonging to Bodo/Rahba community. In the Ejahar it was stated that it is suspected that on 03.02.2012 some miscreant had killed the girl and then set her on fire, so that the deceased girl could not be identified. Upon investigation, the charge-sheet no. 29/2012 was submitted before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bo