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LANUSUNGKUM JAMIR, MALASRI NANDI
Bhadreswar Padi, S/o. Late Dimbeswar Padi – Appellant
Versus
State Of Assam – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Malasri Nandi, J.)
1. Heard Mr. A. Ahmed, learned counsel for the accused-appellant. Also heard Ms. B. Bhuyan, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State/respondents.
2. This appeal has been preferred by the accused/appellant from jail challenging the judgment and order dated 17.07.2017 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Dhemaji in Sessions Case No. 46(DH)/2016 convicting the accused/appellant under Section 302/201 IPC and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-in default of payment of fine rigorous imprisonment for three months for the offence under Section 302 IPC. The appellant was further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-in default rigorous imprisonment for 15 days for the offence under Section 201 IPC. Both the sentences were directed to run concurrently.
3. To begin with the prosecution case, it has been revealed from the FIR that the informant Sangita Padi lodged an FIR on 04.09.2012 stating inter alia that she got married to the accused/appellant in the year 2010. After their marriage, they lived together as husband and wife and out of their wedloc
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