JUDGMENT :

Michael Zothankhuma, J

Heard Mr. Lalremtluanga, learned counsel for the appellant. Also heard Mrs. Linda L. Fambawl, learned Public Prosecutor for the State respondent.

2. The present appeal has been filed against the impugned Judgment and Order dated 11.11.2022 and Sentence Order dated 11.11.2022 passed by the Addl. District & Session Judge-I, Aizawl in SC No. 27 of 2019, by which the appellant has been convicted under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 5000/- and in default of payment of fine, the appellant was to suffer imprisonment for a further period of 3 months.

3. The facts of the case in brief is that an FIR dated 01.07.2018 was submitted by the informant (PW-1) to the Officer in Charge, Marpara Police Station, stating that on 01.07.2018 at around 2:30 pm, his father Sh. Sneha Ranjan Chakma was killed by the appellant with a machete while he was attending a Village Level Implementing Committee Meeting, in the residence of the Village Council Secretary of Silsury West, Sh. Krishna Kanti Chakma (PW-8). Consequent to the FIR being filed, a case under the Marpara Police Station was registered, bearing Marpara PS Case No. 2/