Ramdhan Namasudra @ Manoranjan S/O Late Roshomai Namasudra vs State Of Assam

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2024 Supreme(Gau) 1662

SANJAY KUMAR MEDHI, MITALI THAKURIA
Ramdhan Namasudra @ Manoranjan S/O Late Roshomai Namasudra – Appellant
Versus
State Of Assam – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Ms. A. Devi, Legal Aid Counsel
For the Respondents:Ms. B. Bhuyan, Sr. Advocate & Addl. PP, Assam, Assisted by Ms. R. Das, Advocate

JUDGMENT :

(S.K. Medhi, J)

1. The present appeal has been preferred under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgment and order dated 24.04.2018 passed by the learned Special Judge, Nagaon, Assam in Special Case No. 48 (N) of 2016. By the aforesaid judgment, the appellant has been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and also to pay fine of Rs. 10,000/- in default R.I. for another 6 (six) months under Section 302 IPC and to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and also to pay fine of Rs. 10,000/- in default R.I. for another 6 (six) months under Section 6 of the POCSO Act concurrently.

2. The case involves the brutal killing and rape of a seven-year-old child who would be referred to as the victim in the judgment.

3. The criminal law was set into motion by lodging of an Ejahar by PW-3, the cousin of the deceased. As per the Ejahar which was lodged on 27.12.2015, the appellant had lured the deceased on the pretext of buying chocolate by giving Rs. 10/-to her. Thereafter, as she did not return, her mother PW-2 made a search and the body of the deceased was found in an abandoned latrine. The Ejahar had specifically named the a