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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR MEDHI, MRS. JUSTICE YARENJUNGLA LONGKUMER, JJ
Bilal Uddin Barbhuiya Hailakandi, Assam – Appellant
Versus
State Of Assam And Anr. Rep. By PP, Assam – Respondent
JUDGMENT & ORDER :
S.K. Medhi, J.
1. The instant appeal has been preferred from jail against a judgment and order dated 21.01.2020 passed by the Sessions Judge, Hailakandi in Sessions Case No. 08/2019 registered under Section 302 IPC with R.I. for life and a fine of Rs.10,000/-.
2. The criminal law was set into motion by lodging of an Ejahar by the PW1 on 30.07.2018 alleging, inter alia, that on the previous evening at about 6 p.m., his mother was assaulted by his step-brother (the appellant) leading to her death. It has been alleged that following a disagreement over of certain family issue, the appellant, with an intention to kill his mother assaulted her on various parts of her body by means of a lathi causing injuries and thereby killed her at the place of occurrence. He had accordingly raised a hue and cry and other members of the family had come to the place of occurrence and confined the accused whereafter the police had come and took the dead body of the mother as well as the accused to the police station.
3. Based on the aforesaid Ejahar, the formal F.I.R. was registered as Lala P.S. Case No. 331/2018 under section 302 IPC. The investigation was accordingly done in which stat
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