JUDGMENT & ORDER :

[Manish Choudhury, J]

1. The instant criminal appeal under Section 374 , Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [CrPC] is directed against a Judgment & Order dated 20.09.2014 passed by the Court of learned Sessions Judge, Tinsukia [‘the Trial Court’, for short] in Sessions Case no. 172[T] of 2012. By the Judgment & Order dated 20.09.2014, the Trial Court has convicted the accused-appellant on two counts, that is, for committing offences under Section 302 , Indian Penal Code [ IPC ] and Section 323 , . For the offence under , , the accused-appellant has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/-, in default of payment of fine, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for another six months. For the offence under , , the accused-appellant has been imposed a fine of Rs. 5,000/-, in default of payment of fine, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one month. The sentences are ordered to run concurrently.

2. The investigation was set into motion on institution of a First Information Report [FIR] by the informant, Smti. Sefali Rajbor [P.W.1] on 14.08.2011 before the Officer In-Charge, Phillobari Police Station. In the FIR, the inform