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PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI, MUNNURI LAXMAN
Rohtash S/o Shri Budh Ram – Appellant
Versus
State Of Rajasthan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Per Dr. Pushpendra Singh Bhati, J:
1. This criminal appeal under Section 374 Cr.P.C. has been preferred claiming the following reliefs:
Further the accused Appellant may kindly be declared acquitted from the charges leveled against him. The record of the Court below may also kindly be called for.
Any other appropriate order or relief which this Hon’ble Court deem fit and proper in the eyes of law, may kindly be passed in favor of the Appellant.”
2. The accused-appellant laid a challenge to the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 19.04.2017 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bhadra, District Hanumangarh, in Sessions Case No.43/2015 (CIS No.45/2015), whereby the present accused-appellant has been convicted and sentenced as below:
Conviction under Section Sentence Fine
302 IPC Life Imprisonment Rs.1,00,000/-, in default to underg
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