JUDGMENT :

Shree Chandrashekhar, J.

On 28th December, 2010 at about 03:00 PM the fardbeyan of Mohan Mahto was recorded near river Kari by S.K. Suman, Officer Incharge of Bhagabandh Outpost within Putki PS. An information along with the fardbeyan of Mohan Mahto was sent to Putki PS at 08:00 PM and on that basis Putki (Bhagabandh) PS Case No. 115 of 2010 was lodged against Umesh Kumar Mahto and Puspa Devi for committing murder of their son Ajay Kumar Mahto - Puspa Devi is the step mother. In his fardbeyan, Mohan Mahto has stated that at about 01:00 PM Bablu Mahto informed him that Ajay Kumar Mahto was murdered and his dead body was concealed at cremation ground near river Kari - Ajay Kumar Mahto was son of his daughter. Upon receiving this information he had gone to the house of his son-in-law who was not there at that time and his grand children told him that on 26.12.2010 Ajay Kumar Mahto was strangulated by their father and step mother with a cloth. The informant has further stated that Umesh Kumar Mahto threatened his younger son not to disclose the incident to anyone and on 27.12.2010, early morning at 03:00 AM, buried the dead body of his son in the cremation ground. The informan