Kalpu Mahto vs State of Jharkhand - 2021 Supreme(Jhk) 961

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2021 Supreme(Jhk) 961

NAVNEET KUMAR
Kalpu Mahto – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants :Mr. Pramod Kumar, Advocate
For the State : Mr. Bishambhar Shastri, A.P.P.

JUDGMENT :

This appeal is preferred against the Judgment of Conviction and order of sentence dated 25th July 2003, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, FTC-VIII, Hazaribagh, in S.T. No.315 of 1987, whereby the accused appellants Kalpu Mahto, Premdhari Mahto and Tribhuwan Mahto have been convicted for the offence punishable under Sections 148 and 326 of IPC and sentenced to undergo R.I. for one year u/s 148 of IPC and 2 ½ years u/s 326 of IPC and further the convicts Govind Mahto, Jugan Mahto (since deceased during pendency of appeal) and Rameshwar Mahto are sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period of six months under Section 147 IPC and R.I. for 2 ½ years u/s 326 of IPC and all the aforesaid accused persons were also sentenced to pay a fine of Rs.500/- each u/s 326 IPC and in default of payment of fine, one month imprisonment was further awarded.

2. It appears from the record that the accused-appellant no.2 Jagan Mahto s/o Late Khedan Mahto had expired during pendency of this appeal and the learned APP has filed an affidavit to that effect by which it appears that the said accused-appellant no.2 Jagan Mahto s/o Late Khedan Mahto has died about 14 years ago and the l

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