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SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD, SUBHASH CHAND
Etwa Munda, son of Sukhram Munda – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.
The instant appeal has been preferred under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the Judgment of conviction dated 30.05.2017 and Order of sentence dated 03.06.2017, passed by the District & Additional Sessions Judge-I, Khunti, in Sessions Trial Case No.466 of 2009, whereby, the appellant has been found guilty and convicted for the offences under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and upon hearing on the point of sentence, the appellant has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life for the offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.
2. The prosecution case is based on the fardbeyan of Chaukidar, Muni Mirdha recorded on 16.12.2008 at about 11:45 hours before Officer-in-Charge, Arki Police Station that on 16.12.2008 the informant, in course of serving notices, went to village Rumchu, then the villagers told him that due to previous enmity Etwa Munda S/o Sukhram Munda, resident of village Rumchu Tola Rugaddih,, P.S. Arki, District Khunti had mercilessly killed Dulari Devi W/o Late Lalsoy Munda, her daughter-in-law Powline Nag and her one year old daughter at about 4:00 PM in the evening of 15.12.2008 by a sharp cuttin
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