JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Mr. Amit Kumar Das, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner.

2. Heard Mrs. Vandana Bharti, the learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State-Opposite Party.

3. The present criminal revision petition is directed against the Judgment dated 01.10.2013 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-VII, Palamau at Daltonganj in Criminal Appeal No. 90/2008 whereby the learned appellate court affirmed the Judgment of conviction and the order of sentence of the petitioner under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code passed by the learned trial court and dismissed the criminal appeal.

4. The learned trial court, vide Judgment of conviction and the order of sentence dated 17.07.2008 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Daltonganj, Palamau in G.R. Case No. 33 of 2001/ Trial No. 165 of 2008 (arising out of Lesliganj P.S. Case No. 01/2001), had convicted the petitioner for the offence under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code and had sentenced him to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for two years under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code.

Arguments on behalf of the petitioner

5. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, at the outset, submitted that