JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. Nagmani Tiwari, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Shiv Shankar Kumar, learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction dated 07.04.2022 and order of sentence dated 08.04.2022 passed by Sri Vijay Kumar No.-III, learned Principal District & Sessions Judge, Seraikella-Kharsawan in Sessions Trial No. 51 of 2015, whereby and whereunder the appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable u/s 302 of the IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act and has been sentenced to undergo R.I. for life along with a fine of Rs. 5,000/-for the offence u/s 302 of the IPC and in default in payment of fine to further undergo S.I. for six months. He has also been sentenced to undergo R.I. for three years along with a fine of Rs. 2,000/-for the offence u/s 27 of the Arms Act and in default in payment of fine to further undergo S.I. for three months. All the sentences are to run concurrently.

3. The fardbeyan of Narayan Mahato was recorded on 03.11.2014, in which it has been stated that his son Prakash Mahato and his son's friend Gopal Chandra Mahato who both were J.V.M. Workers had left on a motorcycle on 01.11.2014 for Kharsawan to join