JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. B.M. Tripathy, learned senior counsel for the appellant and Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction dated 20.04.1993 and the order of sentence dated 24.04.1993 passed by Shri Ajay Kumar Srivastava, learned Additional District and Sessions Judge -II, Godda in Sessions Trial No. 95 of 1992 whereby and whereunder the appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life.

3. The case of the prosecution is based upon the fardbeyan of Badri Prasad Sah recorded on 08.07.1988 at 11:00 a.m. in which it has been stated that the brother-in-law of the informant, Mahendra Kumar Bhagat had informed him on 08.07.1988 that Rajendra Prasad Sah (appellant) who is the son-in-law of the informant had committed the murder of the daughter of the informant namely Kiran @ Prem Lata. On receiving such information, the informant along with his son and brother-in-law had proceeded for Village – Banjhi and when they reached the house of Rajendra Prasad Sah he found the dead body of Kiran @ Prem Lata on the verandah in th