JUDGMENT :

Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.

1. The instant appeal, filed under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, has been preferred against the judgment of conviction dated 09.04.2015 and order of sentence dated 18.04.2015 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge VII, Dhanbad in Sessions Trial No. 07 of 2000, by which the appellant-Ramadhir Singh @ Ramadhin Singh has been convicted under Section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 27 of the Arms Act; and has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life for the offence committed and punishable under Section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and R.I for three years for the offence committed and punishable under Section 27 of the Arms Act. Both the sentences were directed to run concurrently.

Facts of the Case:

2. This Court, before proceeding to examine the legality and propriety of the judgment of conviction and order of sentence, deems it fit and proper to refer the background of institution of prosecution case, as per fardbeyan of informant, namely Dun Bahadur Singh (P.W. 10), which reads as under:

3. The fardbeyan of the informant Dun Bahadur Singh (P.W.10), who is a resident of Sijua More, P.S. Jogta, D