JUDGMENT :

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD

1. This appeal has been filed under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the judgment of conviction dated 17.03.2017 and order of sentence dated 18.03.2017, passed by learned District & Additional Sessions Judge-III, Dumka, in Sessions Trial No. 92 of 2012,whereby and whereunder the learned trial court has convicted the appellant under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and has sentenced to undergo R.I for life under Section 302 IPC and fine of Rs. 20,000/- and in the event of non-payment of fine convict was further directed to undergo SI for additional three months.

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, which as per the written report of the informant Safid Choukidar is that on 29.10.2011, when the informant was going to his house from his duty from State Bank of India, Gando Branch then the villager of Chirudih village informed him that Chunda Murmu has committed murder of his wife. To verifiy this information, he reached near the Chunda Murm