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PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
Murari Bhagat, Son of Late Ram Laxman Bhagat – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
By Court: Heard Mr. M.B. Lal, learned counsel for the appellants and Mr. Jitendra Pandey, learned A.P.P. appearing for the State.
2. Above named appellants have preferred this criminal appeal challenging their conviction and sentence dated 02.09.2006 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C., 7th, Dhanbad in Sessions Trial No. 173 of 2002,whereby and whereunder, the appellants have been held guilty for the offence under Sections 323 and 325 of the I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo R.I. for six months for the offence under Section 323 of the I.P.C. and to undergo R.I. for two years and to pay fine of Rs. 1,000/-for the offence under Section 325 of the I.P.C. with default stipulation. All the sentences were directed to run concurrently.
FACTUAL MATRIX
3. The factual matrix giving rise to this appeal in a narrow compass is that on 23.02.2001 at about 6:00 A.M., in the morning the informant Rama Shankar Bhagat was returning to his home after attending nature’s call and when he reached near his house where accused Sheo Shankar Bhagat was cutting cauliflower in his field. On seeing the informant, the accused Sheo Shankar Bhagat abused the informant. At that time, other abo
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