Sankar @ Jhangala Murmu vs State of Odisha

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
D.DASH, S.K.PANIGRAHI
Sankar @ Jhangala Murmu – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. R.C. Maharana, Advocate.
For the Respondent: Ms. Samapika Mishra, Addl. Standing Counsel

Table of Content
1. overview of criminal case process (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. assessment of evidentiary reliability (Para 7 , 10)
3. arguments regarding witness credibility and evidence (Para 8 , 9)
4. concerns on evidential weight and recovery process (Para 12 , 13)
5. final decision to set aside conviction (Para 14 , 15)

JUDGMENT :

D.Dash, J.

The Appellant by filing this Appeal, from inside the jail, has called in question the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 11.04.2017 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Mayurbhanj- Baripada in S.T. Case No.192 of 2013 arising out of G.R. Case No.111 of 2013 (C.T. No.913 of 2012) of the Court of learned S.D.J.M., Udala.

The Appellant(accused) has been convicted for commission of offence under section-302/201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘the IPC ’) and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.10,000/- in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six(6) months for offence under section-302 of the . He too has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and pay fine of Rs.2,000/- with the default stipulation to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for (1)one month for

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACKD.DASH, S.K.PANIGRAHISankar @ Jhangala Murmu – AppellantVersusState of Odisha – Respondent

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
D.DASH, S.K.PANIGRAHI
Sankar @ Jhangala Murmu – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent