JUDGMENT :

D.Dash, J.

The Appellants by filing this Appeal have assailed the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 27.03.2023 and 28.03.2023 respectively passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Balangir in Sessions Case No.80 of 2014 arising out of G.R. Case No.601 of 2013 corresponding to Balangir Town P.S. Case No.217 of 2013 of the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (S.D.J.M.), Balangir.

The Appellants (accused persons) have been convicted for commission of offence under section-302/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1960 (for short ‘the IPC’) accordingly each of them have been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and pay fine of Rs.10,000/- in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six month.

2. The prosecution case as it reveals from the written report submitted by one Surendri Sai, wife of late Krupasindhu @ Krupa Sai of village Kandhapalipada that she had been informed by her son namely, Amit Sai that her husband Krupa was lying with bleeding injuries at Kandhapali Chowk. Having received the said information, she (Informant) had rushed to the place and saw her husband lying there with severe bleeding injuries on his mouth and legs. She having m