JUDGMENT :

Sanjeeb K. Panigrahi, J.

1. The Petitioner has filed the instant Criminal Appeal under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/ Section 415 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, invoking the appellant jurisdiction of this Court. The appeal is preferred against the Judgment dated 29.07.2025 passed by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Chandikhole, in C.T. Case No. 206 of 2012 and 219 of 2025 arising out of G.R. Case No. 726 of 2010, corresponding to P.S. Case No.206 of 2010, whereby the appellant was convicted for the offences under Section 306 r/w Section 34 of Indian Penal Code and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 5 years and to pay fine of Rs.5,000/- and in default of payment of fine undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

(i) On 06.11.2020, the informant, Anjana Rout, the wife of the deceased Laxmidhar Rout, lodged a written report before the IIC of Badachana P.S. alleging that her father, step-mother, step-sister and step-brother had killed her husband, Laxidhar Rout.

(ii) The informant’s father, Karunakar, due to difference wit