JUDGMENT :

(Arindam Lodh, J)

This appeal is directed against the judgment and order of conviction and sentence dated 10.04.2019, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Udaipur, Gomati District in case No.ST 32(GT/U) of 2016 (T-1), whereby and whereunder the convict-appellants were convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 of IPC and thereby sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/- each and they were further convicted under Section 201 read with Section 34 of IPC and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- each with default stipulation.

2. Brief facts:

2.1. R.K. Pur PS Case No. 2016RKP059, dated 26.05.2016 was registered by the Officer-in-Charge of R.K.Pur PS under Sections 342/302/201 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code on the basis of a complaint lodged by one Dulal Das. In the said complaint, he stated that his wife Baby Das along with one Smt. Manju Das of their village visited the house of accused Biplab Majumder on 24.05.2016 in the morning on the plea that one woman residing at the house of said Biplab was said to be the incarnation of ‘Goddess Manasha Devi’ [a Hindu Goddess].