1. The appeal has been preferred under S.411A of the Code of Criminal Procedure by Panchu Gopal who has been convicted under S. 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life in a trial held in the Fourth Criminal Sessions of 1964 presided by our learned brother, the Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.K. Das sitting with a Special Jury in the ordinary Original Criminal Jurisdiction of this Court. The jury delivered a unanimous verdict of guilty under S.302 of the Indian Penal Code against Panchu Gopal and accepting that unanimous verdict the learned Judge convicted him for that offence and awarded a sentence of imprisonment for life on September 15, 1964.

2. The occurrence that led to the charge against the appellant happened on the 12tb September, 1963. The Magistrate made the order of commitment on 7-3-64. Before the Magistrate the procedure under S.207 A of the Code of Criminal Procedure was followed. The accused does not appear to have appointed any lawyer on his behalf during that proceeding. After he was committed to be tried in the Court of Session and before the trial commenced on the 7th of February 1964, two lawyers were engaged by the State to appear