Judgment on Board

Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

(Cause title taken from Case Information System)

1. The present criminal appeal has been filed under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 by the appellant Sanjay @ Sanju Verma against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 12.10.2022 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Khairagarh, District Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai (C.G.) in Sessions Case No. 14/2019, whereby the appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life along with a fine of Rs. 2,000/-, and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo imprisonment for a period of three months.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 07.05.2019 at about 07:20 PM, the appellant Sanjay @ Sanju Verma brought his wife Lata Verma (deceased) to the Community Health Center, Khairagarh within the jurisdiction of Police Station Khairagarh, where she was declared dead by the attending doctors. On receiving such information, merg intimation under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was recorded and necessary proceedings we