GAHC010007962021 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Case No. : Death Sentence Ref./2/2020 THE STATE OF ASSAM REP. BY PP ASSAM. VERSUS SANJAY RAJOWAR S/O. LATE BABU RAJOWAR R/O. TEOK T.E. TEOK DIST. JORHAT ASSAM. ------------

Advocate for : PP ASSAM Advocate for : MR. K N CHOUDHURY AMICUS CURIAE appearing for SANJAY RAJOWAR BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.K. MEDHI HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE MARLI VANKUNG Date of hearing : 18.03.2025, Date of judgment : 30.07.2025 JUDGEMENT AND ORDER (CAV)

(Marli Vankung, J)

Heard Mr. K.N. Choudhury, learned Senior counsel appearing as Amicus Curiae, Ms. S.

Jahan learned Addl. PP and Mr. M.K. Das for the informant. Also heard Shri S Borthakur, learned counsel for the convict. This is a reference made for the confirmation on the order to suffer death sentence by the Sessions Judge, Jorhat, Assam dated 12.10.2020 in Session Case No. 157(J-T)/19 (GR Case No. 3191/90) on the conviction of Sh. Sanjoy Rajowar under sections 302 IPC and 302/149/342/353/148/149 IPC r/w Section 4 of the AMSP and MSI Act, 2011.

2. The prosecution story in brief is that on 31.08.2019 at 10:10 PM, one Sh. Manoj Gogoi, Senior Manager