1. This is a Criminal reference from the Mizo Hills. The accused has been convicted and sentenced to death by the Additional Deputy Commissioner and Additional District Magistrate, Mizo Hills, under S.302, Indian Penal Code . The accused has also put in an appeal from jail.

2. The Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mizo Hills, is empowered to try cases of this nature under an appropriate notification dated 19-2-69.

3. The accused was a sepoy in the Assam Rifles at the material time serving in the Mizo Hills and the deceased was an orderly of Adjutant there sharing the same bunker with the accused. It is said that the accused caused the murder of the deceased Man Bahadur Gurung on the night of 20th December, 1966 and his dead body was discovered in the gerge below in the morning of 21st. The accused was taken to Quarter Guard on his making extra - judicial confession before his Officer and others and later the Police registered a case and sent him up for trial. After commitment, the case was ultimately tried by