GAHC010236282024

2025:GAU-AS:16953-DB

THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT

(HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Case No. : CRL.A(J)/133/2024

RAJU BAG @ SANJAY

S/O LATE BIRBAL BAG,

RESIDENT OF VILLAGE TARA T.E PUCCA LINE,

PS DOOMDOOMA DIST TINSUKIA,

ASSAM VERSUS

THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR

REPRESENTED BY PP ASSAM

2:URMILA GAVIN

S/O LATE THOMAS KUJUR RESIDENT OF LINE NO. 12

TARA BAGAN

PO AND PS DOOMDOOMA

DIST TINSUKIA ASSA

B E F O R E

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MICHAEL ZOTHANKHUMA

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KAUSHIK GOSWAMI

For the appellant : Ms. B.R.A. Sultana.

For the respondents : Ms. B. Bhuyan, APP.

Date of hearing & judgement : 09.12.2025

JUDGMENT & ORDER (ORAL)

(M. Zothankhuma, J)

1. Heard Ms. B. R. A. Sultana, learned Legal Aid Counsel for the appellant and Ms. B. Bhuyan, learned Senior Counsel/APP, Assam, assisted by Ms. R. Das, learned counsel.

2. The present appeal has been filed against the impugned judgment dated 06.09.2024, passed by the learned Sessions Judge (FTC-2), Tinsukia in Sessions Case No. 135(T)/2023, by which the appellant has been convicted under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life with a fine of Rs.10,000/-, in default, simple imprisonment for six mon