GA HC040014802023

2026:GAU-AP:480-DB THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT [THE HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH]

ITANAGAR PERMANENT BENCH NAHARLAGUN CRL.APPL.[J]. No. 32[AP]/2023 Abdul Basar @ Basa.

………………Appellant -VERSUS-

The State of Arunachal Pradesh.

Respondent ………………. BEFoRE HoN’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHoUDHURY HoN’BLE MR. JUSTICE KARDEK ETE Advocates :

For the Appellant : Mr. Uttam Bori, Legal Aid Counsel For the Respondent : Ms. Laxmi Hage, Additional Public Prosecutor, Arunachal Pradesh Date on which judgment is reserved : 30.04.2026 Date of Hearing : 30.04.2026 Date of pronouncement of judgment : 19.05.2026 Whether the pronouncement is of the Operative part of the judgment ? : No Whether the full judgment has been Pronounced ? : Yes JUDGMENT & oRDER [Manish Choudhury, J]

1. This criminal appeal from jail is directed against a Judgment dated

20.11.2019 and an Order on Sentence dated 22.11.2019 passed by the Court of learned District and Sessions Judge, Tirap, Changlang and Longding at Khonsa, Arunachal Pradesh in Khonsa Sessions Case no. 46/2019. By the Judgment dated 20.11.2019, the accused-appellant has been convicted for the offence of murder under Section 302, Ind