IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH

AT JABALPUR

BEFORE

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK AGARWAL

&

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE RATNESH CHANDRA SINGH BISEN

th

ON THE 8 OF JANUARY, 2026

CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 917 of 2017

RAJESH PAL AND OTHERS

Versus

THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH

Appearance:

Shri Prabhakar Singh - Advocate for the appellants.

Shri B K Upadhyay - Public Prosecutor for the respondent-State.

ORDER constitutes imprisonment for whole life till death, but if life imprisonment is computed in terms of the circulars of the State/Central Government, then sentence for offence under Section 323/34 of IPC shall commence after completion of life imprisonment.

Per: Justice Vivek Agarwal

This criminal appeal under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal

Procedure, 1973 is filed by the convicted appellants Rajesh Pal and Khiladi @ Ramkhelawan Pal being aggrieved of the judgment dated 13.01.2017 passed by the learned Third Additional Sessions Judge, Sidhi (M.P.) in S.T. No.118/2015 (State of Madhya Pradesh Vs. Rajesh Pal and another), whereby the learned trial Court convicted the appellants for offence under Section 302/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, and sentenced each of them to undergo life imprisonment with fine Rs.100