CAV JUDGMENT

(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD)

Date : 22-01-2026

The death reference registered under Section 366 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short ‘CrPC’) and the Criminal Appeal preferred by the two appellants are arising out of the judgment of conviction dated 2^nd May, 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the 'impugned judgment') and the order of sentence dated 9^th May, 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the 'impugned order') passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-19, Rohtas at Sasaram (hereinafter referred to as 'the learned trial court') in Sessions Trial No. 10 of 2022 arising out of Darihat P.S. Case No. 111 of 2021 dated 13^th July, 2021 registered under Section 302 /34 of the Indian Penal Code (in short ‘IPC’).

By the impugned judgment and order, the appellants have been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 302 /34 IPC and have been sentenced to death.

2. The appellants Aman Singh and Sonal Singh in Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 691 of 2024 have prayed for setting aside the impugned judgment and order of the learned trial court. The prosecution case is based on the fardbeyan of Shakuntala Devi, wife of Late Vijay Singh, Resident of Villag