IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.267 of 2014 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-114 Year-2004 Thana- AMARPUR District- Banka ======================================================

Ramswaroop Harijan, Son of Mangal Harijan, Resident of Village - Masarpur (Logain), Police Station- Amarpur, District- Banka ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Appellant/s : Mr. Md. Najmul Hodda, Adv.

Ms. Ayushi Choudhary, Adv.

Mr. Saurabh Kumar Singh, Adv.

For the Respondent/s : Mr. Bipin Kumar, APP ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH

ORAL JUDGMENT

Date : 11-02-2026 The instant appeal has been preferred by the appellant against the judgment of conviction dated 15.05.2014 and the order of sentence dated 24.05.2014 passed by the Court of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Banka, in Sessions Trial No. 1293 of 2005/166 of 2014 (arising out of Amarpur P.S. Case No. 114 of 2004), whereby and whereunder the appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code (in short, “I