IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.7 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-106 Year-2011 Thana- BAHADURGANJ District- Kishanganj ======================================================

Mangla Son of Bilta Resident of Village- Jhingakata, P.S.- Bahadurganj, Distt.- Kishanganj, Bihar ... ... Appellant Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Appellant : Mr. Prashant Kumar, Advocate Mr. Mayank Mohan, Advocate For the Respondent : Mr. Binod Bihari Singh, APP ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR

ORAL JUDGMENT

(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR)

Date : 10-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This appeal has been preferred on behalf of the appellant through Patna High Court Legal Services Committee challenging the judgment of conviction dated 17.02.2018 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘impugned judgment’) and the order of sentence dated 21.02.2018 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘impugned order’), passed b