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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 1190/2016 Ashok Kumar S/o Shri Budhram, B/c Valmiki, R/o Village Fatehpur, PS Sangariya, Tehsil & District Hanumangarh.

----Appellant Versus State of Rajasthan ----Respondent For Appellant(s) : Mr. Anees Bhurat, amicus curiae For Respondent(s) : Mr. Shrawan Singh Rathore, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR GARG HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI CHIRANIA

Judgment

Order reserved on 18/09/2025 Date of Pronouncement : 23/ 09/2025 BY THE COURT : (PER HON’BLE MR. MANOJ KUMAR GARG,J)

Instant criminal jail appeal has been received by post on behalf of the appellant through Jailer, Central Jail, Bikaner challenging the judgment dated 11.11.2016 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Sangariya, District Hanumangarh, in Sessions Case No.09/2016 by which the learned Trial Court convicted the appellant for offence under Section 302 IPC and sentenced him to life imprisonment along with fine of Rs.1,01,000/- and in default of payment of fine to further undergo one year additional S.I.

Brief facts necessary to be noted for deciding the controversy are that on 12.01.2016, complainant- Rampratap submitted a typed