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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 652/2002 Nana S/o Natha Manat Meena, R/o Gamadi Deval Pal Phala Mali, PS Sadar Dungarpur, District Dungarpur.

(Presently lodged in Central Jail, Udaipur)

----Appellant Versus State of Rajasthan ----Respondent For Appellant(s) : Mr. Shambhoo Singh, Adv. assisted by Mr. Hitendra Singh For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vikram Singh Rajpurohit, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR GARG HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI CHIRANIA

Judgment

REPORTABLE 22/08/2025 BY THE COURT : (PER HON’BLE MR. MANOJ KUMAR GARG,J)

Instant criminal appeal has been filed by the appellant against the judgment dated 11.06.2002 passed by learned Sessions Judge, Dungarpur, in Sessions Case No.44/2001 by which the learned Trial Court convicted the appellant for offence under Section 302 IPC and sentenced him for life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs.1,000/- and in default of payment of fine to further undergo six months RI.

Brief facts necessary to be noted for deciding the controversy are that 24.04.2001, complainant- Ratni provided an oral information at Police Station- Dungarpur to the effect that an altercation had occurred between her m