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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR D.B. Criminal Appeal (Db) No. 305/2018 Ram Prakash @ Prakash S/o Gopal, R/o Khairali Police Station Baran Sadar Distt. Baran Raj. (At Present He Is Confined In Distt. Jail Baran)

---Accused-Appellant Versus State Of Rajasthan Through PP, Raj.

----Respondent For Appellant(s) : Mr. Girish Khandelwal with Ms. Swati Sharma and Mr. Khizer Iqbal Khan For Respondent(s) : Mr. Rajesh Choudhary, GA-cum-AAG with Mr. Aman Agarwal Mr. Vinod Sharma Ms. Neha Goyal Mr. Amit Kumar Punia, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BHUWAN GOYAL

Judgment

16/04/2026 PER HON’BLE MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL, J.

Learned Public Prosecutor has submitted the status report dated 14.04.2026 furnished by SHO, Police Station, Baran Sadar, District Baran which is taken on record.

This criminal appeal is directed against the judgment dated

04.08.2018 passed by learned Special Judge, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Cases, Baran (for short, ‘learned trial Court’) in Sessions Case No.304/2016 CIS No.293/2016 whereby, the accused-appellant (for short, ‘appellant’) has been convicted and sentenced as under:

Section 302 IPC:- Life impris