THE HIGH COURT OF SIKKIM : GANGTOK (Criminal Appeal Jurisdiction)

DATED : 4^th June, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIVISION BENCH : THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE MEENAKSHI MADAN RAI, JUDGE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE BHASKAR RAJ PRADHAN, JUDGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Crl.A. No.12 of 2024 Appellant : Karna Bahadur Biswakarma alias Karnay versus Respondent : State of Sikkim Appeal under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ---------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------

Appearance Mr. Sunil Baraily, Advocate (Legal Aid Counsel) for the Appellant.

Mr. S K. Chettri, Additional Public Prosecutor and Mr. Sujan Sunwar, Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State-Respondent.

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JUDGMENT (ORAL)

Meenakshi Madan Rai, J.

1. The only challenge in the instant Appeal is to the sentence meted out to the Appellant, which was for a period of twenty years each, under Sections 5(l) and 5(j) punishable