HIGH COURT OF TRIPURA

AGARTALA

Crl. A(J) 55/2024

Sri Bir Manik Jamatia

son of late Khagendra Jamatia, resident of Golmura (Tulamura),

P.S. Kakraban, District- Gomati, Tripura

----Appellant

Versus

The State of Tripura ----Respondent

For the Appellant(s) : Mr. P. Majumder, Legal Aid

Counsel

For the Respondent(s) : Mr. Raju Datta, PP

Date of hearing & delivery

of Judgment & Order : 07.01.2026

Whether fit for reporting : Yes/No

BEFORE

HON’BLE JUSTICE DR. T. AMARNATH GOUD

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S. DATTA PURKAYASTHA

JUDGMENT(ORAL)

(Dr.T.Amarnath Goud, J)

Heard Mr. P. Majumder, learned Legal Aid Counsel appearing

for the appellant also heard Mr. Raju Datta, learned Public Prosecutor,

appearing for the respondent-State of Tripura.

2. The appellant, by means of filing the present appeal has challenged the judgment and order of conviction and sentence dated 12.09.2022 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Gomati District, Udaipur, in connection with case No. S.T. 13 of 2021, wherein the appellant has been convicted under Section 302 of the IPC, and was sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/- with default stipulation. 3. Facts leading to the present appeal is that, on 17.09