(Per: Hon’ble Siddhartha Sah, J.)

1.The present Criminal Jail Appeal has been preferred on behalf of the accused/appellant against the judgment and order dated 09.08.2023 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Pithoragarh in Sessions Trial No.06 of 2021, State of Uttarakhand vs. Neeraj Singh (arising out of Case Crime No.01 of 2020, under Sections 302, 457, 380, 411 of IPC and Section 5/27(1) of the Arms Act, Police Station Patti Aamthal, District Pithoragarh), whereby the accused/appellant has been sentenced as under:-

Aforesaid sentences were directed to run concurrently.

2. The present case started on the basis of FIR that was lodged before the Patti Patwari Thal, Tehsil Thal, District Pithoragarh, by the informant, Ganga Singh S/o Late Karam Singh, R/o Village Machhikhet, (Tok Banri), Patti Thal, Tehsil Thal, District Pithoragarh with the allegations that on 19.09.2020 at about 9:30 p.m., the informant was watching news on the Television in his room, at that time, he heard the sound of a bullet. On hearing the sound and on the shouting of daughter-in-law, Smt. Saraswati Devi, he came out, by which time, his nephew, Pushkar Singh S/o Late Jagat Singh, was seen fallen on the ground w