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CASE NO.:

Appeal (crl.) 873 of 2004

PETITIONER:

STATE OF GOA

RESPONDENT:

SANJAY THAKRAN AND ANR

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/03/2007

BENCH:

B.N. AGRAWAL & P.P. NAOLEKAR

JUDGMENT:

JUDGMENT

WITH

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 874 OF 2004

SUBHASH CHANDRA NANDA \005.. APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS

SANJAY THAKRAN AND ANR. ....RESPONDENT(S)

P.P. NAOLEKAR, J.

Aggrieved by the judgment and final order dated 30-09-2003 of

the High Court of Bombay at Goa whereby the accused

persons/respondents, namely, Sanjay Thakran (respondent no. 1/A-

1) and his wife Anjali Thakran (respondent no. 2/A-2) were acquitted

of the offences charged under Sections 120-B, 364, 302 and 392

read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, these criminal

appeals have been preferred by the State of Goa and father of one of

the deceased persons. Earlier, by the judgment delivered on 09-01-

2002, the Court of IInd Additional Sessions Judge, Panaji has

acquitted both the accused persons of all the abovementioned

charges levelled against them.

The relevant facts, as per the evidence adduced and the First

Information Report, are that on 26