JUDGMENT :

UJJAL BHUYAN, J.

1. This appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 05.02.2018 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in Criminal Appeal No. 1611 of 1983, confirming the conviction and sentence imposed on the appellant by the Additional Sessions Judge, Non-metropolitan Area, Kanpur in Sessions Trial No. 297 of 1982.

2. In the sessions trial, appellant Ram Singh was convicted under Section 301 read with Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC). He was also convicted under Section 307 IPC. For the offence under Section 301/302 IPC, appellant was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and for the offence under Section 307 IPC, appellant was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for five years, both the sentences to run concurrently.

2.1. As noticed above, the appeal filed by the appellant before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (‘High Court’ for short) was dismissed. Consequently, the conviction and sentence of the appellant imposed by the Sessions Court was confirmed by the High Court.

Prosecution Case

3. PW-1 Shri Radhey Lal lodged a first information before the Bhognipur Police Station in the District of Kanpur (U.P.) on 19.0