1. The instant appeal under section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal
Procedure is directed against the judgment of conviction dated 15.02.1996
and the order of sentence dated 24.02.1996 passed by the learned Sessions
Judge, Deoghar in Sessions Case No.65 of 1995 whereby and whereunder
the appellants, above-named, have been convicted under sections 302 and
307 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo RI for life under
section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and RI for 5 years for the offence
under section 307 of the Indian Penal Code and both the sentences shall
run concurrently.
2. At the outset, it needs to mention here that one of the appellants-co-
convict, namely, Naresh Sah, had died during the pendency of the appeal
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and vide order dated 26.03.2025 the present criminal appeal qua the
appellant, namely, Naresh prasad Sah stands abated.
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