(hereinafter referred to as the ‘impugned order’)
passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-I-cum-Spl. Judge,
Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.109 of 2024 dt.24-07-2025
SC/ST & POCSO Act, Jamui (hereinafter referred to as the
‘learned trial court’) in SC/ST Case No. 53 of 2021 (CIS No. 53
of 2021) arising out of Jamui Mahila PS. Case No. 47 of 2020. By
the impugned judgment, the appellants have been convicted for the
offences under Sections 376(D) of the Indian Penal Code (in short
‘IPC’) and Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (in short ‘SC/ST Act’).
Further Sukho Yadav @ Sukhu Yadav has also been convicted
under Section 354(C) IPC and Section 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act.
By the order of sentence, they have been ordered to undergo life
imprisonment with a fine of Rs.25,000/- under Section 376(D) IPC
and in default of payment of fine, they shall further undergo
rigorous imprisonment for one year. Further, Sukho Yadav
(appellant no. 2) has been ordered to undergo rigorous
imprisonment for seven years with a fine of Rs.10,000/- under
Section 354(C) IPC and in default of payment of fine, he has to
further undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months. He has also
bee ordered to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years
with a fine of Rs.10,000/- under Section 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act
and in default of payment of fine, he has to further undergo
rigorous imprisonment for six months. All the sentences are to run
concurrently.