71. In the case in hand, the appellants were convicted and
sentenced for the offences punishable under Section 302/201/34 of
the Indian Penal Code, 1860. According to the case made out by the
prosecution, the appellants committed murder of the victim child in
Secundrabad and with a view to cause disappearance of the evidence,
packed the dead body in a bag and put the same in a train. The bag
containing the dead body of the child was ultimately, recovered from
the said train at Howrah railway station, resulting in the initiation of a
case. The facts and circumstances of the case straightaway render the
case triable by the court at Howrah in accordance with the provisions
of Section 178 and 179 of the Code of 1973. In that view of the facts,
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the objection raised on behalf of the appellants with regard to
territorial jurisdiction of the court at Howrah to try such case has no
legs to stand.
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