Guwahati Court April 2011 Judgments

Pinku Rabidas Vs. State of Assam

Court: Guwahati

GOSWAMI, J (1.) This criminal appeal is directed against the impugned judgment and order dated 31.8.05 passed by the learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Jorhat in Sessions Case No. 49(J-J)/05 convicting the accused appellant under Section 302 IPC and sentencing him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs. 2,000/-, in default of payment of fine, rigorous imprisonment for another six months. The learned Sessions Judge also convicted the accused under Section 325 IPC and sentenced him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for three months and to pay fine of Rs. 1,000/-, in default of payment of fine, rigorous imprisonment for another one month. (2.) The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 12.7.08 one Dulu Tanti lodged an FIR stating that in the evening of 11.7.04 at around 8.00 p.m., his son, Shri Kamal Tanti, was killed by Shri Pinku Rabi Das by striking him in head with a sword from behind and left his dead body in the gate way of his house. He further stated in the...