RAJ KRIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) CR . Appeal No. 155 of 1995 is by Ram Lakhan Singh and Nawal Kishore Singh, who were arrayed as A -3 and A -1 in Sessions Trial No. 426 of 1995 and Cr. Appeal No. 8 of 1996 is by Raj Krit Singh, who was arrayed as A -2 in the said Sessions Trial.

(2.) THE above two appeals are being disposed of by the following common judgment and in this judgment, the appellants in both the appeals will be referred as A -1 to A -3, in the same order, as they were arrayed before the trial judge, for the sake of convenience.

(3.) AFTER the investigation was taken up, (Investigating Officer was also not examined) inquest was conducted, during which witnesses were examined. PW -3, Pramod Pathak, is one of the witness to the inquest(PW -3 turned hostile). After the inquest, dead body was sent to the hospital for the purpose of post mortem (the prosecution did not examine the doctor, who conducted autopsy and did not mark the post mortem certificate). Later, after the completion of investigation, final report was filed.