GUWAHATI, India, Dec. 4 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Oct. 4:

1. The instant criminal appeal from Jail is directed against a Judgment & Order dated 08.08.2019 passed by the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Biswanath Chariali at Sonitpur, Assam ['the Trial Court', for short] in Sessions Case no. 27 of 2018. By the Judgment & Order dated 08.08.2019, the Trial Court has convicted the accused-appellant for the offence under Section 302, Indian Penal Code [IPC] and he has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/-, in default of payment of fine, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for another two months.

2. The investigation was set into motion on the basis of a Firs...