GUWAHATI, India, May 29 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on April 29:

1. The instant appeal has been preferred from jail against a judgment and order dated 09.03.2022 passed by the Addl. Sessions Judge (FTC), Biswanath Chariali in Sessions Case No. 44/2019 registered under Section 302 of the IPC [corresponding to Section 103 of the BNS] with R.I. for life and a fine of Rs.5,000/-.

2. The incident is one of fratricide whereby the allegation is against the appellant of killing his own brother.

3. The criminal law was set into motion by lodging of an Ejahar on 30.10.2018 by one Bhabananda Tanti (PW-2), who is the brother of both the appellant and the deceased. He had narrated that on the previous day, i.e., 29.10.2018 at a...