GUWAHATI, India, Jan. 6 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Dec. 5:
1. Heard Mr. H.R.A. Choudhury, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. I.U. Choudhury, learned counsel for the appellant. Also heard Ms. B. Bhuyan, learned Senior Counsel and Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam assisted by Ms. R. Das, learned counsel for the State respondent.
2. This appeal is directed against the judgment dated 26.09.2022 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Kokrajhar, in Sessions Case No.54/2017, convicting the appellant under Section 302 IPC for killing his wife by strangulation and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-, in default simple imprisonment for 6 (six) months.
3. The prose...