GUWAHATI, India, Sept. 19 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Aug. 20:
1. The present appeal has been preferred from jail against the judgment and order dated 16.06.2023 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Golaghat, Assam in Sessions Case No. 68/2022 under Section 302 of the IPC [corresponding to Section 103 BNS], thereby sentencing the appellant to undergo RI for life and fine of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) in default, further imprisonment for 3 months.
2. The criminal law was set into motion by lodging of an Ejahar on 11.07.2022 by one Nipen Mura who is the elder brother of the deceased (PW2). It was stated in the Ejahar that the younger sister of the informant was married to the appellant and they had led a co...