RANCHI, India, May 8 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on April 8:

1. Heard Mr. Pandey Ashok Nath Roy, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, learned Spl.P.P.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment and order of conviction and sentence dated 03.04.1998 passed by Sri Vinod Kumar Sinha, learned 5th Additional Sessions Judge, Giridih in S.T. No. 223 /1996, whereby and whereunder the appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 I.P.C and has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life.

3. The prosecution case arises out of the Fardbayan of Sukhdeo Gope recorded on 10.07.1996 in which it has been stated that while the informant was going in the Dumri-Bermo road to...