RANCHI, India, Aug. 2 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on July 1:

1. Heard Mr. B.K. Dubey, learned counsel for the appellant and Mrs. Priya Shrestha, learned Spl.P.P.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 28.03.98 and 31.03.98 respectively passed by Sri Dilkeshwar Pandey, the learned 2nd Addl. Sessions Judge, Chatra in Sessions Trial No. 300/95| 72/97, whereby and whereunder, the appellant has been convicted for the offence under section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and has been sentenced to undergo RI for life.

3. The prosecution case arises out of the fardbeyan of Sharda Devi recorded on 23.01.95 in which it has been stated that on the same day at 6:00 a.m. she ...