RANCHI, India, May 8 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on April 8:
1. Heard Mr. B.K. Dubey, learned counsel for the appellants and Mr. Pankaj Kumar, learned P.P.
2. This appeal is directed against the judgment and order of conviction and sentence dated 04.12.1996 (sentence passed on 06.12.1996) passed by Sri Sudarshan Upadhyay, learned Additional Sessions Judge, Chatra in S.T. No. 351/94, whereby and whereunder the appellants have been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302/34 IPC and have been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life.
3. Since the original appellant no. 1 Dukhan Ganjhu had died, during the pendency of this appeal, this appeal, therefore, stood abated so far as Dukhan Ganjhu ...