RANCHI, India, Aug. 2 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on July 1:
1. Heard Mr. Shashank Shekhar, learned amicus curiae and Mr. Subodh Kr. Dubey, learned APP.
2. This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction and the order of sentence dated 10.08.1998 passed by Shri Birendra Singh, learned 1st Additional Judicial Commissioner, Khunti in Sessions Trial No. 291 of 1983, whereby and whereunder, the appellant has been convicted for the offence under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and has been sentenced to RI for life.
3. The prosecution case arises out of the fardbeyan of Biseshwar Mahto recorded on 27.07.1979 in which it has been stated that on 26.07.1979 at 06:30 p.m. the informant was coming on a bicyc...