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

1. Heard Mr. Manoj Kumar Dash, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Saket Kumar, learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment and order of conviction and sentence dated 27.11.1998 passed by Shri Krishna Murari, 1st Additional Sessions Judge, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur in S. T. No. 147/118 of 1995-98 whereby and whereunder the appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 of I.P.C. and has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life.

3. The prosecution case arises out of the fard bayen of Varsha Rani Mandal recorded on 14.07.1994 in which it has been stated that the husband of the info...