PATNA HIGH COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT ON ARJUN YADAV V/S THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS

PATNA, India, May 8 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on May 5:

These two appeals have been filed against the judgment dated 22.11.2022 and the order dated 24.11.2022 passed in Sessions Trial No. 675 of 2009, arising out of Taraiya P.S. Case No. 54 of 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the 'impugned judgment and order' respectively) by learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-IXth, Saran at Chapra (hereinafter referred to as the 'learned trial court').

2. By the impugned judgment, the learned trial court held respondent no. 2 (Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 203 of 2023) guilty of the offence punishable under Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code (in short 'IPC'). The respondent no. 2 has been sentenced to undergo five year...