PATNA, India, July 10 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on July 7:
Heard learned counsel for the appellants. No one appears on behalf of the respondent.
2. The present appeal arises out of the judgment of conviction dated 09.12.2020 (hereinafter referred to as the 'impugned judgment') and the order of sentence dated 14.12.2020 (in short referred to as the 'impugned order') passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-XXV-cum-Special Judge, Patna in Special Case No. 39 of 2017 arising out of DRI Unit Case No. 21 of 2016-2017 (State through the informant Ashok Kumar, Intelligence Officer, DRI, Regional Unit, Patna Vs. Litu Das & Others).
3. By the impugned judgment, the learned trial Court has convicted the appellants of...