PATNA, India, Sept. 25 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Aug. 25:

The present criminal appeal has been preferred under Section 372 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against judgment of acquittal dated 10.09.2021, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-III/Spl. Court M.P./M.L.A., Samastipur, in Sessions Trial No. 943A of 2004, arising out of Vibhutipur P.S. Case No.62 of 2000, whereby Respondent Nos.2 & 3 have been acquitted by the learned Trial Court from the charge of Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, but were convicted under the charges of Sections 323, 324 and 341 of the IPC, and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 04.06.2000 at 12:30 in night, the informant (L...