PATNA, India, Oct. 6 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Sept. 8:

The present criminal appeal has been preferred under Section 413 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 against the judgment and order dated 11.03.2025 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge- V, Purnea in Sessions Trial No. 119/2022, arising out of Dagaruwa P.S. Case No. 196 of 2018, whereby Respondent Nos. 2 to 6 were convicted under Sections 147/149 and 323/149 of the Indian Penal Code. However, they were subsequently acquitted under Section 3 of the Probation of Offenders Act after due admonition.

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 25.09.2018, the informant, after closing his shop, was returning to his home. When he reached ne...