PATNA, India, April 2 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on March 25:

Heard Mr. Amarnath Jha, learned counsel for the appellants and Ms. Anita Kumari Singh, learned APP for the State.

2. The present appeal has been filed under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred as 'Cr.P.C.') challenging the Judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 19.03.2013 passed by the learned Ad-hoc Additional District and Sessions Judge- I, Madhepura in Sessions Trial No. 177 of 2007 arising out of Srinagar P.S. Case No. 01 of 2007, instituted for an offence punishable under Sections 323 and 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred as 'IPC') whereby and where under the appellant has been ...