PATNA, India, Oct. 24 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Sept. 24:

By this appeal, appellant/convicted accused Santosh Kumar Sah is challenging the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 11.11.2003, passed by the Sri Ravindra Prakash Sinha, learned Additional Sessions Judge-III, Katihar, in Sessions Trial No.254 of 1993, arising out of Katihar Police Station Case No.147 of 1993, thereby convicting him the imprisonment for two years for the offence punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.

2. The case of the prosecution, as unfolded by the First Information Report, may, in brief, be described as under:

(i). The Informant, Shyam Nand Sah, delivered his fardbeyan to police on 30.01.1993, at about ...