PATNA, India, Sept. 17 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Aug. 18:

The present criminal appeal has been preferred under Section 372 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the order dated 12.03.2024 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge- IX, Kaimur at Bhabhua in Sessions Trial No. 4591 of 2014, arising out of Durgawati P.S. Case No. 42 of 2011, whereby the learned Trial Court has been pleased to release the accused persons by giving them benefits of Probation of Offenders Act.

2. Vide order dated 23.04.2025, Trial Court records was called for, which was received on 07.05.2025.

3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 13.04.2011 at about 07:00 a.m., due to a land dispute between the parties, the ac...