GANGTOK, India, May 7 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on April 16:
Meenakshi Madan Rai, J. 1. Crl. A. No.14 of 2021 (Ganesh Dhakal vs. State of Sikkim) and Crl. A. No. 27 of 2023 (State of Sikkim vs. Ganesh Dhakal) are being taken up together and disposed of by this common Judgment, as the facts involved are the same.
Crl. A. No.14 of 2021 2. The Appellant, a thirty year-old male, was convicted of the offences under Sections 342, 366 and 376(1) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter, the "IPC"), by the Court of the Learned Judge, Fast Track, South and West Sikkim, at Gyalshing, in ST (Fast Track) Case No.03 of 2020 (State of Sikkim vs. Ganesh Dhakal), vide the impugned Judgment, dated 26-08-2021, for committi...