GANGTOK, India, June 25 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on June 9:

1. Whether the Appellant committed the murder of the victim, his grandmother, is the question that craves determination in the instant matter

2. The Court of the Learned Sessions Judge, Special Division-I, Gangtok District, Sikkim, vide the impugned Judgment and Order on Sentence, both dated 30-08-2024, in Sessions Trial Case No.01 of 2023 (State of Sikkim vs. Navin alias Nar Bahadur Baraily), convicted the Appellant of the offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, "IPC") and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of rs 500/- (Rupees five hundred) only.

3. Before embarking on the merits o...