Prakash Gupta @ Ram Prakash Gupta and Ors. v. The State Of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: appeal under S.374(2) CrPC; conviction under Sections 324/34 IPC; acquittal for want of intention/knowledge to cause voluntarily hurt; fardbeyan versus examination-in-chief contradiction on strangulation; wrongful confinement S.342 IPC; theft S.379 IPC; hostile witness PW-1; medical evidence, absence of X-ray report, incised wounds; reliance on State of Bihar v. Sheo Persan Ram, 2013 SCC OnLine Pat 133; release on probation under Section 4(1) Probation of Offenders Act 1958; bond Rs. 5,000 without sureties for one year; Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 212/2006; Sessions Trial No. 64 of 2010, Saharsa; impugned judgment dated 12.03.2013; Patna High Court decision dated 10-12-2024; appeal partly allowed; NAFR.
What did the court decide?
Appeal partly allowed: appellant nos. 2 (Guriya Devi) and 4 (Avay Kumar Singh) acquitted of the charges; conviction of appellant nos. 1 and 3 under Sections 324/34 IPC affirmed and upheld, but instead of the two-year rigorous imprisonment sentence they are released on probation of good conduct under Section 4(1), Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, on bonds of Rs. 5,000/- each without sureties for one year; appellants discharged from liability of bail bonds.