Shri Harendra Nath Borah VS. State Of Assam

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Shri Harendra Nath Borah VS. State Of Assam

CASE NO.: Appeal (crl.) 107 of 2007

PETITIONER: Shri Harendra Nath Borah

RESPONDENT: State of Assam

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 24/01/2007

BENCH: Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT & S.H. KAPADIA

JUDGMENT: J U D G M E N T (Arising out of SLP (CRL.) No.5338 of 2006) Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.

Leave granted.

Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of the Guwahati High Court upholding appellant's conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short the 'IPC') and sentence of imprisonment for life as awarded by the learned Sessions Judge, Dhemaji.

Accusations which led to the trial of the appellant are essentially as follows: One Premlal Verma lodged a written complaint to the Superintendent of Police, East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh on 29.9.2000 alleging that on 26.9.2...

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