PURNA CHANDRA MONDAL vs THE STATE — 1954 PLD 69

Citation: 1954 PLD 69

Court: Dacca

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-01-21

Parties: PURNA CHANDRA MONDAL vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1954 Lah. 69

Judgment Text

Court Name: Dacca Judge(s): Ahsanuddin Choudhury, A. M. Sayem Title: PURNA CHANDRA MONDAL vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 546 and Death Reference No. 13 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-01-21 Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 746 Result: Reference is accordingly JUDGMENT JUDGMENT A. M. SAYEM, J.-The prisoner has been convicted and sentenced to death by the Additional Sessions Judge of Khulna under section 302, P. P. C. Hence the reference for confirma--tion of the sentence by the learned Additional Sessions Judge under section 374, Cr. P. C. And the appeal by the prisoner for--warded by the Jailer under section 420, Cr. P. C. As before us, the prisoner was defended at the trial at the expense of the State. In view of the order we propose to pass it is not necessary to discuss the facts in detail. Suffice it to state that the prisoner was placed on trial on the basis of an F. I. R. Lodged at Dumuria P. S.' by one Rup Chand Mondal on the 4th January 1968, at 12-35 p.m. It was alleged that at 9 a.m. As deceased Adhir Kumar Mondal, a student of Class IX of the local school, reached near the house of one Sushil Kumar Mukherjee on way back home front the residence of the Head Master, the prisoner inflicted several injuries on him with a tree tapping `dao', including one cutting almost halt the neck, and further that on being apprehended upon chase the prisoner confessed his guilt before witnesses. At the hearing before us, the learned Advocate appearing for the prisoner in…

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