Applicability of principles of res gestae explained and reiterated by HC

1. The appellant has assailed the legality and validity of the impugned judgement of conviction under Section 302 of the IPC and sentence of life imprisonment which has been awarded to him by the trial Court in ST No.379/99 for committing murder of deceased Etwa Ram. 2. The prosecution case, as projected in the FIR, is that at about 3.30 pm on 6.9.99 Budha Ram @ Shivnarayan (PW-5) came back to his house after collecting fire woods from the nearby forest. At that time deceased Etwa Ram Korwa and the appellant came from the school side and went towards the well of Hiran Uraon. The appellant sudd...