Port Blair, Feb 01: The Ld. Court of Additional Sessions Judge has convicted the accused on 25/01/2012 namely Para Toppo in Sessions Case No. 63 of 2010 (S.T. No. 800 of 2010) for commission of offence u/s 302 IPC for committing murder of his wife.
The accused Para Toppo was residing alongwith his wife and three children at R.P.R.S. Colony, Campbell Bay. He has a doubt in his mind that his wife Smti. Perfulith Minj is having extra marital relationship with some other person. On 03/08/2010 the accused Para Toppo took up a dah and inflicted blows on the neck of his wife in presence of his children namely Poonam Toppo and Vishal Toppo. Kumari Poonam Toppo rushed to the house of her maternal uncle Thordius Barwa and informed the incident of murder of her mother by her father Para Toppo. Mr. Thordius Barwa immediately came to the house of accused Para Toppo and found that Smti. Perfulith Minj lying on the floor of the house under pool of blood and she was dead.
Mr. Thordius Barwa reported the incident to the police of Campbell Bay and police rushed to the place of occurrence and recorded the statement of Thordius Barwa on the basis of which a FIR being No. 46 of 2010 has been registered against Para Toppo on 03/08/2010 at about 2230 hours. Subsequently after investigation of the case, the Police of Campbell Bay had submitted charge sheet against Para Toppo vide charge sheet No. 50 of 2010 dated 13/10/10 against Para Toppo.
During the trial of the case the prosecution has examined as many as 17 witnesses and the defence did not adduce any evidence. After hearing the argument of Ld. Additional Public Prosecutor Mr. N.A. Khan and Defence Counsel, The Ld. Additional Sessions Judge Mr. Sribash Chandra Das has sentenced the accused to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life with fine of Rs. 2000/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for 02 months.
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