2024 INSC 955
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NON-REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S). 458 OF 2012
NUSRAT PARWEEN .…APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
STATE OF JHARKHAND ....RESPONDENT(S)
WITH
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S). 2032 OF 2017
J U D G M E N T
Mehta, J.
1. The present appeals by special leave are preferred on behalf of
appellant-Nusrat Parween1 and appellant-Ahmad Khan2, assailing
1 In Criminal Appeal No. 458 of 2012, the appellant is Nusrat Parween. Hereinafter referred to as ‘Nusrat
Parween/appellant No. 1.’ 2 In Criminal Appeal No. 2032 of 2017, the appellant is Ahmad Khan. Hereinafter referred to as ‘Ahmad
Khan/appellant No. 2.’
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the judgment dated 19th January, 2011 passed by the Division Bench
of the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi in Criminal Appeals3
upholding the separate judgments of conviction and orders of
sentence4 passed by the 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Jamshedpur5
in Session trial cases6, whereby appellant No. 1, appellant No. 2 and
Abdul Rahman Khan/accused No. 3 were convicted for the offence
punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 18607, and
were sentenced to undergo life imprisonment.
2. The facts giving rise to the present appeals are as under:
2.1 Hamida Parween was married to Abdul Hamid Khan, the
brother of Ahmad Khan/appellant No....