2024 INSC 759 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1031 OF 2015 VIJAY SINGH@VIJAY KR. SHARMA ...APPELLANT(S) VERSUS THE STATE OF BIHAR ...RESPONDENT(S) WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1578 OF 2017 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 765 OF 2017 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1579 OF 2017 J U D G M E N T SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, J. 1. On 30.08.1985, Neelam breathed her last in Simaltalla, PS Sikandra, District Munger, Bihar. The factum of her death was discovered in furtherance of the written report lodged by the Criminal Appeal No. 1031/2015 and others Page 1 of 26informant and brother-in-law of the deceased, namely, Ramanand Singh (examined as PW18 before the Trial Court1 ) wherein he alleged that Neelam was abducted by seven persons from their house in an incident which occurred at around 10:00 PM on the said day. On the basis of this information, an FIR bearing no. 127 of 1985 was lodged at PS Sikandra and investigation was commenced which led to the filing of a