The appellant, Elbhen Nikulus Lugun, challenged his conviction under Section 302 IPC for the murder of an unidentified man at Akola Railway Station, where the victim was killed by 4-5 blows of a heavy metal strip. The Trial Court (Additional Sessions Judge, Akola) had convicted him and sentenced him to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 10,000. On appeal before the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench), the appellant argued that the Test Identification Parade was delayed by 15 days and not conducted per the Criminal Manual, that eyewitness evidence was unreliable as witnesses allegedly admitted police had told them who the assailant was, and that the accused was arrested merely on suspicion. The prosecution countered that two eyewitness food vendors identified the accused both at the T.I. Parade and in court, the accused was arrested within four hours holding a blood-stained metal strip, and forensic (CA) reports confirmed blood of the deceased's group on the metal strip and on the accused's clothes. The judgment text provided does not contain the final operative order/conclusion of the High Court.