T^S :y^'.~:'iisssf,. .K;i^s- / SWKH-ISSf(3!aI) -• C;J.P.R.--5,000-S&8I •ili iw»e?t»!.k(C.rvsSm No. LName v-^;:rt a^ft'f -Age—^-g-^. Father's.name —'a.. Residence-— Seateaced to--^F^^^^-on-^^(^^-^-—-^ vsdetseclum"~^BSSff^fS-~/~~~^ ^w. ^^wi^ • o^Q^fry-'- it is expiained to the prisoFfer il^at if he state&br ^yishes toi;l?e;,.represented hv s. Ii&gayl practitiojEler tlie AppeiateiCouit wiH.nqtproceed wifh thebasefpr.seven daysinTess tfee legai practitianer, appears. Tf ^^ ^ leg^--^ pracfnic^^^ in seven days Iie may nQl be heard at;all If tfae pnsoiier-states that he does hot wis]! to LJ^preseuted b^l5gai,praetitioHeE--tlie:coyil siay proceed at once with:the csse and 7 will sot be pbiiged tp give a hearirig:to aiiy l^gal^ praetitioner who should^appear. ': 2 3 4 Date 6f Applicati6n;f^i^opy-6fJitiidgemejit,—-- t)ate, of whicli.copy receiyed Date pn whicli A^)eaL?ent ^UI^.^—— Whether the prisoaier wishes fo be represented or nbt—'Yes/No. ••esaa ;e;iai B» .Rl ——•Narae-: -Jail . No;?—art— • Geij.tjaBgft^fl—-.-— ^ijfoj-Jjj-jjl^fi^^-^---^^ ;: florwarde^:^^^13gifiE:a@I:^ MAQISTRA"EE- •to''gafher. ^^h;'.' a^i^^y^^:^^iaiE|j^T:^rdie^^ : trat mission tp^the prGp^^lpipiHiia^^oyrt^ ?WSSSSW^SS'ieKS^~7: ^ ~-St^—)98— •"•«*" ; .': ';;? •y". •^i.ypeTmtien^: y0v! ::c.F^ Kf./'SttE&.la.a :N| Bi « Silt ) 1111.1 III ai!ii llllii IH.SI Date ofreceipt in C. J. M.'S Ofiice- Date of receipt ofrecord to accbmpaiiy—-- Memo ^Afipeal of the Afpeliy^e Court. No. ^.icw.aF^Bd/to the •M^ Date Gii receip;tin AppHate Court-?—:' :'r-i^^; ^~~<\^. €<JEMf^^ :C.J.Magistrate'~V3 .^c^ "^ '€aiie(;JI«<Us(i>!^*f?itt^F! **l(! ;**.!£.N»-»-yi C{:P.T.(%S.:II|siijt "1!-^^ ft.;;.'^<: K^:!:- ;^^ri£g^';:.; HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Cr.Appeal No.1588/1994 Bifaiya -Versus- State of Chhattisgarh JUDGMBNT -sw'"a'h*ffaBa ....t,;.-,..-.S)l-.,.~~»i..—^, HIGH COURT OP CHHATTISGARH AT BIL^SPUR Cr.Appeal No.1588/1994 . Bifaiya -Versus- State of Chliattisgarh CORAM: HON'BLE SHRI FAKHRUDDIJBL HON'BLE SHRI DILIP RAOSAHEB DBSHMUKH. JJ Smt. Kiran Jain for the appellant. Shri AKhil Mishra, P.L. and Shri Ravindra Agrawal, P.L. for the State. JiLD GM EN T (DeUveredon <^ .09.2005) The foUowing oral judginent of the Court was deUvered by Dilip R. Deshmukh, J. This appeal is directed agaiast fhe judgnient dated 27.10.1994 delivered by Shri S.K.Gupta, Additional Sessioas Judge, Jashpumagar, District Raigarh in sessions trial No. 108/94 whereby the appeUant was convicted under Section 302 I.P.C. for coniDutttiig inurder of his wife-Biha Bai. 2. The factual inatrix Ues wifhiu a narrow coinpass. On 15.11.1993 the vUIagers of Gidha were in a festival inood oa account of Diwali and as per ritual prevalent were consuiniag •^. Handia Uquor. /'t'he deceased Biha Bai was also ia a festive inood and /s?as consuiniug Handia-]^VLOI with her husband i.e. fhe appeiUaat iaside her house: While bofh were iatoxicated, the appeUaut felt thirsty and asked for water. When £hedeceased did aot pay heed to bis repeated deinand, fhe appeUant got aiuioyed, picked'up an axe lyiug uearby aud dealt fatal blows by tbe axe on tfae neck of Biha Bai. The trachea Ss oesophagus were cut and -J^ Biha Bai succuuibed to iujury on fhe spot. When Tusurani P.W. 1, son of the appeUaat, came hoine he saw Biha Bai lying dead. The appeUant inade au extra judicial confession before him. Tusurain P.W.l lodgedF.I.R. onfhenextdayi.e. 16.11.1993 at 9.45 A.M. in Police Station Saiuia, District Raigarh situated 25 Rms away, vide Ex. P.1. 3. Invest^ating ofScer Sub-Inspector V. Pradhan. P.W.8 reached fhe spot aad prepared inquest vide Ex. P.12. The dead body of Biha Bai was sent for autopsy. Dr. Ranjit Toppo P.W.6 found aa incised wound 7 %" x 2 V2" x 3" on lower fhird of neck post lateral aspect directed horizontaUy, aa incised wouiid on the level of left niandible 4" x 3" x 3" horizoatally placed, an iacised wound near the iniddle of left scapula 4 Va" x 2 Vz" x 2" with uaderlyiug scapula cut directed horizontaBy and anofher incised wound ou fhe upper border of left shoulder jomt at fhe middle 3" x 2 ^"x 2 W with dislocation of shoulder. The left conuaon carotid artery was cut. Sinularly fhe lateral fhird of the left side of oesophagus and trachea were also cut. He opiaed fhat cause of death was due to shock, as a result of extensive haeinorrhage due to the above inentioned iajuries. Nature of deafh was opined to be honucidal. An axe was seized vide Ex.P.4 froni fhe appeUaat on 16.11.1993. / On the saAe day i.e. 16.11.1993 a white dhoii haviag blood Hke stains was also seized v3e Ex. P.5 from. the appeUaat. After coDipletion of iavestigatiou, fhe appeUaat was prosecuted under Section 302 I.P.C. for conuiutting niurder ofhis wife BUia Bai. 4, The appeUaat abjured his guilt. The prosecution examined as niaay as eigbt witnesses. 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Sub- Inspector V. Pradhan P.W.8 has testified that he had recovered aa axe and the dhoti at fhe'instance of the appeUaat vide Exs.P.4 & P.5. The report of the .Forensic Science Laboratoiy Ex.P.5 also estabMshes that presence of blood was confirmed on the axe as weU as dhoti seized froin the appellaat. The inedical evidence of Dr. Ranjit Toppo P.W.6 cleariy estabUshes that fhe deceased had sustamed injuries, as inentioned in para-3 (supra). Medical evideace establishes beyond doubt that death of Biha Bai was hoinicidal ia nati.ire. 8. We have gone through the evidence of aforesaid witaesses. We find that the testunony is reUable aad worthy of credit sincc nothing has been clicited in cross-examiaation so as to disbelieve these witaesses. It is thus established beyond doubt that fhe appeUant had caused fhe death of Biha Bai by assaulting her repeatedly by a Tangia. 9. The only question which now reinaias for our consideratioa is what offence was coiiunitted by the appellant. Tusuram P.W.l in paragraph 3 ofhis testunony has given a vivid descriptioa about fhe atmosphere in fhe vfflage as weU as the condition of his father. He has stated that in a festive niood the viUagers had consuined Handia liquor aiid his father had also consuraed Handia liquor to such aa extent that he was'nfafly intoxicatcd aud unable to understand what he was doirig. 10. Section 86 I.P.C. ofthe I.P.C. is as foUows: "86. Ofifeace requiriag a particular inteat or icnowleidge coiBinitted by one who is intoxicated;— In <5ases where an act'done is not an oflfence unless '•, <: done with a particular knowledge or iatent, a p( ~B~ai 8BM V3Q BLpg-SJIA STC[ ^sureSB sSpiuS oa pBq oqAi viEyodSs sqj, ^OB srq jo saouaiibasuoo 3Tp pus^rii 05. 3iqi3 Suiaq ^ou Sfrq^aa. Teg Eqig jo 5[3au aip ao VfEuoj^ Aq 8A\oiq TEpsj ^ieap uoTp30p?o^.tn 3V03JfX3 JO 3'fB^S V TIl pTiB paye^lSB ^oS ^[iiappns ^ireQacIdE 3Tp -[3^BA 3Al8 0^ TBg vvflQ A'q pssTijsj aodfi •laaip TiasAqsq **~, . . • p-uenb on SB . ajaip pTie asnoq .tiaTp. apisin: TIBAUQ jo pooui3Attssj / ^ T3 TII jonbT[ vipuwfi SuiAoftis A]JU):30B3d 3J3M 3JIM STL[/pTTB ^TlBnaddE 3TR. ipoq ^BTp a^ou: o^. ^uaiipjad ospa si ^ -jonbii ofpzcoif SuiTim.s.aoo ai3Ai TBg Bqrg-ajpu stq piiB i.vEysdSB aip qioq aonaunooo JO 3TItp 3Tp ^ 1.T3TP pTIg 3M ^'M'd tCB.inSnj^ JO 30H3pTA3 3Tp Sttuspisnoa ptte SSBO aq^ jo saouB^STiinojio pTie S^OBJ 3Tp HJ •\\ ^•s"t3B jo ^se sn[ jo saouanbasuoo ^vjrifBU aq^ pua^ur o^ paiiinsaid si UBUI v V3T^ a^n-t stp A^dfe ueo ^jnoo aip ^noqB SBA aq ^eqA A&3U3[ aq IBV^ piinoj aq pinoo ft S^OBJ 3t[t TCIOJJ pire 'guppTup iii daap os 31108 ^oa pBq aq Ji ^ng -Tjoi^iis^in .a^isn'ibaj: 3Tp TftiA mTq xg 05. 3{qissod aq ^OTI pploAi. 11 os jj ^.StEiaq wsi\ 3VQ Joj jaTpaSoi^e pTinn. syq apisaq TIBTOI arp SBM 'TioT^Bocxo^ni jo aaiSsp aip o^ puregaj anp Siipfed 3SBO 31RJO S33TIB^S1ItT10.IIO ^BjaTIsS SltIpIISUB 3Tp IHO-g ^I jgtpeS ^snui ^inoo stp. 'paTuaonoo ST aoi^ii3iut jo ^aai.irt SB JBJ os ^ng '.laqos a^inb SEA aq ji SB aSpa^Mousi aiires 3ip TIBUI pa^Bopto^ai aip o^ s^nqunB isnia ^jnOO 3Ip p3TU33TIOO SI 3Sp3IAOTI3{ SB JS} OQ 'HOISSTUIO syq^ jo UOS133J Aq ^aj aq s^qissod ABTK aoT^^s.tdjaiui TII tqnop jo ^TisTaap Tne^iao B pTie 3§p3^MOU3[ TpIM ApIO S^B3p ^JBd J3UBI 3Tp 'a8p3lAOIB[ JO ^IISIIIT JO S3[B3ds UOTtOSS 3tp JO ^jed ^sjg arp 3TTqM» :SMOT(OJ SB 'O'J'I 98 UOTtOSS §TIp3jdl3^TII 3]TqA ^inoQ xady sq^ Aq psAissqo SBS&^ T[I3J3T[M gg^ •0-g 9S6T *a"I"V T[I ps^ioda.! nsda^j.o a^ms 'a aapsog QO 33T[BT[ai paoB{d seq visyp&Ss aqi joj psTm.oo pao.iBsq a. ^•Him. siq tSTttegB JO 3Sp3|[AOTG[ STq ^nOIRTM UIiq O^ pa.IS^.SItKTItpE SBM miq pa^Bop^o^Tn qoiqA SHTIR aTp ssspin 'p3^B3psoi.vi aaaq IOTI p^q aq ji pBq 3ABq ppiOA^ aq SB 3Spa^AOtB[ 3TITBS 3Tp pBq 3q JI SB IRUa l^BSp 3q O^ 3iqBT[ ^&aq yevfs aopBOpto^ui jo a^B^s E ui ^OB 3Tp saop oqA highly iatoxicated state. It was under the iafluence of iatoxicatioa that the appeUant got aiuioyed to such aa exteut on the inere refusal by Biha Bai to give 'hiiTi water that he picked up aa axe and dealt fatal blows on the.neck of Biha Bai. The fact that the appeUant was in a highly iaebriated state aad unable to intend fhe consequences of his act, we are of the considered opiaion, ui the facts and circuiastances of the case fhat the reqziisite iateution for causing fhe deafh of Biha Bai cannot be attributed to the appellant though tiie reqilisite knowledge fhat fhe injuries inflicted on Biha Bai were sufificient to cause her death coLild be attributed to fhe appeUant. 12.. Having fhus considered the rival subiuissious and ftie facts aad circuinstances of fhe case, we are of the considered opinion fhat the offence coTnmiftted by fbe appellaat would not travel beyond Section 304 Part II ofthe I.P.C. 13. In fhe result, the appeal is partly allowed. The appellant is acquitted ofthe char^e Linder Section 302 offhe I.P.C. Instead he is convicted under Sectioa 304 Part-II offhe I.P.C. Consjdering fhe nature of injuries sustaiaed by Biha Bai, we sentence fhe appeUant to rigorous imprisonnient for ten years. The appeUant is in custody suice 17.11.1993 l.e. 11 years and 9 uionths. The -appeUant was^granted bailvide order dated 12.3.2003. However, as fhe, dppeUant could not fumish. bail bond, he reinained in jafl aad has already .undergone fhe sentence. The appetlant shatl therefore beset at Uberty, jl_no±,requiredia any other case. Sd/- Fakhruddin . Judger Sd(- Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh Judge I 2-