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Sy fhis criiainal app^al under Section 374 (2) of tlie Cr.P.C. through the Superisitendepf. (•Jasl), Bflaspur, appeUaEt Siyaram; has questioned tlie legality ofju^lgiaent of convictioo. aud sentence dated 07.06.2000 pasaea oy lean^ed Sessions Judge, Saiguja (Ambikapur) ia S.T.No. 10/99 where'Dy It'ained Sessions u'udge after 3ioldm.g fhe accused/appellant giuln' for committmg murder of his nTotfaer Pilooraia convicted him un^ anu senteaced hiin to undd ler Section 302 of the ladiaii Penal Code rgo im.piisouincnt for life aiid to pay finc of Rs.500/-, in default of ^avmenf offine to mrtlier undergo S.I. for 04 montlis. I ^ In brief, fhe prosecut|on case is that on 06, 12,1998 at about 10 a.m., ia the inoi-E-iiig when deceased Pilooraui was diggia.g the land and saying tliat lcss sha(-c , in partition has bccn given to him., accused/appeUant came tt] wlien Pilooram did not s1 icre and asked Pilooram w> stop digging, »p, taey started- quarreliag aad ia that process accused/appeUant| assaulted Pilooram on his head ivifh a spade as a result of which The iucident was witiicssed Pilooraiu fetl down aad died on the spot. bv PW-I Manxra Ram -fafhlcr ofdeceased [^^firt ~F- XI-HC-22 sn^i^i fera'sn^g ?b*4 -yli^ ^ T':IIpn?PT, siTil'u'is, fawiyy 3(i^?r xra'g? 111MI thfiq? -^ 200 fst^s' OT^TFRItW^fgtT Maagfa Ram., father of dece^ ^I^CT-^II <4i+-«vrf"^ f^^ ^N^R ^TsiNiiailtw & accused, PW-3, Laloor^m., PW-4 Latiraai aiid. other persons. ised & accased iafonued the viflager Hari Shaiijsar aiid Saqiau.ch gfv^Bagc naincly Shiv Prasad Gupta aiid fi-oin SiL _ . „ -. „. . there tlie matter was reporfed by ManRfa Ram to the Police Station .^1_/ _„" Kamleshwar under E.x.P-"l|. The OfEcer In-charge-Police Station Kanileshwar Sliri Ranjit El| the scene of'OCCIUTCIICC pr| ka (PW-5) recorded the Buerg' infunation aad on 7.12,1998 left fol'fltie scene of occurrence aad after reachini spared the sitc iiispcction rcport Ex.P-5. After givtDg notice tp t|ie Paachas Ex.P-6, he prepared tfae l^. . Panchnama of dead body E.JC. P-^. Dead body 6f Pilooram was sent for post aiorteiii exainiaation tp th.e Govenuuent Hospital, Namiadapur. The Snvestigatioa^OiScer (yw-5) took.in.to uossession tbe spade of dcccascd Piloorain under I')x.P-9 aad blood staincd soU & piain soil from tbe place of occuTren^e. TIig Investigatiag Ofllcer also took mto possession tlie weapon 0!' ofience i,e, spade at the instance of accused uuder Ex. P-11 on Isvhich the blood and hairs of ib.e deceased were stuck, Dr. R.S, Siag}]| (PW-6) conducted the postaiortein on the body of dcecascd Puooi(axii on 7.12.1998 and prcpared the postmortem report Ex. P-201 After completion of |investigation, the charge sheet was filed agaiast the accused/appeljaat m. fhe Court of learued CIriefjudicial Maeistiate, Aiubikapur wUo ia tura coianutted ffae case to leanied Scssiou" Judgc, Sarguja [ (Ainbikapur) for trial. Lcamcd Scssions Judge after perdsal of f4e recoid framed ffae c&argc agalast ttie accused-/appellant for coii|uuission of'oifence iiader Secuon 302 of [^^firt XI-HC-22 's^l •^MM^, e>fll'M'<s, fadi'Hy. an^?r inra? HWVfl Shflch "q^ -200 (cj^^T' 311^1'W fc-<i.<* sn^i ?ti^icb ^ficl sn^r ^grer'Hfttt -3 cblAtI(v11ifr;1 '^TR^ff "4 I^St' Tf^R£R ^ 3iPgiT aii^i Itl tiie l.P.C., read over accused/ appellant who deniecj T'he. prosceution iit o^ accused/appellaat exaimnea| Sessiotis Judge recorded "thel Section 313 of the Cr.P.C. iji belorigs to him., he had not prosccunon eviacacc appeanfig he oas been falsely iniplicatett was quaFreUmg wifli Kim. sm|Ct own. Leanied Actditional Additional P-siblic Prosecutor %, sentenced the accused/appeUant iu the earlier part of this jud; We ha.ve lieaxd. Ml accused/appeUau.t- & Mr, R^-i State. Learued counsel for fh4 fact that deafh ofPilooratn fi-om the evidence ofeyewituet accused/appeBaat assaulted| ^nd explained the saiae to the (^ the eharge and pleaded not giully, 1-der to prove tlic chargc a^aiiist fhc 1 as maav as six witnesses, Learned ]. statem.en.t of accused/appenaat under i^i "rhich he stated that. disputed place bBSaulted tlie deceased aad denied ftie i^ig agaiiist liim. Hc faTther sta'tcd that 4 on account of aaimosity, tUe deceased ]fcc-,last tfaree years and he died oa his pessions Judge, , after hearing fhe k- counscl for thc accused convicted aiid heretu m the maDner as mentioned jnent, t-s. Kiran Jaiii, couasel for fhe i'v-nidra Agarw-al, paael Lawver &r fhe g|n wfts accoujit ofwbich thc dcceascfl ^ in. his evidence that he deceased Piloorani on 7.12. woiuid ib. the size of 20 cin o accused/appellant did not dispute tlie homicidal iu natiire. Apart from that ises PW-3 & PW-4, it is proved that fhe tlie deceased wifh fhe spade and on fi dicd. Dr. R.S. Singh (PW-6) has statcd ^nducted the postmortem on the body of ?98 and foiind that tliere was a iacised i fhe upper side ofhead,this iujiin'ivas < ['nt^'^f^ hadLcAnducte 1&9- [-HC-22 3)1^1-^1 fei^sn^r ^^l|ch ^^ agt TST •-^wm'i, f9^\ww, hv\W^f. @) W^T Tra^? ll*<wi shinci) "ff^ 200 I^S^EI" SII^I^dWOfTO •l' •ri<]t<?]<i1l WivS '? fe^t <(«IWI< ^;3lPOT3I]^I caused by a sharp edged weapon. Skull /bone was also foiind fi-actured. Injury was anti iu(])rtein in nature and nature Qfdeatb was hoxaicidal. Thcreforc, in vic\^ ofthc abovc cvidcncc ofwitncsses aad medical evidence, if staiid^ proved that the deatfa of deceased Pilooram. was homicidal uinttiire. Leamed counsel for the facts a s and evldence ol acciised/appeUant under Si tlie accused/appellant has also not disputed the iuvolvenient c^f accused/appellaat iu coinitutting fhe inurder of bis brothcr Pilocfrani, hcnvevcr, she subiuitted that from. the proseGution, oSence against fbe ctiou 304 Pai-t 11; of 1PC was made out and he has been wrongly ccjnvicfed tor coBiniissien-of offence uiider Section 302 offlie'I.P.C. On tlie offaer hadd, lcamed Paiicl Lanr\'cr for fhc Statc Shri. Raviadra Agarwal support^d tfae impugaed judgmeat of tlie ti-ial Court, Froin. fhe evidence o|f eveiritnesses PW-3. Lali?orani & PW-4. Latiram it is established tti^t fhe accused/appeUant was tbe author of fatal iiijiiry on account oflwhich PUooram. feU. down and dicd on. tiic .spot. As sucfa, the mvolve^uent of accused/appeUaat m assaultmg Pilooram is proved aad to is extent tJie findma of tbp trial court is based on the legal evidence.l Now coiiung to the q^estion as to whether fhe prosecutipn has bccn ablc to provc the offeii|cc undcr Scction 302 ofthc I.P.C. agEliiist the accused/ap'peUant, F%?l-4-Latiram m his cross-exammauoa has stated that there was sorfie dispute between.tlie deceased & the accuseci regarcliag partttic|'n of Isuid in question where the iwo ['qt^ ^fe^ . • I XI-HC-22 '3^ •^nwf, atil'M'is, i»«ni'M'j.< 3TT^T •q;ra? aii^r^i R-<i* an^i w>^\^ ^-tf?a ilMl ^i'SiS 11HCTI g,^i<^'—————————————-^^ 200 'ft^w""""'""""""""""" brothers quarreled. T'he acci the place but ffae deceaeed attackcd deceascd with thc deceased & accused ia Para .ft- accused aad deceased staifei ^ised ha^asked the deceased not to dig did not stop, therefore, fhe accused 7^ spadc. PW-1 Maag^a Raiii-fafh.cr of of hls evidence has statect tfaat the )l quarfeliag regardtn^g partiuon of land aiid iii fhat process they re^clied. near fhe grsunar^' aiid theic the accused assaulted the deces Offieer (PW-5), m Para 16 of| d'uring mvestigatioii he camd <- ° on the spot. Therefot'e record ftiat fhere was soinel deceased Pilooi-am & accus^ whcrc thc incident took pla^ place, ttie accused came ttierl afl ofa siidden assaulted thel fhereafter left the scene of occiurrence. In view of fhe above ev accused/ appcUaiit assaultcd preplan or premeditation an(^ sitaation. As such, the casd under Exception-4 of Sectid evidencc on thc rccord tha|i hiia witli au iutention to cs, death in the ordiuarv course ctii<il<n41i Rl-4frf ^ fe^ <l^'^l<. ^iSiPgiT sn^T sed TT-+1-, +the spade. The Investigatia) his cross-cxaTniTiation has statcd that to know that tbere was some dispute &om. tlie above evidence it has come on dispute belween. the-.-two brofh.ers i.e. d Siyaram regardiug partition of laud •e when thc dcccascd was digging thc ;, synie quaiTel took place and accused deceased witli the spade once only a-nd dence, it ean safely be inferred fhat the thc deceased a!l of a suddcn in a spur of moment whea quarrel statted reganliag pai'tition of laad witliout wifhout. taking luidiie advantage of the of accused/appeilaiit is squarely taBs n 300 of the Cr.P.C, as there is no the accuscd/appcllaiit assaulted his brother Pilooram with aa iatdntion to cause Iiis death or ne assaulted use an iujiu^' which is likely to cause sf the natui-e. Accordiagly, v.Te are QI the [^^fe^ XI-HC-22 aii^r^i f<i-fi+ 3ilt?T snHi<ti ^i^a &Iiaii/ - ^ .f ** ^ '3^ •*{mw<^, afll'y'is, iqCTKHy 3TT^T -q^SF *<I*1MT thliqi •^2flo I^^ST' an^r'RgiwHfed appeUajit considered optaion that the ^ tlie facts aad cu'cumstanceo 304 Part-II ofthe I.P.C. aad lioldtng the accused/appella camiot be siistained. in fhe result, fh.e app sentence pasaed ^under Secti accused Siyaraiu is acquitte! IPC aad sentence awardei appeUaat Siyaraui is convicl and sentenced to undergo R smce 8,12.1998 tffl today, ft Scction 428 ofthc Cr.P.C, Certified copy as per n Sd/- L.G.Bhadoo Judge cf)I^IcT*fH ^wv\1 ^ f^*<l1 iFoj-^^ ^? SlfSgiT 317^1 |oSence against the accused Siyaraia 011 |of fhe case.was niade out uiider Section ^o tliis cxtent fhc fiadiiig oftlic trial court Euiltv under Section 302 oftJie I.P.C, :al-is partly ailowed, tlie eonvictioii and >n 302 ofthe I.P.C. are set aside and the of thc chargc uiider Section 302 of thc luider that section, instead tliereof d -imder Section 304 Part-!I oftl-iel.R.C. , for 08 years. The accused is iu cusfody srefore, this period shallbe set-off iinder iles. Sd/- V.K.Shrivastava Judge [^ft^ffe^ 'o';