-78 ~^v w f^ira' ^I aqr^T sli^IR1' ^ 3^r '^[^1^^, •a'^v'ie, ^^w^( NNdl *•<!* an^r traw (4«i[-j.«<dET) ?^iiwgft?i sn^i >TVT.*;T( f& ¥^^?-^^ RFM( l^ p^ 5 T""*- HON'BLE ,W.i MR.._T. (In jail) Manol yadai/, S/o Ram Naraywi Yadav, aged jors, r'esident of Durga AAandir Ke Pcss, 'q.i Par'a, TTiana Sar'kmdn, bistrict 19 -N, t-ninc^ iiias^ The. Distrl Pr-esent; mr. Ajay Ay'achi, Advoca+e for ^he appsiiant. ifrni^^nt Advocert^ i0r th®S'^T^'e. .r. -Sudhir Bajpai, Deputy Gove ^ D ^ 1 %.-/ N. ^ 4 Per DAIpendra Mishrg. J; This appetil is dlrected ^ th sentanzs dctsd 11 Ap.B;l, 2CX Judqe, Bilaspui- 'm Sessions '^i^fFtrt^H ^il^^f '^,f^t Tf^^R ^affinsii^r »SAMISHRA •MA. 7. AW '.607/S ur. State of Chhottisgarh thcough th® ct AAogistrate, Bilospur (C&) JU &©M6 NT ^^ ^ft rfsa ff^\ &UV@i jainst the Ji.jdgment of convictlon and order af 2 Ds^^sd by l£fl"nsd 5 Additlonsi Ss^sior^ 'r'al Mo.366/01 iffhereby iesrned Addltlono! Sasstons Judge has convicted 1jie appellunt urider Section 302/34 of the IPC ond sente.need hiiri with life im^risonment ond fjna of Ks.l,Q<X)/-, 'm default of puyr"®ntof fine to further' und^rgo R.I. for one month. 1 Co.se of ths prosKCUtionJ In brief, is that on 30.4.2001 between 4.CX) to 1 4.30 p.m. appeilant Manoj Ya^av <& obsconded accuseo' Shiy Nui ossaulted deceased Moma @ Novu'kjahort mith battSeaxe and axe on account of disDute ll"! !i 1-1F.I :i[||TaSlTSII •tjlNllli BSIil aai; t i!'', ^S?'S~°'S2,. .y"..s.-t& ~*'<a l^i9£^ ? ^y 3:.T^T.!B]'TCTRT g'Si?rt?T37lira' wss 3^' -<<1<<10<<, ®xf1ti'l<S,fs|l7il^^< NINdl *^|eh sn^r 'WRK (T^tf^ff) ?^irar'gfs^ SD^T for ISquor and fled fi'om there. who ron away from thc piace of| Jut+iel ipW-3), f'Tthcr of co-acc'4 Merg intitriatiori of Ex.P-10 on(| 30.4.2001 at obout 18.10 hrs m ^as pgrfoi^iT^-d OVC-F t^s persoi^ t)ead body »<s.e sent for autop^ where br. T.S. Shyam PW-1) coi] report of Ex.P-1. Bteod stained| steel glosses, o"e tumb'er an^ possession vid®Ex.P-7. Ori the bbod stained battie.axe wiv.s tak< contoining ciothing of deceosed i^ '.fter compietion of usua Af the. uppellcnt he.re.in and co-uceij of J'udiciGl MQQi^t^sts 1 CJGS^, ^T^lfe^'T ^IHCli' ^'f^Sl' ^f^l'^R ^sfRCTsn^r [Assaijlt was witnessed by Rwikumar ^W-2) lincident and narrated abou+ the incident to jsed Shiy AJhcdln Boi (PW-4), sistecof Shiv. FJ.R. of Ex.P-4 wos lodged b-y Juthel on jiing the accused persons. Tnquest of Ex.P-6 o' dgc€<?s^-d in the' prc-senc^ of y'jitnessc^. ^ to bharam Hospito!, Bilaspur vide Ex.P-11 |ducted postmo>'tem examination and gave his and p!ain soil. two bottle of ptam Hquor. ti.vo blood ^t^in*%d flrs'^oo<1 "i^fe take^ tnto rieniorandi.nri (Ex.P-8) of the "ppe'iunt h.erem 'n into possessio'i vide Ex.P-0 Ssoied packet ?as taken into possession vlde. Ex.P-12. investigation. chcrge sheet was fHed ogwnst sed Shiv showfing him obsconding in the Court IIJG^pur*,. i^ho ir> tu^^ cosTriR1sttt£d ths CG^£ to iearne.d Sessions Judge, Bilast^ur und rtie safne was recetved by learned Additioiiai Sesslons Judqe on tttansfer' for tnoil. Tne prosecution in order to 'stabHsh the charge against t|e appeilant exomlned eight witnesses in aH. Tlier'eafter, stateme.nt of qipel|ant was recorded under Section 313 of Cr.P.C. 1 'n which he pleaded innocen4e and f.ilse implication. Howevef, teurned 1 ,fHj iwm UmilFiIiliiCTf'ill jijil^ .iSMesff-^SS'-SE, r}t^§SS^"^^ -<^ ^'i^s.-jni^.—/ o ^' ;.; -|Sr ..^; ^'Ss^f^ •-T^ :,>. ^-'- ST'^TT sn' wi* ':;^|T^?T ?h+lich 3^cT •^l^lrtAI, (STtiy'K?, Rl01tiy ^Wvil sb^leb sniOT tRR; (ij«<I-j,<i<aT) TOIIW: ^n sn^r ?- Additional Sessions Judge. afte res-pective parties, comicte.d A othen'.flse., from peru'ial of "'itnBSSsd the ossoult as a'so who has conducted postmortem has proved the postmortem rej fryuries and opined that cause resijit of injurEe.s sustoined by of Dariata' boni?. has been founi was ho'riicidal in natur-e, it is ^u;uS nOFfilcidC^f 'n F^ytUr^. t^r£fF<;f4l'i;qi^^f ^l^st <f^^i< ^srRnsii^r t" hea'lng the arguments of tearned counse! for ^antenced the. appe.lSant, os aforementioned. ^na @ Mtwa'kishore Is not in (jispu'te. Even the. statement of Ruvikumw pW-2), whi Fr-om the evidence of O". T.5. Shyam pW-1), over the. person of deceassd Nwc'kishore and ^ort of Ex.P-1 iAiherein he has notieed fo!lowing df death is shock du®to exceseive bleeding as a ^he deceased, as injur./ no.l in u'hlch fractt.re U wcs siifficient to cuuse death and the death ^ifQbIished that eSefft-h of Mcma @ Navalkishore Incised wound exte^iding from the. !eft canthus of left eye upto |3one or the eye bal! end trcajma to left eye pre-aroicular region 2. Incised woiind exterjding from the !eft angte of mount upto t'amus ot mandiOle. Incised wound fron| the left side of nose upto right angie of mouth. Nasal repiuii^ and upper jw/ is cut doit'n. Incised wound on th^ right parietal region of size 4^ x2 x^ cm. Irtcisedwound on rig|it psrie+a! r'egion of size 2xix ^ cr". Incissd wound on th^ teft pQrktal r-e^ion of size li- x-ix ^ cr?i. Incised •A'ound on tfce !eft side of neck st the level of thyroid ca''Tiis<'e or size t xfx t cm. o. f m IB' ilB 11111 Kffl• •Sv^ ^l<ll<r>-i<, »Tfly'l(c,Rirtiyy r .a *<IN^I *HI+ an^?T wiq; (Tjpi^srep) Ssss^S 'W K.-U'h ^qr'ai^i'gitiw ^grcre'(rf??t MI^I -^- 'i. inclsed wound just b^ 9. Contiision red in colol x iism. 10. Contusion'red in colo cm x +cm. 11. Contusion red in coto Leurned counse! for thei uppe!!ant is based on the state] ho"'evet' this witne.gs in Pora-4 li of incident thc doo" was close.< can'-a there and os such, he. is person nameiy Ramii 5uhu, who nor mwe as on accusea ona mej '.ffected fr'om Ihe appellont. ^ ctiTqf<?i*ft'PT +ii<^Tii ^ .'f^Tst <r;i^i< '^siRraai^t •tow th®ecclpitoi regton of sfee 2-| x-ix ^ cm. jr anterior ospect ^f Seft shouider of size 3cm jr teft sid<?. of intra t"ummorffy reglon of sise 1 r of Size 4x^ cm. oppellant submits that the conyiction of the pent of oHeged eyewitness Rovikumar {PW-2), ff his depositlon has adnsitted that ot the tlme |by Manoj <»ndot thot tirr'e one Rainji Sdiu oiso i>n!y witness of lost seen togBthe." since third was present there, has nelther bBe." sxomined refore. If the version wven 'w this witness in Para 4 is to be beSieved, then •the conduct of thls wltness is unnntura!, os he did not make any attempt to s<|ve the deceased. This witness ciaims that he appeitant ossou'ted the decedpe-d with a knife, whereas, on tha bosis of memofQndum of E)<;.P-8 of the a^peiiant here.in recovery of ba+tSeoxe hos been njuries over the person of the deceased couid not be coused by knife, QS the ^me hos be.en inflicte.d by battSe.axe. On the other hand, tearjned counse! for the State hos suppor'ted the i impugned judgment. We hw/e heard iearne.d j;ounse.i fo" the purties. We hwe perused the record as also the impi.'gned j'uc^ment. lil ia 3=5cT ^l<l|rt<<, tSiTfly'KS, Pfdl'My tiil^dl *^1* sn^v w R-ii.'k ^STT 3TT^T 5b+l li;,;[^i;.::^^a^^;g<-g;^ OT^?r iRra? (ij»i!'t«i(iEi) ?®17WHfeT3I1^t -s' iresent in the house. Al! threi crin.sumeo' llquor, Mcnoj asked fo assauiting Navafkishor'e with big knlfs iike weapon, where.a.s, Shlv in the adjoininy iane. H-a went incident and totd his father aboi ctii'Eif^'ift'T ^i^tmf ^fe^ <p3i<^K ^? stfim anisi Conviction of the appe.llaitt Is bosed on th®statement (TW-?) whose yerslon finds corr^oration ffom the stntement nf .Tuth®)(PW- 3)&JhadlnBaipW-4). Ravikumw pW-?) has sljated that decensed Nwufkishor'e wos aiso knofi'n as 'Mamo'. AAanoj & 5hi|f ar'e aiso residents of same Soeality. Shiv Yadav was servant of NavaSkishdre. On the dute of jncld®ntat about 3.00 p.m. he had gone towards the hc^use of deceased Nwolkishore, who so«.' him cnd eol'ed him. Hc asked him to Sjiring liquor, whereupon, he brought iiquo." for him. lApart from him Manoj yopav, 5hi>/ Yadw A N'-ivaShishore wer-e a!so J.e,. Mcnoj Yao'av, Shfv'yodav rS Nwalkishore, )• more Hqi.ior' f"om decisased AA.ama, howsver', Mamc stopped him (Rwi) fmm ^iving liqt.w*. Oi this Shiv <S Manoj g+ar'''ed knife. I'ke we.ttpon. Mcri"j i"a)i hoiding big was holding bwbef's knife. Seeing th!s he fted from there. Whe" incident ^ccurred nobody' w'os present in the roora nor 'to the house of Shiv to inform about the ;t the incident. Thereafter, hc ond Juthel, father of Shlv, lodged the repo|~f in Swkanda Pottce Station. Later on, he lear'nt that Noi/aSkishorc had die^ on the spot itse!f. Tr-lvial and insignificant omissions and contradictlons h<ri'e been pointed in the diary statement of EX.&-I of this witness, hou'evef, |Hie some does not make the. verston of this i!:' i ,,;..•-*<. -s^ wy d-CTi -<<iAii(7)<i, ®Tf)y'i(;,fsirfi'y^ ^l HIM^I *»<|cf) 3T^?I W R-(i+ ^SH- STT^T sh^f<fr an^r ira% ('^i^^w) 'roiiwnfNsii^r ^- rntne.ss untrustworthy or unre! incident has not been cha!!ended >o far as the contention bb!s. Tne fact that h<s has witnessed the <>f lewned counsel for thc np.oe.Slmt based on the state.wsnt of thls witne.ss in of the house was ctosed and the concerned, this witness h<s r the house the door was closed. narrated obout the incident imml fother of Shiv, <md oSso Jhadirl beeri Sodged by Juthe! vide E> accused Shlv. Version of Rwit obo'/s two uijtnesses os abo fronl Juthel pW-3) hw aiso s^ and 'nforn-ied that ManoJ and 54 ct^^^i ifl'i^Tf ^'fe^' Tf^R^K ^3TRltT31I^T 'ara-14 tl'i<rt at the time of inci'oent the door efo"e. he couid not h< ;en the incldent is been suggested thot after ousting him from He is the eyewitness of the assault and he edioteiy ofter the incident to Tuthe! P'W-3), tai (PW-4) and onfy' thsreafter report hos :.P-4 nam'ng the present oppellant and co- :umar pW-2) find.s cor'r'oborntion fr-om the the profnpt'y jodged FIR (Ex.P-4) rted that at Aout 3.00 p.m. Rwi came to him iv are uSSwjWn.fs A<amQ by 'K.n'ife and barbsr's knifc and they hwe closed the i^oor. Wher'eupon, he sent his daughter Jhadin 8oi, who went ther-a and returrfed arid informed •thot Nw/nikishore has been murdered and accused persons ^ive fled fron1 the back door. Jhadin Bas (PW-4) has cjteo stotsd that Ravi came ond mforme.d her fathsr that Mon<y A Shiv ar-e a^sauiting Mcmia, on which her father asked her to go and see. Whi2n she feach^d the house of Nai/alktshore.. she found thut +he door v.w.s c!osed, her cal!s ^vere un-r®pfted,ther'efore, she entered the roon-i from the r-ear sid®csnd sawj Moma lying deod. !a ;,B13wI -tfU Bi' BB n Bl1• SBS» <—?^2_._ 'xi-Bfid ant^T ?ii K;-ii»h gaffsii^rgnra- p g^q- "M|<||^<), giTfly'Ko, Rfriiy^i *41*<dl *t<l«b an^?T t|°TO (ijSrf^ggEr) TOirwaflg an^r 7- In the cr'oss-exomtnatiofl defence hos not been ab!e td untrustworthy or unrelmbl®. Ap^ of Ex.P-8 battleaxe has bew, performing autopsy in r'eply to 4 yide Ex.P-2 that the injurfe.s prji battle.me in question. 4.1, »o Tar as Tne wgumen^ weapon r'ecovered at the instontq In 'v'iew of tt prose.cutlon has establlshed 1{S evidence of Ravi V.wvm- pW-2], the stutement of Juthsi (PW-? coi'roborated from the medica! qbi-iil?T4hrT ^n^'Y ^fe^t Tfoi^x' ^sifiPTSII^T of Juthei .PW-35 &. Jhndi" Bai fPW-45 the eljcit anything »'hich makes their' '/i?."sion |>rt from this on the memorondim of appellont recovered i.irder Ex.P-9 or'sS the doctor uery' from the poiicig hos categoricully opined ssent ove" the deceased could be cnused by of learned counse' fo" the appallcmt that e af appeilant \s bcittleaxs, wherea.s Rw (PVV- ?5 has ciaimed that the oppe.lio^i' was hold'no knife Is concernea'. froni psrusa! of +he evidence of Rwi' ff*»*/-2{ that he. has described the weo.^or- os biy knifa like weapon <ind therefope., Iri c-ur consiuered opinion oniy ofi tiie discr-epancy rencirdlng de.scription of w'eapon by the eye.untness, his w^ola testiwony c:annot be discarried. |we ore of the consldefeo ooinion that the he. charge against the appial'ont from the whose t&st'niony is ai.so corroborated from ) and Jho.-jin Bai (PW-4). He stonds further 'eport as <;!so promptiy iodged FTR of Ex.P-4. In the result. the oppe^ has no substance, the sams 's liable to be dignitesedand it is hereby dismipse.d. Srl/-^^°~*~°~°°~ ['J!. Siiarnia Judge w