^tff^ .R. 11/94/2,000 B8ff3SIK0SS; 18itBiilSi^ @y:^%S%%^ff^3':^^^fttim^'^^^ s%i^l It>M|it'Clerk APPfeAL CflP"'IPt^^IER CF000005Sia84 No...7955.......,... „.....................Name^%^.1?t..."............. , 'Father's name .^^SS.^..?^?t-S^f&^I?S'.-SS^^T:...^......... .................. " Residence ..'&ai.-a^lt?:..JH®'.0.<.......Age 5.Z..9T9-..................... -......- ........ Sentencedto .XT^:H?-S)r?tS3:S7..'....».......7. On...l7/£/?.9.... ................. ......... T>%5^') 8'nder sectibn ..5.02. .?-T.r.O?Q"fe.O.......... ... by .?^frH..?H'<C. .?i?»?T7:%:t:TlTI..^fl:?- -^gT-gT2g»ft7 SXOTOI It is explained to the prisoner that if he states or wishes to be represented by legal practitioner the Appellate Court will npt proeeed wi_th_the hase £01 seven days unless he legal praetitioner app^ars . If the legal practitioner does not appear withia seven days he may not heard at all . Ifihe prisoner states that he does not wish to be repre- sented by legal practitioner tbe court may pruceed at once with the case and will not be obliged to give a hearing to any legal practitioner who should appear . I ( Date ,of Application for copy of Judgement 2 Uateon which copyreceived .n(.6/.7/9.8, 3 Date on which Appeal seat... -yWJ/99. 4 Whether the prisoner wishes to be represented or not ~ Yes / No 7955 . ' No.... ..•.•.......'.. ................................ Name wrr fB? 3rro w? fw ^fg- Confinedin ...........................^tl Jail ...?nS?...RT9?^. No;^^.^Wt;TZ?S ........ Dated......^C.../7/ 1998............ ......,,. Forwarded to the C3HEF =(UeiG!Ab=MA<3ISSft"ATE: .Jir^t'zr..3T!^fy®!..!^3lS.-HS^® .iTT-i^l y JE^ ';:;!r-?ir?TO .'RCR'O ^SWT ^ogather which a copy pf judgement or order passed in the case fofTavour 8f trans- e i-,^ iL'iSsion to the proper AppeDate Court. ^F^:- ^ojo^o 522/96 ^-^rfh-a ~~~ ?»nr g-f-i fff'ftri Sug^NDtendeilt^i ..^N1-. ^::. Date of receipt in........... ... .................office Date of receipt record lo accompany the Memo ofAppeal to ihe Appellate court . No Forwarded to the Dated ....................199. Dal£_r)£-recMntL_u,- A^riL.-^^ •sn^E'SR! ;ti?;3iii?t gwwgfer -3-sr'S(RMTI, riTii^'TS, '"^'TCT^ ^T) <^.' w '^.6^..ni^ sn^i ^giw(rit?[ Hon'bteMr.L.C. Bhadoo aad Mr. A i'i AAaShpa, coun^ei forthe a^speltant .N.5. &eo, ae«jsed/opp®liaitguiity for of the I.P.C., senten^d him to| Ths case of 1+se prcs^cution, in brtef, ss -t accysed Sdimsiac Si"9h orftsr Lachehan Singh with axe went| carrying hlood s-tained axe, mo'rfier of accused was workir(g, qi!<)Id4i-t 'WRlf'? 'feI71"rf5RcK '^ arfitpl sn^i Pro^scutor for the on Ows. .P.C. By -riiis appeai under ^ection 374 (2) of appefiant Samiiar Singh has •the Judgment of conviction dfnd opder of sentence Sessiorts Judga, Jonjgir, m S.T. 322/96, whereby tearnsd. Adejitisinal Sessions Judg®after holdin< Section cfemmission of offenc® [ undergo imprisonment i,sn )ttin9 houseofPW-3. of offence in his sat in the V'srnndtrfi of -riw house [^^3?t committin9 "Hi® murder of his brotker to the M^apon -4-' W-fir.^ sn^i^r ft-ii.di sn^r ^^ic^ -M^fl ^s! 1:!mi?pT, '^tare, T^Trey: 0, ^i sn^n^nwgfta z' «bi<!ii'i''ii-!'wra'r 4 'fs^zt TfSrezn ^'arf^TOsn^ of Isiam Mohammed (PW-3). witii biood. On enqujry by narnrted thot he & his broths 'Theiwxfiw, when Sapara feii, blood stained eto'riied of accuae^j ond aaked her to go and see what has he^ipened. On which Sopara BcV went to the piace of oecurrence and oid informed Poiice Station Prasad, th®Station Mouse Offieer pegistered the offene®at Crime ICIothee of cceused wers atso stained has quarreled snd he !sft tha house. who lodged ih®report- Ex.P-5 in tha Reeeiving •riie report by aaid Narboda fllf Ae I.P.C. PcBichanaffla for- 1+ie soene of of -tfte body of ocalr'rsnce No.69/96 undei" Section 302 occurrence. He prepared the Lachchcn Sm9h and took jnto piain soil from •the ptaee of posaession Ihe oxs-wsapon sf •rfie possession of acsused undj (Ex.P-8) of the ptaes of occurjrOTce was prepared by WSss Patwari. Dead body of Lachchan Singh ^as'sent for post mort'em examination to Primary Health Centre, Balo|dQ under Ex.P-9. whem Dr.U.iC Tiwari (PW-10) conducted the postn'|ortem on the pr®paredthe postmor'tsm repoj^ Ex.P-10, in under EX.P- loffsncs & blood ir Ex.P-3 a P-4 ra 2. Ue aiso took into »thes fnsm [1ft^!<Ka^ XI-HC-22 -s^s ^rpm^,^twrs, -feroy SIT^T^T i<-1i+. aTCS! Bi'qWHt^T sn^;'g^nw: ^rita •^ as 14 injuries orr -ths body of ei^ceased out of whjeh 13 were ineised pagar for exammation from where report Ex.P-20 aws received. Court of Judicia! Mdgistrate, H^ offence under Section 302 of l|ie I.P.C, cgainst t^rn committed Itse oase to iealrned on transfer for tciat. The pro^taj'iion examined to proye •the chargeagainst'rtie polics pecovered Ihe axe fr«om stained with biood. Simiiarly, ^e sentenced fne accused.as mentior|»din Para-1 of •rtiis judgment =bl<<iiri'fl1-' •WRffi ^ ^31 tfSreSTC ^ ^arfitFfantw , Bi |as many as fifteen laccused. Statement ofaccused was /°^ n ^* innocence about the prosswtidp evidence. He adinined •riwt the 1h 'o'mod. We has further s*al|ed that he is innocent and has been after hew'sng iecmed coun^i fpr r'espective oartiss, esnvieted «»d ['Tf^ <Rs!^ l-HC-22 •-3rc[ ^ii<i]^4,®Ti1^<16','f^?rt?iy •^' I^ 3D^[qa 'f?iti?r3?I^I sbtii+ •HftiT '^raf^N^T^T^ ~^ f^1E€s' <r^-^t< q;3IRIH 311^1 appeiiant emd Mr. U.N.S. Cteo, behalf of the Stats/respondenfr. -Sinqn !S not sn As -fw <t3 the involvem^nt of accus® stion. The case of -ihs Di^osecutian rssts iiliere -rfis biood stdined axe, cb+hes of accused Investigcting Offi^r fr^m there was dispute brother about Ihe sate p^ic the nsurder of Lachdian Si»tgh is concemed. 1+iere is na direct 1. •riie accused made ex^ra judiciai confsssion befo»% Now we shcl! proceed to e^amine -itie evidence in order to flnd ©u? whether the prosecution has^ question against the accui con'/ietion based on circumstctitiai evidence, •rtie Court' is requjred to [T^^fe^ X.-HC-: -t- "s^ ^ipirepi, 'a^tflTs, feTi'ay u^. SiT^T^iT feiWSIlt?! sT^i* ^l^ [^' SD^T'FRITWflfN ?1 ascertain as to whether the Oftisecution accused wi-fri 1+ie ei'ime in evidencs, as per foliowmg prin^iplss !aid dovm by ths Hon'ble Apex Court; l- the circumartancss from Wrdi aninferwtce be drenun, must be co9en'^ly snd finnly establ 2. 1+sosei pointing towwrds guiit of •t+ie aecused :ompiete thst tfiers is aeaised and none etse; any Be ^piferaH •WRfi^ feet ^? aiS^ sn^r' is seuahf to no ® Hy the crimc wcs committed by ihe in order to [ca(jsd>le of exptonation of any other compiete nnd inca(jAI hypothesis than -itiat o1 shouU not onM accu®dbut shouid be ihcfensistent wrth his innocence 1+)e guiit of be consi48tent with ihe auilt ef •the Leamed eounee! for the ac^uaed/cooellant wwed that so far as the evidenee of be termed as extra judicial c^nfession becau^ in clear wcrds tha accysed htis not made any extrjn jydicial confession aidmit1-in9 that he [^^i» <I-HC-22 SII^SI^' r^n^" STI^T K'i^'^. yf?^ ~S~^ '^WvW, s?'ri1<-l!!S, 'isicTRT'^: OT W. p3p^ [^' 3i^?[ T^nwaf??! had committed murder of l-acjichan J qiPiRpft'I'qTtRTI •? fs^ft T^n?Ti: •^ 3TpgtT snt?? eviden<a of 1+iese wiTnesses is On the other hand, ieoinbed Additionnl Public Proaecutor for -fhe State supported the Judgment' counsel tor •tti®aecui PW-3 Zsiom Mohammed, in porji-Z.of evidence this wi'triess has stated aceused came <and he informed t fall under the category of of Isiam Mohammsd, whidn has J.SI so fsr as the svidens®of Raisijigh 03W-4) & Bhuwon Bhasltar (PW-9) is conieet'ned, atnse was matfe in pre^nce of the poiice, •riierefcrs, the lo? admissibie. axe in his hand. ccussd was hotdinq SKS'n his honti a-^d of Venmdcsh of his houae hoidt from tiis hou^, he saw 1+iat his blue eolour shirt- was staine^ wl^> btood, on which he enquirad frem the accuaed as to why he is he wiil go whils carrying axe in he shouid not tske ttie axe, a4 |iis hand? Ora this, accused rsplied thnt he end his bro'ther has er about the t of Islam (PW-3)does i, but the evi been-referr'ed oibove, is reievant [1Tt^ ^P^^ Xi-BC-22 Fo? ^ii^id^; -g^itaTr?, 'SSRmry M^- 3iit?iq?r Tv'l*. 3Vfv S-^icfr5 -Hfsd ^raicpfri WRil 4'fe'zt tfsRsre ^7 3lfigiT SII^T ^aces". Section 6 of the Evidence /lct ihw^i not m isaie. ww, so cdfiiwclve/ w/tfi a fwt in iswe as ta foim pes-t of ihe same trasisact!<m,\are 1iie same fime anelphee From the prosecution ej/idence, it is es-tobiirfied •rtiat Lachchw Singh diedon aecount of vari|>us injuries sustamed by him and as per PW-10 Or.U.K. T 13 incised wounds, •ttiere was |a fructure of skul! bone and fufther stnted thct blood ^tainsd clotkes of deeeased w®i"ealso sxamined by him and the acsjused macie statement on this wi'tness PW-3 Is<am farother. The.rafors, the statement i, carr/jng af blood accused stained |Lachchan Singh and they form such, ths svidBnca of PW- Secnon 6 of the Evidence •that he has quarreied with h^ accussd made before This 1+ie accused ond clothes o'l eonnected with the death ofl the same transaction ond <i Mohammed is acimissibla unde witness. <ts from 1tsat, ifts sonduct of actused is also admissible unefer 5as1ion 'any fssr is w preparQtion for emy fact m issue Evidenee Act which eijvisages that 'an^ fect w eonsti^Ji'tes a moti^ rskvssnt fsct. The conekict df saiy person an offsice against whom is subject Of any procesdin^, "son est tfff >, is fwlewmt, ,'f su^ cei'sduei'mflumsces [Tft^tf^ .4—. Xi-HC-22 75? ^ffqiwr, .'®^FH|,'teres- sn^c^i 1^tior3ll^T 9i?l[WHft^ sn^t ?^!Tw.^rf??r s'-l ^NOTh'qTtRlT •? l3I<Tt ~tf3R3R q; 3lP<H a:lTi?l ' or ia infkieneed by any feief w\ |and give the axe to him, The e.seu®d Evidence Act. 5o far as •ttie evidence ofl accused/appeliant that he was wspe stainetl with blood and 0^1 enquify by Istam as to why he is egrrying axe replied that he rfiould not •tet^e dxe from him; as with his brother and ieft thel Thsrefore, in ytew of •rfie abo^e thet the axe aS ctothes of aecusei wer®stained with blood and mali^ot^s*, he has left thct he wiii not give the as<e, r, PW-4 teiisingh is csncsrned, in Para-6 the neck. head jand Singh. T^erefore, ^tse the accused sc(d to have been marie sxtra about committing ft^urder sf Lcchchan Singh by atiackim on his neck heaci ^ind cheek comes within the pui^/iew of confessjon chisf of this witness, whic^] shows that above extra judictai confsssion wos made by th®ac4used in pisesence of the poiice. '[Tft^^fe^ XI-HC-22 -s^ •<iWw^, w^[W . ^r's^rali< SIT^T^T h-u't, sn^i fM\* 'gftn PW-9 Bhuwcn Uiaskar h4s statsd in hiseyidence that on eomns) persons wsnt Lachchan. He to Baioda for pijistmortem examination of ttie body af saw injudes on ^he body of Laehchon ono sxaminetson of this witness, •th® any eircumstance in order to dilscfedit Therefore.from the evicfence o1 extra Judieial regarding commission of murd^r of Ladichan Singh before posaession of the accused is iri his evidence 'riTCtt ciothes of tfie accu^<8 under Ex.P-4. PW-S axe end ciolftes from er'oss-exainiination of these ^:)i<4f<n^1i *{TSJ^i'!' "^ 't^st <^t^.i< ^'sifig'qan^i jngh |co<e and bi ^oncemed, PW-1 Jagannath Prosad has iinder Ex.P-3 biood stained ajss was of aecused and on •rt»ewsme dsy blood were rscovered froml Raisingh has som'oborated 1+ie above Pwsad r'egarding reeovery of blood the pos^sssion of accu^d and m the |ivitneS^g the >%cov®ry of axs ['Ift^ife^ -4- Xi-HC-22 ), ^tTOTS, T^TOy; sn^iqii R73nt¥I ^RN'^^' 3ii^?r'CTgiw^Tft'B ^raf?rah 'wiaf.^ fsTzt TfsRsrT ^; •?!RTO 3il^! clothes hav® not bsen chai blood stgined clo'tties of +he nb to Foransic Scynce -20 was reeeived 4"d stained with blooy. stsined axe '& elol+ies from iwssession of the oceu^d has bsen Lachehon Singh an -ike report' <^f Shyamiel and |?y se!!ing cart i daoeaissd Ladichon Sinsh ttiat two brottiers. This fact has u>borato»y, Sagac from whe(» the crims and on account of "t^at the»«was animosity betwesn •th® Iso not been chailenged in the croas- Jn wsw of the above C(jn<:iusions, it is established ti' accused/qspeiicnT made exfra Judiciai . eonfession regardint contmission of murder of his itt-s-ther l-udichan Sinah befor-e PW-4 Rajsingh d PW-9 Bhuwan Bhas|<ar and this extra judieial confessfon has been corroborarted by the ^aet -ttiataccu^d was having sni'mosity ogninst his bre-mer in connectjon with eriminal casa pendin9 against -^. 'v^-^s-. w^^ 3-HC-2: -^s; ^?!.<i!ci^, yq8pi|®;~fe5?il ^b sn^i^i K:,-\ snt^! 'aTtfe^afei ^nsshffi^/- ^..?' '^I. •STi^i TT<TOT^lft?i •Ae deeeased <ndfliceused on aifccount of sale of eart to one confession hos bssn furthsr c^rroborated by i+is evidence of PW-3 6 d 8 4f the fa^* .fi A^St of the/accused, we ore of the • considpred .S on The ci erime fay any other person sxc^pt the accused In the resuit, we do noij judgment of the tria! court, •tf^s dismis^dana smne is dismi^sed ^Trat^iN H|*-[^T ^ 'f^^' TI ^srRmsn^r VSBS tha aiuthor' of criwe in qu^stion and furiher the pr^aaeattiori has besRcsbte to establish that 1+slere is nc Dossibililv of sommitt'inG 'His find any iliegalit/ w mfirmity m the Judge ['cfr^ife^