^ . .^^^^••^ t'^.^^ •Q tu 3.^.^i) k-». f IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BILASPUR: CHHATTISGARH CRIMINAL APPEAL Npff^ OF 2006 APPELLANT (.tH- 3»ii^) Versus RESPONDENT Nirmal @ Niranjan S/o Libra Nagesia, aged about 30 years, R/o Babuparas, Ambikapur, Distt. Sarguja (CG) State of Chhattisgarh through the Station-House Officer, P.S. Ambikapur, Distt. Sarguja (CG) CRIM1LAL A^PEAL UNDER SECTION 374($]|OF CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973 ^edLbyShrrA.S. tf ItfJB:* XI-HC-78 HI*<WtSh*1|tt> 3^ •<ii<4|<'i<i,siTnwis, Rldl+fy _C^.^o. fc^6/-3f°&. W[ 200 v OT^?T yaqi (4cli^Bl^y) sn^rw R-ii* gsiTsn^Taitiicti TOnwnfwa'n^r DB; HON'BLE SHRI V.K. SHRIVASTAVA HON'BLE SHRI DHIREND0.* MIS 30-10-200& Ku. Sharmila Sinqhai, counse|l tor The appetlant. Krosecutor. with Shri D.C'. l-'andey, Fanel 5hri U.N.5. Deo, Addl. Pubiic Ldro'yer 'for th©StGte. tiha Hear-d on m.(Cr.)P. No. 1820^ 2328/2006. . ] I he above appliccrt'jons are n| 1 akinq into consideration tlT|i No. 1820/2006,1.A. No. 2341/2001fi Hsard on admission. Admit. Record of ttie trial C'ourt hat Learned counsel for both dQted ;i-4-<;OU6 passed mCr.fi. N(j. tindinq in tavour ot the appellant t^ wrt'n .the crime, theretore, thls a|ti 1 akinq into eonsider'ation the subn) allowec!. Heard tinally. J udqment dictated on Dias Ver Vi.jay Kumar Shrivastava, J . By this appeal under 5ectii|i appellant Nirmal C? Niran.jan has| <ni<ild<)1-f iiiflT ff tec3'<.Rf+ril< ^sd^iTsn^r HSA .TT i iT^.n, ^s^ff 2006,1.A. No. 2341/2006 and l.A. No. st opposed. ' e reasons assiqned in the applicaTions, fW.tC.r.JP.. and I.A. No. 2328/2006 are altowed. 3 already been received. parties submit and proy that vide judgment . aj61/1999, this Court has already recorded a lirmal that ther'e is no evidence to connect him ipeal may kindly be heard tlnally and decided. ijssion made by both the parties,the prsyer is 1'*' n 3/4 (2) ot Ths C'ode oT C'riminal Krocedure, questioned leqality ond correctness ot The P.T.O. iBiLjUli.iA.iti,.. ... ........,....._^. \ l' ^) 1 XI-HC-78 Hiwrrawrai 3^'<lt«l<'1<l,®Tn<rt'l<o,(«IC1l<rty ^ C^. A.tAo. 6J6/-ZOOC ^200 311^1 Msitl (^c(I^is|<<i?) lan^rwfew (P(T sn^T sti*fi<t> TOiTWflf^rsn^r •'i- df imprisonr|ient .tb aUout .iudgment of conviction and order by the Sessions J udqe, Surqu.ja tearned Sessions Judqe atter holdj for- commission of offence punishat^le sentenced him to underqp Iha case ot the pr.osecutiofi, the First Information Report in Poll To the ettact that pn that day a[ Sitaram and Nirmal Naqesia coms atso st residence, they enquired side ot the pond. Atter some fime| .wos qoinq towards old brick kiln, iTje way, therefore, he went to show they were littinq body ot e person the pit ot brick Kiln. Ihey staTted there or somewhere else. He camel persans ot the vicinity about the naked body ot s person havinq blocjd Sitar-aro both were sittinq There. Receivinq this report, Ambikapur, reqistered the l-.l.R., possession biood stained soil, plain the place ot occurrence. He also colour sweater, one underwear, onj CAttibikapurJ, *l<ttcf'i|1-l Hmvfi fffS^S <Rl'K;l< ^; 3i1^q'anSsr sentence dated 20 November, 1998, passed I, in Sessions Ir'ial No. t}9/96, whereby |nq the appellarrt' alonq with one Sitarsm quilty under Section ~3UZ ot the indian Pencl Code, tor lite and Tine with detault stipulation. l, in briet, is thot Nitesh Kumar eupta lodqed |ce Station; Arabikapur on 30 November, 1995, about / p.m. when he wss at his residence, his house trom Darr'ipQra side, his tathar was iquor- and thereatter lett towards western he heord the raTttinq noise ot rickshaw which ^ thouqht that they miqht have torqotten the the woy. hrom some distance, he saw tiiat •rom the r'ickshaw and takinq the body towards falkinq that whether They should leave the body back to his house and apprised his tather and lincident on which all ot them went, they saw |d stains on tace ot it was lyinq and Nirmal and them tHe Station House Ofticer', Kolice Station, fctt tor the scene of occurr-ence and took into ^oil, one nylon socks and one handkerchiet trom ^ook into possession trom Sitarsm, one yellow i^ Tull pant ot Leo make and one Baniyon. Une ~T0. l^. e*' lliii' 1111:: !E l.;il/lUl;..lJLLlJ>. ,..,,.,.,„.. XI-HC-78 *11*1Mtai*1iq» ^iq xiWlfiq, ®Tn<-l'IS,Rldtti^ . ^A.ite.^^/^006 ^200 3ll^l ifltn .(yil^q^sr) sn^T^f^H; tWT an^FT snflqi <^ TOnwofeTsn^r 3 sweater wos taken into possession inquest was sent tor- post-itiortem conducted post-mortem and prepc witnesses have been recorded undel ATTer completion ot investl Chiet ijudicial Maqistrate, Ambikat3ur Session, tor tr'ial. ; Chsrqe under Section X12 witll Section 34 ot the l.P.C': has been reod over- and explained to hi| he is innocent and has been Talselyl atter appr-eciatinq evidence pn eommittinq ottence punishable und| has been ocquitted ot charqe under) Homicidal death is not in d|i Dr. B.S. Senqar y..W. 3) and autopjsy the deceased received tollowinq 1Z| homicidsl in nature. [1) Lacerated wound ov^r downwards and' anterl t2) Contysion.overriqht (3j Contusion over thebil'i (4J C'ontusion over clavic| clavicle at mid l/3m; «hl<l[cl<fl-(*111tlTtffSt3'<Rl(^H ^srf^Tan^r |rom Nirmal. . I he dead body atter [o the Distt'ict Hospital, where Dr". B.5. Senqar *ed the post-mortem report. Statements ot Section 161 ot the Crf.C. qation, charqe sheet was led in the C'ourt ot ', who committed the case to The Court ot recbrd rlead with Section 34 ot the i.l-'.C'. and <;U1 read |3een tramed Qqainst the appellant. C'nar-qe has |li, who abjured the quilt. Mis detence was that |impl!cated in the case. Ledrned Sessions Judge I, eonvicted and sentenced The appellant tor if Section JUZ ot the i.^.C'., however appellant Section 201 of The I.P.C. Ispute. fcven otherwise Trom the statement ot report fcx. r-3, it has been established that in.juries and succumbed to those. His death was riqht side to chin size 4x2 cm, obliquely |orly with tracture mandible at the same site; ^axillory process. size 4x4 cm; idqe of the nose i x i cm, le riqht size 4 x 4 cm with underlyinq fractured P.T.O. .^ 'yj XI-HC-78 sii^T^rR-fi.* (RT 3D^I shtiiqi *11WlTSt>*1|tt» 3^ ^iraRra', ®T(1<f'16,RlCIIUy Gr.ft-t^o. C,^/»?oo<? '^200 3ll^<l 4a<h('{cli'i<!t<^lT) ^(iraTofN'sn^T 4 tre|m (&} Lacerated wound over) C&) AAulTiple scaTtered at) aspect extendinq marked and deep on 14 t/J Muitiple scatter'ed qluteal r'eqion in tull {8} Linier'abrasipn ot 6 x| [9) Abrasion over riqht tIUj Abrasion over riqht ai|i (11) Three abrasions ovaj- situated in mid T por'tli (Yd] Abrasion over medial Heera Sinqh (P.W. 1), Vija|/ Kanhaiya (K.W. 6) and Nitesh K.umaj' declared hostile by the prosecutiorl As per statement ot N.P. Upadhya'li Trom the possession ot The appellart not been established by identit.i< establish identityot dead body L'onstoble when reached.'the place persons wiho wie.re. assembled there Ihis C'ourt has already held No. 2061/1999 that the prosecut °tii<it<i41-i ii*i<iTfftei^<Fat+<ii< ^isri^iTsn^r chin on lett side 2 x Z cm bone deep; Irasions and contusions over the neck anterior tliyroid cartilaqe to the clavicle lett more |tt side with subcut Hsmatoffla upto trachea; dbrasions over" the bacK side mid sacfal and ilaidth; It cm. riqht to umbilicus tronsversely arranqed; gj'eater prochanter size i; x Z cm; titerior'superior iliacspine 'ix'i cm: media! aspect ot arm riqht, 1 x 1 cm each iion; tispect ot wrist riqht 4x4 cm. Prasad eupta (P.'W. 4), i-iansuram (P.W. 5), &upTa (F'.W. 8), all these witnesses have been and they did not depose aqainst the appellant. ' (h'.W. 9), one tull sleeves sweater was seized but that sweater belonqs to the deceased has ;ation parade or otherwise. No evidence to 'been adduced. Khemrqj (P.W. 10) a Poiice occurrence, he tound appellant and other 3-4 n normal course. Mas df |vide .judqment dated 3-4-^006 passed in C'r.A. ^in has not been able To brinq on rscord any ^) XI-HC-78 sn^r ^T R-) <raT31I^!Tst>iro •?.l *ii*icii a»*ii<!h 3^ •<4iqi(1<l, OTfly'ie, faldl'yy . (<-A<-r4o. GS6^ ^200 3<1^<1 '<si«n(<jcit^a|<,<T) 6«IIW(()^(T3TI^T -r material to show that in any w deceased Shivnath Upadhyay in littinq the body trom ricKshaw ar fcv.en the sweater. which was r. identitied by anybody that sam virtually There is no evidence in and co-accused Nirmal with the cil tMe trial C'burt convictinq the.accu| ln the result, we iare ot tl connect the oppellant with The cri| theretore, the appeal is altowed. ot sentence passed by the trial ocquitted ot the chapqe under S^ liber'ty torthwit^ itnot required i £-^_L Sd/- V.K.Shrivastava Judge »ni<if<'i41iHii«Tffte^)'<Ri*<i< ^aiRil 3(i^?T ay. the accused persons carried the body ot 1'he rjekshaw in question or- anybody sow them d place the same in the pit near The brick kiln. ^covered trom accusect Nir-mal, has not been 2 was belonginq tp the deceased. 1 heretor'e, 1-his case to connect accused/appellant Sitaram ime in question. In the circumstances, Tindinq ot sed/appeltant cannot be sustained. le considsred view that thepe is no evidence to ne in question i.e. murder ot Shivnsth Upadhyay, he impuqned judqment ot conviction and or-der Court against the appellant is set aside. Me is ction 3U2 ot l.P.C. and is directed to be set at n any other matter. Sd/-- . ; \ DHIKENDRA MISHRA | Judge ;» •-K > .lli.Jk,li.il.:-l!..fl.)