HIGH CGIJRT GF $HH§TT§$GARH : B§L£A$PU§ i wéngie § Semh : Howhée Shri @riiinkei’ D§wan ‘L ke Qr.i%§3§oea§ N0.?640 6: 1§95 ? 3‘ : Ramu Accused (in gaii) VER$U$ V : Siam 0f Madhya Pradesh (new Smte of hattgarh) ‘ 1 DE G? . - Present: $hr§ Ravi Bhagat, eumse! foth appeliani. Ms. $unita Jain, PL. for the State. GRAL JUQGMEKT {28.04.20’I i) This appeak arEses out we a r y am m cw'ct‘m: ‘h cuusad/aen .m CC? d Cen e cf RE.50§f— in éefauk? i0 furer mderge sEmpie %mprésonmen’é fry iwc monha. pa3$ed b the Ada‘éiiona! Sesséens Judge, S Sesaims Tria§ K0. 43:?0 c e appla cier Sgc‘aicn of tke EF’L‘. UH§O l F’ ’e'W" \’ 'tE" dF G 2‘ Brief factS ”e case ai‘e that ’é 1t abcu‘i 5.33 FER. EXP? as ¥Qdg$d by compiaénant nameiy Ramna‘ih (9W. aiéeging that om thai day at abaué 4.30—4.30 wn he w hg r hES shop he was infmmeé his m0tE acse p a — RRmV a.cs“”par.Iea m Po-cccv te arim Lz 0’ i i h §§m s m 1awarr 1 o I ; r‘ Lh W z c Ln me mfckc é E cana s? went is thr hwse. However, me .x y sed agwat a rrg lt 1 hs fwher it s aiieged ia‘bwhan ihomplaani wa g s muse, t“ frank of use rEyugE Nara , re ag some aka‘ca‘tfC-n beiween the ased pefsans and his father — Asheen Et Es f‘ih-er aiieges‘ the}? the disp was e up and ifireafiegv iae mpiaim a his Tamar ‘é9ELLAN? % gESPQNEEENT Chis £R1MINAL APPEAL UNDER $ECC!QN 314 QF 34E CG CREMINAL PR$§2EDURE ; 1 s r‘e m ”rdsn‘ m 3d r “G CVC WGVOxF m [SSVUQN Of y m , tn i g ‘ 0* m 0; 3 G g E g- w pr!“ h$ a‘l w bu e hut rua abe r+ ei mm gag'sons carrying axe came m the housa of aompEainarz£ anci a§savltedr tha ;comp§ainant, as a r§su§t of such assauE‘z, he austained ingafEe$ inciuding fran‘tm‘e an his ieft maxiiiary antero, fraci'ure of f&tera§ wail of Eex‘i emit amd swe".ua on accwnt of blood cbttmg. Cempiamant waa m&d§cai!y exammed on 0": 98° Wk Ex m: 'ane? an X-"ag w; ia‘Ken vEw EXPE by 5r. C.S.$harma (RWE) Based an F.LR :VP1 ‘f$ gpunfshabie undeiv Sections 452, 307 ‘re s'z ”ec‘ agamsv ;he aocuseé aopeiiant and oéo son Bhagwat A: V commotion of ioves§gaé§om chaHan was; Erilod on 29": 1 .1983 in rokaiéon ‘3 we obova offence ‘ i() 323x34 cf *oa LPG. wa$ ,. \ ‘ys. é a; accused persons wem a!so {ecorded under Seotioa 313 of ihe (3r 2’3 C in which i?‘ey denieoi ihe c§rcum$tansas appearmg agamoi ihem awe} 'pieaded fheif innooeme aid fa1$e imoiioation m some in q'oa’rim Thai apaz‘; 3 defonce Witnesses were moo exammed by the cmed appeilam L1 il‘fier provkiing opportumiy aring t he gyms, the W § Co.“ 3y m gmad M!“ m vma acaumrg mo co amused Dhagwa or ihe ~ oresaz‘d offense, has Wnwvted amd sonienuej t e accusedfaopeliant 35 menooned abov in paragraph 1 {supra}. Ravi Bhaga‘z, oouosol apoearing for /. A :30 as to hoid gum“; of the accused peroon‘s, pmseouoon has xamirxeo a3 many as ’H wimesoes in sugport of iis case. Siatements o? ‘ :3“ D( o entiyo prosn Eon race IS mKer a“ §t is‘ (D v r oEr r n) o§§once moor Section 307 of the LPC. i$ not made out agains? 'i: accusedXagpeHaot and at best t :e one iEeoecé ag M hw“ wow faii under Seo‘iéon 326‘ He subméas foe? fe’e Es no ocean 9N on rescrd ko show fee sust ned by éhe compleinani were gn \ous *n mum or wem sU'rCi t Lo cause me dew u :ke o rimaiy oJys~ OT name *ie Fu oer subm ts ihat moiden ook piece eii er’ eedue'x a 4 o eVe was ”lo Imentme on ‘me pa t o: toe comeieénam. Lae‘igy, he eobmits “oef 'Ehe moie ye appeuani Es new aged aboui 73? years h - aEwavA rewarded jeEE x r ‘ J ut 6 70": hs eHd 2s? d ye, goof therefore "s je§§ eememe may be r osee to tee oehod a. ao c o i é r Lu 1 a 3 Cm the eihei' bamd, Ms. $un§ta 3am, scunSeE agpeafing f0? 'tha Sfaia argued that in}ur§e5 caused by he wsedlaw Lam *is Fe coraymmant —— Ramnaw (?’.W.?" wre grt \‘GJC *1 ’mme POA’QVe” she fa W admus Wai the e :c I o ream: bv {ha dcctor Ekav ’r'ur 5 "tamed by Lbxe vompia mam were 5uf‘1mert to C‘wse his deatu m me orriinary courge df his nawre. \ 2’.“ 1 ‘ I § have heard ccunse! ’ §9$ r ihe part; s at length am x perused “1e : j'Udgment impugneé Encwding '{ecomE of ihe kia} Csurt. 8-. ; Ccmplaingnt —— Rammih (RWjE, in ms s‘Latemgn‘t, has staied 5n *ha daia 5f ‘mciden’: i‘e. 31 .08‘1989 at abeut 4.30 Yum. when he wa$ sémng h ;5 Qhap, his “wot‘wer had mformec hm that accmeWagpePw accompamea by co—aCCLsed Bmgw i are Maktrg a$SaJk an “3E" Emer A %‘eem “m reupan he ¥efi fer his house we: in Wm: 0f hcase sf '§‘riyug% N yam acmsed persors \waw humr’g abvses ’m ms father and as seen a5 he Eeamed ‘here, ihey aaso huf£ea abuses $3 him. it was aisa éepesed i3} ‘11 at ihe persens nameky Ketwar Sh ’&m{al, , hckx’am‘ Ka“sht*a arid Gajaraj§, 'whe were present there, eacified the d§spute awi‘éhen he came 2e his house. imwedia e‘y theyeaFEer 1ccused pea’som Ramu eat Beagwm armeé with axe came t0 hEs heuee and €hrea€ened (:0 kEiE hr? or; ‘ f‘qe maund feat he shoui‘d vacate the Shep and (m his refusal, zhey eui ec mm end baused mums en left +emeora egien i e between .he forehead and eat He has furiher staLed tnet h- weemeciceii ! exammed c-n ‘1 “8 1589 and wee hcspi aimed ea a‘eo X-ray W e eken §n medicaé xemmatmn he follewing memes were mum over “He pereor 3f he compEeinani: {P.W‘?) Tileki’am {P.Wrg)‘ Adheen (F‘.W3‘; and Ramsukh GHAJXEG) were “h ‘x. Laceramd wound cf 4 x ’g x 1 cm‘ ave! abcve zygemeLe precess cf Eefk eye with bEeeding present. 2‘ ' Cmmsxor cf 6 CW wee pxeeert amend Eacerated wound. ‘h 3. Qedema of left !ewer and upper eye Eid and eye bail is hard. l 9A Triyugi Narayan (PrWrZ), Famkram (PAWB; Sriram Keshyep me eyg wnne55es i0 fihe Emcident and havs duEy suwerieé the egvgdence 0f the gcmp§aénamt Ramnaih (1P.W.1). Ashok Kuma? (P‘W:4\ has no‘t éuwoaiea‘ me prosewffon 3mg! anti has been dem'arM M hatme WW ss Jagnnnaih Prasad 53am {P.W‘5) is Paiwai whe prapayed $po‘i map “ii“ %X.P.4. Dr‘ C‘SShan‘na (P.W.S} had ’{aken X-ray of rke complamant —- 5%an1nath {P‘Wfa} and ms repor: is E>:.P.5 whgrea$ X—ray piate is EXP6. Arcordim to h'm he faund the injuries inciutiing fractwe 3r i'éis W"? Wmi'ny rlr‘tem 1r ci’u'e of ia+e*a‘ wali or éeft omit and swehng [ aagtmmt m‘ bleed excitmg aver the perwr: cf {ha sCW‘p a‘ram R . Mme (P W ‘4) is *he InveSt'gatwg 3m er am a :3 abo prw.a .27 Le. 5njury rggea OT the Vicum Thugh Dr B31 Bhagat W910 ha ‘ 40% M C of the WcLm raS r‘oL 3éen examined by tHa prcsacuflow bHt L113 RILC lap r* ‘ra3 onen duiy moved *y D' CS shama (DW 41) and ihe 5am :3 mi d spu‘red by Lhe accused/apuellawt 18. M rure nxa’mnauon of ihe ewdnnse acducej by the croscmxzcn makes k dear timt an ;he date er :ncgdent Le. 31.98.1983 the viciim (Ramnath) was assaulted by the accusediappeilant with axe, as a resmt 3‘ whim, the compéamant su$ta§ned two fzactures 0r; his left maxiiiaiy aniem, fiagwm 0f iate a! wai! of lefi orbit. However, ihere is no yepcii oz: record {ct Show that the injuries sustained by iiie vic’tim ware sufficient tc: cause his death m he 0f¢iinary cou:'se of naiumi Furiher, the evidemce aise dcsS mt efiect that there was any intemion on ‘the part of the accaise X ppe‘ aF'itic kiii ihe Victi’r 11. Considering ihe fade and sircvmstar‘ces J? the D'esew‘ eee, fhis Ccurt is cf the opinion that instead OT Sectlhn 30, of t‘ie i P C ‘he eFeme under vectlon 32s of Lhe LPC. is made cut against the accuseé/appexeni. ’se is accordingiy acquitted of the charge wider Sec‘heh 30? 0f ihe LRC. but is convicted under Section 326 Gf the LRC. i2. Se fer as ihe sen‘; h’ée part is concerned, as the incident had ‘kaken place about 21 years ago and the appeiiaht has aiready remeihed in jaii fer a peried of 6 months and 28 days and now ihe appenam is aged abedi‘, 77 years and that he is eimosé bed-ridden: this 30L; i is o. .i cehsidei‘ed epinion that it wouid ee ir‘ the meresi’ o: Jestlc if the appeiiaht is I ‘1 a o \ ‘Jl ‘seniemecf to the period ah’eady unrjergowe by him subject ta the ‘ imgositbn of certam fme. Accordingiy. keeping an the reiewant factars m mind, me appeEEant is sentenced to éhe peiiod afreaéy ufWcfargone by hm. H§Wevetg the appe§§ant shaE§ demsi‘t a Sum 0f R34590 in the triai $0ur‘; within a :Jerieci Gf 6 menths from the daie of receipt of a cepy cu x A.ahiS judgment, which would be payable ta ihe compiainant — Ramnafh {(PSW‘Q. FaHure of which, the appeiiant sha§! undergo jai! sentence fcrr One yeat 5 @ 1:2 In View 9f what h€1s been $tatec2 above, 'the appeai is aliowed if? V paw WWML" Sd/— Pritinker Diwaker * ' Judge