THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.545 of 2011 BETWEEEN: The State of A.P. … Appellant AND Kanneboina Venkatasubbaiah … Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.545 of 2011 JUDGMENT: The Assistant Sessions Judge, Gudur in Sessions Case No.9 of 2007 while convicting the accused and sentencing him for the offence under Section 324 I.P.C., acquitted the accused of the charge under Section 354 I.P.C. Admittedly, there is civil dispute between two families with regard to existence of cart track at the scene of offence. On the day of offence, it is alleged that the accused laid cut thorny bushes across the alleged cart track. It is alleged that when PW1 and her family members including her husband PW3 went to question the accused, there was altercation between the two. According to PW1, the accused got hold of her blouse, dragged her and torn her blouse and that the accused placed his hands on her chest. The lower Court did not believe that portion of evidence of PW1, having regard to evidence of her husband PW3. It is evidence of PW3 hat the accused attacked them with a thorny stick (pangalakarra) and that the said stick caught blouse of PW1, due to which PW1’s blouse was torn. PW3 did not state anything about the accused catching hold of blouse of PW1 and placing his hand on chest of PW1. Thus, the lower Court though believed the incident, disbelieved the exaggeration put forward by PW1. There are absolutely no grounds in this appeal to interfere with the finding of acquittal recorded by the lower Court on the charge under Section 354 I.P.C. 2. Hence, the appeal is dismissed. _____________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J Dated: 15.04.2011 ysk