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Garg judge 3 i- 1"81 IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHA.TT.TSGARH AT BILASP'UR CRJMINAL_AOPEAL N0.230/2000 'V.c Kal'ti arfi another . .- , • vs. ;.. . , -. ! ;: : ^ - State af H.R. (C.G.) ; '.t . ..••:• ' • • • ' . . J"UD3MSNT ' - : . ¥eFHon.R_.,S_.Garg,___J: - ; . • . , - •., , Appellants Kalu al-tas .Arundeep ar(3,jsrteru alias ; Anupdeep be-i.ng aggrleved by the judgnEnt 8ated 18-11-1999 passed j-n Sess-i.ons Trlal No .2 55/9.9 convicting the appellant Teru ynder Sectj:on 307 IPC to undergo R.It'for seven years and pay flne of Rs.500/- for causlrig injyrj.es to Snt.Nirmala Ba-i. and under Sectlon'324 IPC for'causl.ng injuries to*'Ku .Daminl,'Ku.Yashoda, Prlyanka, Lata. Ku. Ki.ru, Hema ap<3 tetshan to undergo R.I.'forthreeye.ars and convlcting the appellant Kalu under Sectlon 307 read with Sectlon'34 I.P.C* to undergo R.I. for seven -years and pay fine of Rs.SOO/—and under Secfc-Lon':324-readwith " -i:' ' ' - - ' • • " . •' Section 34 I.P.C. for caus-tng -tnjyrj.es to t he abQve re^erred persons, sentenci.ng hj.ra to undergo R.I. toiffEhree years, .ln default of payment'.of fine tQ;uhdergo further 1 R.I*-^or three inonths wlth further dj-rectj.on thafe the B sentences would run conseoutl.vely, have: fj.'led' this 'appeal • 2. ' .The pEOsecutioncase Iribri.ef 1s that-on 3-3-1999 „ Lata w/o Sat-t sh Yadav. ha<3 corae ;to her • motter ' a pl ace jon. • account of HOlj. « Lata 'si.uadenl.y remepTbered that •she -ha<S ; '^ not bolted tte -dobr o£ her. house,therefore»regui.Fe^ heK \, younger.sis'fcer Hema,1s6 go -feo -fer Kouse-and:|faott';'the.:(30er,»'';!. When •Hema'.was'. conu.,ng 'faack' affeer bolting' tl^,do©rs,'1^^.'.y^ a^pel Iants wi-kh tfae1r frlesds .an6 a. ssociafee s;.^stsarted. •;;% :m ^. »•»( lltttll'!" .2.' '•''-.••'-• ' •''• •'' ' ."'..' .^ '.. ••-. -- ' '"""• ' • . '~ • • '"•' .^ .: ... ,•'.'•• .-• . . ^ ••'• .. •.' '. ....'.•.'.•. •;• ••. '; throwingcoioursonsaid Hema. Nj.rmala Bai.,mo,therof,' Heraa» requlreia'tbea'cused persons to conduct them- selves properly hut the accused persons inste a<3 of takj.ng the. adv-i.ee,- started abuslng. Nirmala Ba-i.» When Nlrmala Ba-i- v/'as sltti.ng at'he'r home i'i'i.th her relati.ons- and the young chll'dren, appellaht Tteru came there x'ath a bottle, he was accfampan-ted wj.th Kalu who was carryj.ng a la'tM In his hand. The accuse'd persons thi-eatenea the compla-i.nants and the v.ict-i.ms that they would'be murdered by'ac-td:':. Actj.ng—tn;furtheran^fe of. febelr . common iRtent2.on» accused Teru tjirew aci.d1 on N-trmala Bal . The acicl aause'ct injuries tb Nirmala Bai. and se'ven others. After throw3.ng the aeid/', Teru ap-d'Kalu •ran away from fehe spot. Lata Yadav, daughter lof' Nirmala Bar, lodgefl. the fir'st j.nf'ormation.re.port . After regl.stration of t he offence,'the oollce eame 1-nto ', action, the vlctlms were sent, to t he hospltal for •fchelr medlcal examlnatj.on a nd pi-oner treatment « Mrmala' Bal.. who ha<3 suffered 2®Sburnl.njurJ.es Qn^her face, Ghest and other parts of'the -body.remained.'.in .the\hospi.tal for the pei-lod betx^een 3-3-1999 to 13-4-1999 .: On , 3-3-1999, Saraswat.i.i Kishan, Damini, Yashoda, 'Lata, Pri.yanka, Hxru and ; raa were.'aisomea.i.Gallyexaraj.nea.— The doctors 'found that th°y had suffered 'bufn .i.njur;Les i; by ^pme corros.i.'ve' substance , .On -the same day, .at atoyfe 51.30.p.in.,the panctinama. was nrepar^d :ar]d a hroKen' ": 1 •• bottle.KSg'' also' certaAri earth .alleged. to be sta;l:ned^'w;i.t]'l'i ^-•' ' • ' :' ' "• . • ' . ' • ' • ~ •"' • ''''-'•...' - •' .. • -.: /'' '•v" "'^' or wet MltJ-iA He : acld^'';' was : selzed. the: clQtRe's. Qf' thg' vic-cims were sej. zed ;, ' 1'Ke,'bFo}<en;:'boU:le,,' the ;:ear1sK..ail!a tbe elothes were.seritfor thelr .fp$®i^sie^aig^iR^Ka.QfflsSs'^^SS The ' Eorens.lc 'Scj.ence '^aborat;OFy'::znforne^'.iilfe??g|:^ig^i||Gc|a^ ^'%'A ;i''l.'l!.^.^N"^^lJla':Ss'IB"S'! .agency .i<!XJ^I'Xhat\the,'wefel';earth'was;:;^^w3.^!^IU^gi^^ ^s K^i •l^ Ig'^ ^yM Ed B:§ &» \ li* 3. -. . • '. ' • . ' • • .' ' .,. _.'••• '. ' ^' '•••• result.to the nitrate test. Accused Kalu was arrested on 8-s3-19'99 while -the a ceused Teru was arrested Qn 4-3-1999. After reeo'r-dincr'the statefflents ofthe • wltnesses an3 • cpllecting the .other-materi'al against-the; •0»l. . . . . •• • ' • •' . . . ; . ••• accused persons./complet.lon of investigatlon, the . prosecutj.on agene^'flled the' challan agalnst the accused persons» The <sase w^.s.commltted to the Court of' . Sessions for Its trlal. The accusea.persons were chargea for havi.ng committed offehces punishable under secfj.ons 307 and 324;IPG and^307/34 and 324/34 I^:. As'they pleaded not gullty, they were' put to tri.al. .After recordir^ tts statements of the wltnesses an3 giving^ . proper opportun-i.tyto the accused persor^a.tK.e tf-l.al • court 1-Eard the parti.es, convictedand sentenced fhe . 1; accysed persons 'as refecre.d to a bove. Bei.ng aggr-i.eved .: by the s.aid •f-tndj-ngs and the sentences, the appellants - have^ f-i.led thls a ppeal . • . 3» • ant.Ahuja, learned counsel for the a@.?iellants,: 1. submits that fromtte statements ofthewitnesses'j.tis not proved that jthe a'ppeliants coinnatted the Qf'fences, . She subm-i.ts that tl-E appellants were false'ly .impli.cated. She also sub.mj-tted that even after the proseeutlon-.case. 1s accepted as 'SXS lt.is, It 'wov.lQ not'makeout a caSe unfler Sectzon 307 IPG. PIaeJ.ng rel-tarice uporithe . , ' .- sta.t6ments o'f Dr.A.P. Sawa'n't?P.W,5), she subm.itted that as 'the ;a.njUBles were not' dangecous ^to life, ttie covccf •• ' below was unjustifj.ed.in .conviet.tng fl-ie. appellants .: She ...' | alsa sutamlt^ed .that -the selzure is QouBtful... Ifc 3.S -'•:;^. ;' I..',::....1 • • •:;<; -:: ^'':., .::-.'.;'0.;:'^ further siibmitted t.ha£:':An:isAa'6;'-on to-the v3.ct4.in· Klsl'ian^ the • appel l.ant s eould' not be '^convtcted beGalB 1; e' Ka wa &::; n'1 ;5 assertlrg that he .suEfered Injuries qn.t he. legi.wfe2.£e.^i:iii Dr.Iia-t UofiS. „ -CP.Wt6): -stafced In •t]-ie:lG6<.ict:l*lla'(i[KffiaaK •.wi •fc..--"t- .4 .•.—:;...'........'.'.' . . - • -..."'' "'. ha<3 suffered Injuries on his hands. She also s.ubnu-tted fchat' the selzure w.l.tness Vas riot examinsd, therefore, the se-Lzure must be d-isbeljeved, She lastly submitted that'the accusefl persons are young bqys'anSastheyare. not habitual offenders. the ja.il sentence : be reduced to the perlpc? aiready undergone. ^ . 4. OpposlHg the.said arguftE n1:s,-Shri Ranveer Sj.ngh,. | learned Govfc .Aavocate, , subm-ffcs that If Durga Prasada the selzure wltness, has not been examined, the same would not provlde 'any foundation In f^our of t he appellants because the Qfficer who had seized-the / bottle and the;wet earth'has proved the case « : He further subm.i.tsthatthemannerin wh-i.ch the two accused psrsons came to the\ spot would cleariysbow that they.mearit1 bu's-Lness and .the raanner i.nvhi.ch fc'he appeilanti;7Teru threi^ ac.i.d-.on the boay.of Nirmala Ba-i., the same tiould clearly show that •t-he'y.had the intention •fco murder them. He further subm.i.ts that 2.5% burn i.njur-Les' on the che'st, neck and face bf Nirmala Bai woulci' justify^ifche convi.etlon pf the appellants under , Sectlon 307 and 307/34 IPC. Onthequestj.on of' ~ ^ sentence, he subm.i'tted that as many 'as nine persons suffered f;he Injuries by acld 'and the manrE r i.n whlch the acid was,thrQt''nwould prov.i.de a founaatj.on even £or a further. deterent pun-i-shment » He submJ-ts' that tKe court below. has 'alr eady shown clamancy•in awardlng only seveh .years R,I.. , . ;. .'. ' ' . ;. 5. Ttie prosec'ytj.on'-i.n.^supDort of^lts: case tes •' ' . 1 exanu.red as many 'as twelvfe wi.'fcriesses . 1'he 'a.ecused-,' ".' , persons did nofe examine' any 'defenc^witness;;-i.nsuppprt:.. 'of ^hei.r'defe:nce , P.W.l Lat;a, 'P^.'W.Z Nlrmala, P.W.31 'Hinia^1: .- '•••'. : ?^ :• " r ^ .. ! :- ' --.•;~'. .'::^ •;:11 ..^••P.W.4^Bl;ha,..:J>.W.8,mru,'.P:^,9':KLshan. Vte'g^." '-^-—"'r < ffr®^ri^ 8BiB II li! Ea Saraswat-L were examined 'as the vj.ctj.ms. It 1s note- worthy that P.W.ll Saraswat-i. turned hostile and d'ld not support the prosecution case. It 1s ateo note-wdrthy that Daraj.nl was also not examlned j.n the court as she was an Infarit of one year. ! ^ - . I<'-_. -.'•• . _ . . • ' _•• . • " ' - • . .- 6. • P.W.l Lata hpj3 clearly sfated that she had come •to her mother's place to vls-Lt her on the day of Hol.i. The tvro accused perbns started thrpw-i.ng col'ours on her slster;Hema, therefore, Hema requlred them not t6 do so Her raother Nlrmala Eal after wltnesslng t'Ss -i.nc-ldent irequi.red the accused persons to condUQt themselves .pro^; rly, on which accused Teru started abusj.ng themandfijgg tlireatened that he xirould thrQW. ac-Ld on them« When the vritness, ~her slsters and mother were sl'fctlng.at the-tr home, accused Kalu came wlth'a 'stlcit and accu'sed Teru havlng a bottle In'his ha'nd came to their hoyse. • • Accused Teru threwac.td on her mother, her mother suffered -Lnjurles on her.ehest, neck, ear, back and hands. Ffer daughter Damlh.i. also suffered ;burn injurles by the s a-td acld,, ^he a.lso s-tated that she had lodged the report.She a-lso testj.fj.ed that '-handn-i., Priyanka and .' ;i Hira: also' suffered burn .tnjurles. She aiso Informea the 1 Court fhat she'suffere<a burn injuries on her leffc hand• • She had sfaown herscarred hand to the Gourfc . IH the' 1 cross-exasilnatlon, nothlng subs.tanti.al oould be brought out. :. In fact,,. the cross-examj.ria tj.an was 'that Kalu was ' , hot present1 on the sp6t«IItwas suggested to her fhat ^ : accused Kalu'had snatched the: latM of faer gr'and-mofher.i'i 7. P.W.2 Nirmala Bai':.i.s ttie moteher of Lafa.'yadav.ana'-':' flema-. ' She had .s-tated iih' 'tfae ..Court "thafc.on the" :£ate£y;l.^S,! day Hema had gbne; to the house of Lata '/fco t}G3.:t;.th6s!. li:se.i EBB:>r * 1r; i t 1 6 - Whenshewas comJ.ng back, accused Teru threw colours ] on her, onwhich she scolded the accused and a sked Hlm to play Holi wlth the boys and not wlth the •gj-rls'a :The accused Teru abi£ed her and tnereaft.er threw acld on her. She had shown. her i.njurj.es to the Court which fact was'.. "•I- . • ' .• . .' " ••'.•.'• ' ' .• ' ••'. recorded by the Cflurfc i.n paragraph 5 of her statements. She furtRer stated that .botht'he brothers had tfirown the acid.' She 'also sa-i.c3- that her green blouse was also selzed. In the cross-exam-s.n'at-Lon, she stated that after some time of the flrst inc-ident the acc^sed persons . came to the-ir 'hoyse and threw acj.d»onthem. She aiso statea that ascused Kalu was pr^eseitt s&th the stick', She however a diriltted In paragraph 9 that she was .yr&ble to remember that she MKKEE -j.nformed ;the po.I-lce about^the BI tact that Kalu was armed with a lathl. • 8« - P.W.3 ^ema had'stated "before'the Gourt that she was a.sk.eS. by ' her elder slster. -^ata to. go to her house . to bolt the hasss doors. 'Shenshewas CQBii.ng baek, accused Teru threw' coloyr on her. On this, b.er mother .• J ' • ,' . : ; • NlrmaXa Bai asked the accused to conduct- h-i-iBself properly and play HoJ.1 wlth -the 'boys, the aCGUsed Tteru • abused her mother. 'SI-fe has .further stated, that when they were sltti.ng ;at thelr house, 'accused Kaiu armed with . -stj.ck and aceused Iteru havlng a bottle in hl.s hand. came to "thefir house .' She further stat&d that because of the • ac.id her mother -suffered J.njur-i.es on her. nec}i;,chest,etc. <| She also stated. fehat'Chananl,- her sister Lata, Lata's daughter, Hlrii and she herself suffered ;-tnijurles by acid.l In 'the cross-examinat-i.on, but for few quest-tons. nothing subatantial was agke.d :to l-ier,.^In!paragra.ph 6, l.she stated that the •.ac.td bottle . rema-i..ned 'near fhe. door of'.the' house 'ln a.Jaroken eondi.tj.Qn <• •. " ••'.'. • '. "~ '-.'/ •'•••'••••'.-.- ••:: •••'-. . ".-•"• • • : -. • :'•-• m H 9, :5.W.4 B-i.na Bal is yet anotherdaughter of NlrmaT.a and s±ster of Hema. She had supported the allegat.i.ons maQe by Nlrmal-a Bai, Lata ano. •'ls.ma. She had cl-early state'd before the !-oyrt that accused Kalu was armed wlth a st-ick whi.ie the accuse<3 Tferu had a bottle of acld j.n • *'..'••• : .' •• ; •• • ' - .- hls hands. .Accord^tag to her. the mothsr and n'l-imb'er of • others si-iffered acid .ihjur-tes • In her cross-examlnatj.on, j no substant.iaJ. q-uestions were asked. ' 10. P.W.8 Ku.Hi.ru, a young girl of^l4^years, had supported the prosecutlon case,and had supported the statements of the other wltnesses.She clearly stated that after. Steru had thrown co-tour Qn her sJ.ster-'Hema, her mother asked Iferu'to'piay Holl w-i.fh the boya. Acca-dj.ng to her, when they were s-ittlng at the-i.r house, accused Kalu armed wlth a stj.ck and accused Teru havlng a bottle contain-i.ng ae-i.d came tothe.i.r house, accused Teru threw ac.i.d on her mother « T mother suffereQ serlous Injurles on her chest, back, ear, neck, etc». She herself had suffered an -tnjury to.her nose• The i' ' ^ ; 1" ! ' ' ^ ' Courfwhlle recordj.ng the statements of the w-LtnessaB, , sa-i-d , ' ' !: - . remai-ked that the/ac-i.d—i.njurycouldbe seen on the nose of the x'atness. Inher'cross-exam-i.nat.ton again, n'sthing subs'tantial was asJced. The only'questj.on asked to her was that accused Kalu was.sltting:at'some : dj.staiase . tl < , Ki.shan, P.W.9, had stated that wheri the.aci.d was thrown by accused Iteru, he also surfered sonie lnju'ri;es. on h&B legs. The witness was ynable to say In fhe Court •fchat wh-i.ch of the accused was carry-Lng.the bottl'e. ': •• 12.. . 'P.W.ll' Saraswat-t-.had .also suffered the acj.d . i'nju.rles byt .she' d-i.d no-t suppo.rt the prosecution'case.. 13". .. The proseeutlon:a geney had.;examliB (a.:l:P'^f.5^.Qc-.A.P. Ki ^ ..t/ 8 - ' • ' -• Sax-rant to prove the medlcal reports and the lnjur-i.es suffered by the vlctlms » Accordj.ng to Dr.Sawant, on 3-3-1-999 afe abouC'1.35 noon,Ku. Dam-i-rJ., a gj-rl of one year and Smt.Nj.rmala Bal came to the hosp-ital . In ' : . ^reiatlon to thelr arrlval and.l.njurj.es, he sent an <f. • . • - .' Inf.ormatlon to the o61-i.ee. He had examlned NJ.rmala Bal at about 1 .40 p.m^,. He found fhat tte v.i.ctj.m had ' : ^^ suffered 25% burn -i.rijurj.es on her left chest,Ie£t neek, left slde of the face and ori the back.- He has proveS. ^ h-ts report at Bx .P/4. H<= has also prQvedthS Injury repart of Ku«.E>amin-L. Ku.Damlni had suffered varj.ous burn injur.i.es on'her back, hea<3. and left hand» Thls Infant child had- s'affered 15% burn Injurles, the repQrfc is available on the record at I2(.P/5. On the same day, he haQ- examinsd Yashoda, a young glrl of 8 years.'Si-e had suffered burn'injurj.es on'her righ'fc neek, rlght eap,. right hand and rlght cl-ieek . The Injurles were about 7%, the meaical report.is available on'the record at Ex.P/6. Ku.Priyanka, agedaboutfi.ve years. was a-tso • examlned by hlst onAhe same day and 1-n hj.s report Ex.P/7 he found the extent of the burn In-Juries to be 5%. The . -tnjurles were on left ca.lf, back and on'the £ace, He had also examined Lata and fcund 'that tfe extent'of the burn j.njuries was 7%.: Iri his report,gx.P/8, he had cert'-tfj.ed that t;he burn injuries T-7ereon the le£t' slde' of tbe tieck and left'upper arm. , Xn the Gross-examination, he had ' sfeated that he was unabl.e.to say that whetter tjie -i.njur.i.eEl suffered by Nirmala were suffdeSent 'to Gause death .J.h the ' ordj.nary Gourse of natur? . Hehowe^^r^s'tiated-that-tt can " be salc! by"Ehe Surgical Spec-tall'st,, . .14 .. .^ Srpt .Ahyja sliBmJ.tted before the Gourt.that/there"xs difference- :in the ;ag®:pf-the'i.njurl-ss» ti'ie p^oa'elsska-an' •„ as li 'l 1:1 ._^ !„„. < 1 IM: case must be d.i.sbelieved. I am unable toconcede to this argument because the doctor has glven •ilfee» • dlfferent age of the j.njur-'Li^s becayse the victi.ms were exani-i-ned by hlm at different ti.me ^, 15. P.W.6,Dr,I'alMohd.'had1 examined" Saraswati' ''f- '.' ' '• . • .."' .•..•'''••• ..'• at about 10.15 p« . ahd In his report, Ex.P/9, had • •''•: •''•."' ' . ' .''••-'.'•.•• . • ' ' '. •: found that she' ha'd sutfered nuinber of burn Injuries . On the same night, he had exarai.ned Kishan and found burn • . ; . sbme/injur-i-es on h-is left and right arms'. He had. also examlned Ku.Hj.ru. Inh-ts report, Ex.P/ig., he stated .that she had-suffered^burns Qn her face alid'the sa.id marks could be of pennanent nature; the extent of 'fche burn injurles was 5%.Heha,d alsQ examlned Ku .Hema on the sarap nj-gh-t. ife founSi the extent of the burn j-njur.i.es to be 4%. The lnjur3.es were on her rlght wrist and on 'her left cheek. Accord.i.ng to him,; the fac.ial injury could be of permanent xsg'H'Ky nature.' In repl'y to the defence question, he stated that he' hadnot gj.ve n the age o£ the -Lnjuri-es -tn'his reportso 16. ! P.W.7 U'At.'Thateur ha<3. realstered fhe •f.Lrst -Information report.In the cross-examlnatJ.on, he admitted that ii'h.Lle •3.odgj.ng the report, Smt ,Lata d-i.d not'lnform him that accused Kalu was atmeS. w.i.th a lath-i., 17«' P.W.10 A'.K«. Sakhar-i.a had made -LnvestJ.gat.i.ons .tnto'the-crime. He had prepared the spofe map. He had also reaoyered 25 small pieces pf the bottle . He,had also' selzed; the ,wet 'earth.'frbm the s pot. He;.; had also reoo'vered and selzed certai.n c.I.o'fchss of the victims. According tQ hirn, he' had sent: the pieces.i.of' the- gXass :; bottle... tl-is wet earth and 'the -'elothgs: Qflthe .vletlms '. to tte ^retasic Sclence.Laboratory.' AcGoii^j.ng -to' him, ;1, »:E5c,.T/l9, l^s the ;re:t»rt;• of'.the Por^ns.tc^Sclence. .'Babdratori 1:11 10 R) -i? 18. A perusal of the report of the orensic Sclence Laboratory would show that Arficle-A, the pieces of the glass bottle, -Artlcle-B, whlch contains ."the wet earth, Artj.cle-G, the full pant, Artlcle-D, the •blouse. Artlcle-E,' yet another green blouse, each was showlng "••. .. .. . . ':1 . . _ . ' \. .. ' posi.tive re-actiofa to the n-Ltrate test. Prdm this report, it would 'cleaMy appear that t'he botSle •: contained tlitejtei.nitr.ie ac-i.d,' the clothes were shewj.ng posi-tj.ve test of nitrlc aej.d'anfi t he glass pieces so ' also the t'ret earth'i'.jere also stained wj:,lh the n-ttrlc ^acid. In the cross-examlnat.i.on^,'he admltted'that. he had reeorded'the statements of'the'witnesses.as were l^ K.:/ glvenby the wltnesses. There was nosubstantlaJ.'crQss-M K':: exami.nat.lon. : • 19. P.W.12. Satlsb Yadav is husband of Lata Bai. 2 was not an eye witness but.he was informed by the victlms. : . 20 . From the statem'ents of the v-i.cti.ms, it would clearly appear that^aeeused Teru took an exeeptlon to the advlces ^iven tQ hlm by Smt.Ni.rmala. Ba-t . He' came to the spotwlth a .bottle of acld In his hand and at tha£ tlme he was accompanied with hls brother.;There is n6 difflculty ln holdj.ng that accused'Xteru threw acld on Nirmala Bal, as. a result of whieh she:suffered 25% burn -I'nj'ur.je s on, her face, neck andthe chest. There Is no further dlff-lculty iri holdj.Hg that the vj.ctim 'suffered the burn j.n.juries by the h-itric acld. The evj.d6nce available on the reaord .wouia.cleariy.show.thatthe • . . accused 'threw the'.acj.si;J.nfa'lmannertUgt-E"t'Ha<2.caused -Injur-les to number of persons'. Ni.rmal'a.Baj.,-her • , ; daugRters;' her, grand-aaughter an3 ttie .j)eople •sta'rriirig <pearby.al so. sufferea'^j.njuE.ie.s,' . r 'SJ 11 : — • . 21. . I am unable to hold that the couEt belowwas unjust.i.fied ln iecordi.ng the firidings. that fc he accused Tei-u threttf'acid iijii.ch caused j.njuries'to number d'f personso The court below was also justified'ln hoiaing that Kalu was isresent on 'the spot and was armed with a stick. :: ' ' . J'. : ; 1 22. Learned couns0!' for the appellants had subnJ.tted Ka& , . ' ' . • ' :• • .•fchat as nobody/said • that fehe lnjurj.es were suffielent -i.n,the .ordinary course of nature • to cause .cieath of any of the toi.cllm, the aourtbeIowwasunjustiiSedlri ; eonvlctlng the appellants under SeGtj.oh.307 and 307/34 •' I.P.C. . The records show that aocused feru carne to: the spot with hls br-other. He.had a big ac.i.d bottle In'his hand. ^he bottle contained ttNa acid . It had caused 25%byrrilnjuries to Nirmala Bai and injurles to the ; others. Af:ter the bottle vras fcbrown on the ground, the KSk earth became i<et wlth the acid. The quant.l.ty of thn acid in the container woald show.that ;the accused'had not come to p^Y HGl-t bt.it .had come with an i.ntentlonto throw acld on NirmAla BaJ. and wh-tle doi.nQ' so. he caused lnjurj.es to number of others. The extent Qf the .injurles' suffered by Nlrmala Bai would certainly jystl.fy' convj.ctlon !of.t he appellant ^ Teru under Sect-Lon 307 I.P.C. . The convict.ton 'of t he a CGUsed Kalu. under Sec.tj.on 30.7/34 I.P.C, cannot be faulted with. 'The couFt'below 'had convj.cted'the a c.cused person's'under Se.G'tlon 324 .and ; • 324/3 4 I.P.G. wlthout j.ooKlng1 £nto the 'ined-tcal reports'. . The med.'.cal reports GleaF.tY show that some of the:: f.: B v-i.ctlms had.' suffeired .Lnjur-Les 'on ,fcheir"face ;,..^^.^ saiQ Ji.njHrles had caused • permanerit ^'Bfe.-that, as i-t may, as ,'the State^has:l,nbt'':EJ.Ied any .aBpea,!. lagiainst .non-gonvlctj.on of the .appellartts-.ur^eE^SeG^lpQ^SZi^" '.<- ! ' . :' . •'' ^ :1': : ': ' .•;.: 1' —~—a"I:—7-'1' and 't.he. M. 1. ' r 1.2 •- . . - : 326/34 I.P.Ct, I am nbt requlred to dwell In th-ts Issiie.i 23 e So far as the qyestlan of quantuin of sentence 1s concerKed* I am unable to hold that the. coyrt below was '[ unjustj.fjed An award.i.ng seven' years R«I«.toaecused ,'Iteru. In^ the oplnl^n of th-i.s Court, the court below should ! have a.warded sosne comoensatj-Qn to the : complatnanfs » Byt unfortunately'as the' complainants or the State have not'f.iled any appeal for enhanc.ing t . • ' ..•'.'..''.-. • .- .. '•'..'..' the senterice or forai«ard of the compensat^>ri, I S.W0. myself un'able to award the compensa'tlon. ' '• ' 24. Sb faras the award of the"sentence to accused Kalu 1s conaerned, that certa-i.nly suffers' w-lth thevj.ee 6t excesslveness. ?he pro.pecutj.on wltnesses dia not say that accusQ,d Kalu fcnew tbat accused Teru was to pjc.tc^ **^ <&o»cVj fc^ . throw^a<n- a manner whlch was.likely to cause sych . extens3.ve burn Injurfcs to Nlrmala Bai and others. TaKlng -tnto cons-Lfleratlon the tota.lity of the c-i.rcums- .tances, I am of the opj.ru.an tha'tltlterest of justlce vrould be served Ifjthe sentence awarded to the appellant Kalu under Sectlon^ 307/34 I»P<,C. is reduced to ^he ^ period pf'three years.. ^ . : . . ;. ' 25. So far as tfae^convlGtlorteOf^heappellantIs.unaer. SectiQn 324 and 334/34 •I.E.'G.are conaerned,<they do not^ call for any Interference. Tfae sentencesawaraed under fehe' paii.a count^are conf.i.rmed1. .it 1s -however ordered: that ' the sentences.'awai-ded to^the accused persons. ahall run~ coneurEently. ' IT-ie-lniposi.Mon'of -fj.ne and-ae:£aul.t- sentences are also confirmed . : /. :, •• ; . ' 26|«^ 1'he apiealtQthe..exte.nt.· indj.cateff'above ^s;' »r Bi .allowed» -%e .^accused persons 'appear tQ_be Iri ^ail^'Wey IK 'N / ?d ^ w ^ &- o c::. i^." aa,' ffl 13- i. .s rfo 1I 1 .1-1 (C :3 K. '& 3. 1~) s 1 (B 3n (B m- SS^KSSS"S &vy8Sfi'^'^ -—^ ••.-.* h^u ,s.sstasS-i3s^s-s ti^Sffi"®: