HW,W,W mm 0m&.&6,‘7.... In 2000 .. ...... . ....... . ........ .......W ......... .-........: ...... ... ‘ @ §‘r mw WW mmmm ' WW§WW aamm EEGH CQUET §F CHEATTISGARH A? BI'LASPUR \ ‘ ‘ CRIMINAL APPEAL $O‘ 8%4 OF 2090 “ “ ‘ WISIOH BENCII: HON. SHRI LHC. EEEADOG, & 1 HON$§HRI DHIRENDRA. M1$Hi3hk JJ gappeiiant : Gautar Gand, agc‘d abaut 35- j u f y€ar$, Sf o Sam aylal Gond R} o {~3amnapu1‘, P.$.Renga_?khar. Digtt. RajnazMgaon (M.P.} A Vamus 1 . $e5pomiené: $ I; State 0f Madhva I’fa(]e5'h Premnt: ML Vijay D€shmukh, cnmwd fm‘ the apyeilant. Mr. QR. Sahu, Palml Lawyer for tha Statej respondmt. .g PER 33.0. EHADOG, J This a§p€ai is directed against tha judgmént 0f c‘oma‘ctian 25th February 2000 passed by Additional S€ssions Juc‘xge, hairagarh ill Se$5i0ns Triéil N0. 139; 98 Wharshy karnad Add tional S€$simls Judge afta holding 1:116 accused/ appéllant guilt anti Order 0f senténce date for cammiszaion of efftamm undér Sectitjns 302 8x“, 201 of the Indian Pénal Cede. senteuccti hjm ii) undago imyrimnment far h'jc aml pay a $16 0f R$.500!—, in diifault of payineui; of fiim to 11' 11th:? undsrgo RI. for tln‘oe montlm, k RAL UDGMEH O T {15th primom) y E,W¥W§,W mm a 2000 . ....... .... W ............ ‘....... mmwm. L WW%’WW %m%w3n%st c undergo RI. 1‘01“ $6V€n yeals and pay a jina of R$.500f*, in efauh‘. of paymmlt 0f tme t0 ihrther undm‘go R1. far thre€ mmlths, ssijectively. Ca—aticuged Je;hudas died during thé pendency of v trial, therafore case again st him uraS abated. ¢ . Case 0f tlm 3)‘;s¢cutian, in bri.€f, i5 that prim t0 12.7. 1§97 é‘éused usad to doubt the fideiity of hi3 Wife Jhuniyabai thai she ra$ am’ng ilc re1ati0nsh with E'alSingh G011d of thr: 333316 lag 311d ccusml was a s e of th€ aBOV€ fact, thererareg 011 2.7. 97 Whe‘g 1m éturneci 161' warkmg in the agriculture 136M, Stard beatig his Wife 3.1 d th€r€aft€r (:Ommitted her murder y pres3i11g t nek. Mergviutmmtian (EXPJQ) was giva‘n by regh Goa vmage Sexp‘mch. Statign House Officsr, Poh'cs $a0n Raxgziar aftm‘ recsi g this r€p0rt 16ft fin? the placs of accurrance alld pregmxéd the mque'st {EXP} 13) on thE body (3f ‘Jlmniyabai. Thereafter, body (beamed. Jhuniyabai WaS salt far pastartem €xamination‘ to mm‘y Héalth Centre, Badla'urida‘ EX.P/ 13 whet-v3 Dr. ML. Vac p t W as rachea and neck and mjury to neck, nature of death may be '0icidal. Paneharlajha XP! 9] Viz-1S prepared. by ’ the mvestigatmg emce Based 01 the hwestigaiioh papers, the First registered for commiesion of the 0 1 of the IPC. After irlvestigation f m i ar (PW—7} conducted postmoriem and pre};ar€d 1116 rerJrt EX‘P,’ i, in which ha (mined that causn‘ of deah was ( yhyxia (3:1€ t0 some €Xterna1 UhStruction t0 t 11m E r. s inormatn Report (EX.F/’ 8) ffen uniler ections 302 82; (the W) W . ..... ti ‘ ‘E ‘ e iih , 2 1r a \ x§ h Eit i vile a w 1 19 r he te n b he c Hasm d, tti kh ‘ ' 1 \ 1 ‘ } ’ fio w oce S XI—HC-22 WW, Wm, mm . .W.6\..gé WW 200 O nun...” XI-HC—22 W 1m WWW tv ‘ \ l 1 ‘ \ \ WW§WW égwm at the time of commiesion of rffehce and he committed the murder \ of his Wife 8. O11 the other harrd, Mr. Sahu eupported impugned judgment ‘ \iaf the: trial Caurt. *9. ." ‘ Havihg heard ceunsel for the respective yartjee, we have manna} thapvidence m1 recon . E11 thii; caS€ aE th€ witnasses haw iurncd himtils, PW—l BhagWalltin Bai, daughter 0f tha accuSed ‘ ‘ , ‘Emii£the (xecsased 1 has alsxx tuj ‘ I1€d hUStik: and stmed 1‘11 her crass— ‘examination ilEat Whan his fathctr re‘mrned fmm agricuh‘ure iield, (m: enquired a‘mmt ha mathar §sl€e§ing She has stat6d that after 11Cari11g thai he‘z Emilia stated. beati11g‘ her mothezx mearrect to 5ay ihat seailg h becarrm frightmlsti and W611i smmd in paragraph 11 of her (. day Wh€n she mturneci after saw that Balsmgh was comm, asked her mother as 1:0 W11}; B; he: mather that she Wm disclo her mother bemg frightened mother started writhing. A] D1 urragwantjn Ear have turned k then she i11f0rmed him that she is it is meorrect to saw that his failier is sleepmg, errtereii the roam. and (Vi cue has further 1 stated ¢ that it is er father attacking her matherx she Outsice weeping. She has further row—examination that on the fateful grazing the goats i1). the forest, she g out of their house, oer which she &$h1gh carae tr) their house anti toh}. se this fact to her father‘ therefore. consumed poison. Thereafter, her L other Witnesses hrchtdhlg PWA hostile, therefere, the proeeczutjorl (he W) W I 1 XI—HC-22 mm ‘ mmw S‘ %;ar%uané:1 mm has not been able to estabh'sh the fact by leading coga‘xt 01‘ legal evidénce as i0 how dsceaSed suStajned Q16 injuriw m1 tht: nmk 1101‘ Wild prosscutiml has be€n abk to €$tablish the fact that accused > i t wag. 1'11 ths house; when dweasal‘sustajned the mjuri63. Momava”, : K 31' Has (:Ome 0n remird in tha an(1é11f;€ of PW— 1 Bhagwamml Bai thai’ n1 thr da when hm fathm was at agriculture fwld, Baidevs‘mgh V . cam€ to that“ hmme arid i116 av‘cuwd wa susgef ung Lhe dhtut r€latiml$luf hi5; WjfE and Baldwsnlgh thméfme W6 aie of dlc cansidei‘ed txpininn that the pmsau’man has uttérl} fmkl to (:Ornlect the accu§$d with the crnne 111 quéstmn and acrgm'dmgly the accu$ed is entitled f0r .beneiit of dauht and as such. his cmi‘xaiction for th€ aifeilce undar S€ctif311 302 of the IPC. caiuwt be sustainéd as the same. is; n It basai an any legai, dine-hing circumstantial €videnc:€. 10‘ In‘ths r6s'L11i, the appa 13 allim ed Aauwadjappcilant w abqmitf‘d of th€ chm ge under ,ectwn 30g 0f the {PC 16 *3enLeIL, nn’p0sed upon 111131 under that section is set aaide‘ It 1'3 etated thai the accused; appellant is in detention emce 1997, thexel‘ure, he is directed t0 be Set at hbeity fanhwith :if not required in any other 1 A Sd/ DmkENDR-A MISHRA Judge L J (the W)