1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR CRIMINAL REVISION NO.153/2009 Applicant :- Ashok s/o Bhimrao Chore aged about 50 yrs., Occu – Service, R/o Vrundawan Nagar, Small Umri, Akola, Tq. & Distt. - Akola. ...Versus... Respondent :- State of Maharashtra, Through the Public Prosecutor, Akola. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Shri O.Y. Kashid, Adv. for applicant] [Shri A.S. Sonare, APP for respondent] CORAM:- A.B. CHAUDHARI, J. DATED :- 04.02.2010 1. Learned Counsel for the applicant in support of the application argued that the evidence of complainant – Subhash does not inspire confidence and the conviction recorded by the Courts below is not justified. According to him, there are omissions which are of material nature in his evidence and have been ignored by the Courts below. 2. He took me through the evidence of the witnesses of which copies are filed on record. I have gone through the evidence of the witnesses examined by the prosecution and the F.I.R. that was lodged. I have gone through the judgments 2 recorded by the Courts below. It is seen that the evidence of P.W.1 – Subhash and P.W.2 – Dhananjay is consistent and fully corroborative particularly in relation to the offence under Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code that was committed by the applicant. The evidence clearly shows that the applicant in his usual habit of abusing the people in filthy language under the influence of liquor on the date of incident abused the complainant – Subhash with filthy words and further slapped him. The evidence is well corroborated and the Courts below have rightly appreciated the evidence. It appears that the applicant has been in habit of abusing the people at large in filthy language after consuming the liquor. Sentence of simple imprisonment of 15 days is on lower side. But then this Court does not want to say anything more about it. In the result, I do not find any merit in the present criminal revision. The same is, therefore, dismissed. JUDGE SSW