IHHIHHIIIIIIIIHIHIHIlllllll ‘ @ CF0000059471 Dmsmn Bench ( ”rfminal) ZEN THL. IIIGH bOURT OE IIAUHYA PRADDSE . Al JAB£xLPUR GRIMINAL APPEAL 1¢U.3Ql_/1996. £mratlgl alias ‘Anlmiiial son of Ramgul’gl Yadav,/§ged 4o y/ears, Resident of . Village: Hardi, Police Station $a1<ti, District; Bilaspur/ (m3) . APP IliLLANT Tn 6a? I / uta he of Hacihya Predesh Vs. #19 E£_ $° AWEAL Umma wggggggzggl. \ m amw @936 W3IW‘(W) ; maaiim wmam :mmwwa DIVISION BENCH: - HGN'BLE :‘AR‘ LC. 3%‘IAEGG AND . HON'BLE MR. &‘R. QESHMU$H. 5.3. 16-11-;Qz35‘ *1‘r Abhm/ Kum’ar 'Fiwm'i counsei far :Hie uppaaian’i'. Mr, §avindm Agrdwai Pine? Lawyer for fhe SmTe/respundenf. $m! judgment By i'his appeni under Sifc'i'im 3?4 (2} of The CrP.C. ‘fhe atcuszdf apgaiiqn? has quesfignzd‘ ‘Hge iagu‘i‘ty of the judgmen‘? m‘ conviszfiém and senmnce dgni'ed 23-1-1996 pasmd by fhe Addifienai Sessions Judge, Sakfi, in Sassions Trig! N5.?_8./3.9?4, wheraby ieamad Additionai 5gssi9ns Judge affer hoid§ng fha azcusedfappeiian'i’ guiify far 1"?!2 cammission of affencel ‘ Linda!" Sgcfien 392 ef we EPIL far ccmmiHing 1"}1-3 murder‘m‘ Raopkunwar 3m, s'eni'enced him 1‘0 undergo mprisomiaen? far iife. Th5 casa of fhz presemfion, in brief, is i‘hm; on 1149-1993 an? 1.30 x‘pm‘ Phggi 5m appearzd’befgre Police Sm?ion: Sak'fi and infermea‘ ’rhaf ‘i “faciay he was ramming Td his VEHQge from Sakiri a? abeuf 22 men, when he 3 was be‘hmeen Saraipdii & Godfai, Ean'l'mm Suhu me? him on 1:43;; way and ‘; infermed hm; ne‘? 1'0 ge Te yiHage and said that Amrh‘kxi 3"adav has { i commiffed fhe murder of ycyur wife and mariner wifh The sworai”. Sanfmnfs 1 k $ahu farther said fha?' he is g aing ’ TO vmagei “yet: , go - and i‘epom‘ fhe maifzr fa fhe Pgiicef', fhmi' is why he is rzpor‘ring fhg maffer, Phooi Sa3 furi'her ‘ E‘s‘hrlred irhaf fhe accused used . To caii his wife wri'chcmf? . - and ' an ac’wun‘i GT , i _ - SP/FS/2005 - 20,000 T7é ‘ $gg1m ' ’mmmanéar 7 zl— mum‘1WW ' SP/FSI2005 - 20,000 anéet new? (Wm) F $Wanésf‘ ‘ _ I fha‘f on many‘occasions: he qua raled wH-h her. $n receiving +his report ?he Sm‘riw Hsasé Officer! Psii a Sm‘iianl regisferéd’ #he f€rsf infer-mm‘ion Tagger? VEx,P—i2 and préceaded§owards fhe scene of cccw‘reme. M‘Ter machin§ the scene of occurren a, he pramred the Panchamma of fka body ExP—J‘r’ é‘nd san‘.‘ 'fhe body cf Roopkunwar Eai fer pes‘r-mcr’fem to fhe Primary Heai¢h Cemre, Suk‘d, er-e Er: RR, DawunganjPW—5} canducfed fhe pas'hmar-fem mi me body f ‘Réepkummr Bai and prepared fhe 9031? morTem repar‘i' Ex.?~2. He rd -c prepared \T‘rie siTe wan sf ?‘rae mace 5f cccurrence ExP—é. WhHe in olicy cus+cdy, 'u‘he accused/agpellmf gava infbrmmion under Sea‘wn c a -ef"rhe Endicm Evideruce Ec‘r: EXP—9,. in pursuance of fhat fhe agipe ’ gc‘r recavared 14w sword, weaggcn sf ‘0‘?fence_‘ and same wa§ Taken tinder- ExP-iG. The Lwes‘riga mg Cfficgr aiso fook‘info passession “she . pmin soil and bmd shined saii from The piace of occarreace Exfila aha LLmgi & shiM a1? #he hacusgd w re alsa ‘mken info passassian Lmder ExPiié. Affer co'mpiefion of inv ga‘rion, charge shag? wag fiied agains‘i ‘r‘ne acnusad/appeuani' i“ fhe Céur 6f Jwiciai Magisa‘mfe; F€rs+ Class; Sak‘ti, who in-furn comm‘i‘ffed ‘fhe ca z for Triai w fhe Sa§sions Judge: Bimspur, from what‘s ieumed Addmé a‘ 5es$icn$ Judge received fhe case an GPder 1'0 prove The offancz againsf 'fhe accused/appeilam'“examirued i wifnessnzs. Sm‘remem- of ‘Hne ac‘ctjsed Wm: recorded by Eearned Addi‘fion i Sessians Judge umer Sewion 313 of The . {:r‘Pfg in which he denizd #he pro$ecu+ion avédence and skated ‘Hm‘r ha i$ pags-ession by ‘rhe Inves-figa'ring Officer fransfer'. The prosecu‘l’ion __-_ @ h i 1 a é e w i i mama; WW,W,‘W mam (1am) -3w» smémaw aenméam mm§mm mmmwéa avWauést innccanf and has been falsaiv 5mg?iica‘red in 141?. crime. He also examihed ans mfncss numew Dmin? {DWu} m '1’; dufeme wha has nepoaed m had murdered his moi-her 'Saé ifima: PubHc Prosenu‘t‘er- and caunsel far #he ac'cused/appenam’ convic‘fe and semancad fhe aacused as men+%one.d in The ear-Her par? of 1'hi‘s judgme T. We have heard Mr, Ab y Kumar TEwari; ieamed counsai for fhe acauaed/appeHanT and Mr. Ravi dm P‘grawai, iearned Pane} Lawyer for “ma S+a+a,’r¢s§onderi+. Learneé counsef for The ppeiiam has rm arguéd rm The mm? 0f we :ase; ha simply argued fhaf f om, fhe évidence 1‘?’ is clear fha‘l’ miy one » dssatm' was made by The accu d/cppeilam“, ltherefcr’el rfo affence under Sech‘on 302 of fhe I P C was de ouf-aaains? ‘he accused/ angeliam and ‘rhe offence man‘s! me agcuse fapaeuam‘ doe; no? Tran/e! beyond Semen 394 Parf—L of ‘I’ha I P C On The afher hand: ie med §>anei Lawyer Mi Ravmdrq Agmwai argued #htxf +ha mam‘m‘ in wh§c +he accusad assauH-ed fhe deceqsgd wifh a sWord is suffhiiem’ 1’0 ascer‘f in fhe im'en‘fian of The accused Tim? his infeméan wag mly to commi'r 1+! murder- cf Roopkunwar Bat Having hearé burned c‘a nsei far fhe parfies; wg have peruszd fhe sses ard fhe meigmefrr of *Ee ‘Mai Court The facf cf hammdai n fur-e of dea‘m af Reapxunwar Bat mg nm‘ been digpu‘redhy iearnad. mu i fanfhg accused/appeiim‘v. Agarf fmm SP/FS/2005 - 20,1300 Phoaé Learna<£ Addmom! 5essaona iiudge a'Her \ ‘ ‘ d hearing-We argumen‘rs of ”(he awdence af fhe prawcm‘wn W i a a n 2 xxm WWWW Wee @ W Eqi$ m msrw (1am) mam‘m ‘ ‘ amméwm mmwa was! ~ 5" 1f af fhe hause and she was aiéo #ime, ‘rhe accused a‘h‘acked Rsa ‘m .ar fha‘r bioed s?ar*ed oozw Raogkunwar Bai feH down an: , mm#mw sfcmding 5n ‘rhe dcor’a‘Fiher house: a? #ha‘r akunwar Bui wifh frhé swsrd on her- neck and ‘H‘ae mjury, as a resuif cf which Ia cress-axamina?iea bf ‘(hase eyewimesses, caunsei. for +913 defame cauid n9? aim? any circums‘fanca ar be sf T'hese ma wifnesses unréiiabie mini $Wanaat f‘c‘r, which makes fhe eviden‘ unfrusa‘wori‘hy. (Sanesm Bai (WV-8} had aii reasons To remain iJresem‘ a? The scene of occurrenca becausa ska és ‘fhe There is no reason ‘ro discard er evidence. The evidence of These Two wifnasses sfand yorrabam'fed by S‘e medicai evidehte mad fha pcsf‘ mw‘em wsor-T ax Pm accordm f0 wmch there wag m massaa waund an ?‘na 42%!- s£de cf ‘he neck cf Reap uruwar 8m ief‘r side of ‘he mand bie was mama? cuT cervucal ver’rebm as aisa youmj cuT sof‘r nsaues muscia: +mchea wera fauna cuf apd cl fwd bieed wa.» present The above 5m morfam repérf s-TaMs pravee’ y PW-5 Dr. PR. Dewangan whc CQnducTed gasf—‘mér‘mm an Th; badv af Rc pkunwar Bai As far as ‘rhe ewdence o Domia ( W4) ‘s concerned we are cf The sonsidgred apinion that fhg f&i l Courf hag ri§h+3y rejected hi3 evidance in viaw of fhe fac‘? i'ha‘r evén Ph ol Sai was no? a’r his hausehe ’nad gene Ta $qk1'i and wher! he was refurni 'g from $ak1'i! an 14w wasfi. he was im‘ar‘med abéu? ‘rhe inciden'r hy Smf xg eu‘.’ 61‘ a‘ied. SP/FS/2005 - 20,000 _ ighbeur, she is an mdepandem viii-mess; and Sahu (WM-2). In The circumsfanaes; fhe n m xl—Hc-7s Lé :W§n1'ai 1am Pr 367 u u... u u. anéstm(W) auranéam sné‘azmW . . - . mug-{mm S . 91 ,4 h mm£tmmw a5 E ‘QT v 9 'evidl‘enck'e of fhis wi+ness a‘hm‘ Phoc! Sai commi‘Hed 1~he‘murder cf his mo?her and grandmofher cannaf be a’ccép‘i'ei Therefore, in viaw of ‘i’he ea€idénce of 'fhese fwc eyewifnessas, #he medicai evidence and aka fha? #he sword in ques?ion; ‘rhe weapon a§f V offence; was recovered a? fhe ms? mca e‘. ‘Hne accused in nursuamer af fhe irifarma?ion given under Secjian Z7 m i‘ne Imam Ewdenge Ac. (Ex P-gi arid same has’been proved by PW—12 angav Tawari we are af fhe eonsidered opinion fhaf The finding of The Triai Cauri' regarding invoivemem‘ oT me aceusedlappeiianf in cbmmifiing ihz murder of Rcogkunwar Bei is based m1 > legal and cii’nching evidence, and we do no‘i find any iiiegaiiiy and infirinii‘y m fhe same. _ r ’ New, awning i0 fihe quesiion wheiher o feme under 5ec1‘aor JOE d: ihe I.P.C. has been made ou‘r eaein E? ‘Hae accused/dppeiidni', ieeking 1’0 ihe medical and ocuiar evidence we are of ‘he considered opinion Thai The ergumen‘l' advanced by iearned co nsei for +he accused/appeiian‘i has no meriT‘ for me reason. ma? as p r The scum ewdeme, The accused? dopeilqnT eTTdeked wiiTh The :Mord iTh fuii forcewhiie ho‘iding The same Ey' boTh The hands Moreover Th na‘i‘ure of injuriese whioh have been reearded in The posT-mor‘i'em re orT is seif~suf ImenT Te indicate The ini'em'ion of The accused as cii hevvri'oi organs of The neck, Trached; verTebm; muscied; vessei: and mg dibie were found cdT d3 a resui'i‘ of The assauiT made by The aécused/cxgp iianT‘ The‘inT’enTion- of The aocused can be gathered from hie conduei‘, naT re of The injuriee as we” as parT of The xE‘ , y //\, ‘ " @ Xl-H-78 C mmw ®a367/% iFi;HN}— 31WW (W) mamam mem‘rtéw mmmanéa r 7 - WWII'M . aawanéer body wheré a‘he accused af‘l'acked The deceased, fhe Viewer; ef cffence used by me accused Le. fhe s‘wer-d which ifseh‘ is a very dangérous weapon if any person assauH’s wh‘h fu“ fame while holding if wifh fwe hands: 14-mi- ‘roc onvvi‘ra! par‘fs. like neck are” mdicwes the m-remiarz c‘f me accused tha‘r he a'Hacked fhe deceased v wifh *he infenfion To cause his dearth ' Therefar-e 'rhe finding o he 1* m; palm cenwchrg The accusea uruer gecflon 302 cf fhe I P C is aiso b sed on iegal ewdence ard same daes he? requwe any umemer‘ence by [his u ur‘r. In fhe resuh’, we do no? fir any merif and subsfance if: fhis appeal, same is liable T6 be dismissed and 1' ls hereby dismlssed. sw- ‘* ’ ’ sw- L.C.BHAD00 ' Djlip Raosaheb Deshmukhl '3' “ii Judge l, Judge ll'w I x x , V]e_,,r,_3 a W i o l