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Shri U.N-S- &e6, .Additi ^ Bhctta, Paiei Lawyer for the Sta' Oral judgment dictated oh sentence dated 8.4.1996 passec^ dccused/appejlant herein guiity Chamru cohvicted him under See O.m. deceased Chamru was sleed *'fzlf^i-4)'i 'qTR^f 'Ef f^st <i^^R ^.nPTnsii^r nai Public Prosecutor with Shri M.P-S- •e. bais. Pw L.C. Bhadoo. J This oppeat is directed agc|inst the Judgment of conyiction & order of by ieamed Sessions Judge, Jagdalpur in S.T. No.402/92 uihereby learJTed Sessions Jud9e after hoiding the for commiti'ing murder of his bro-riier tion 302 of the I.P.C. and sentenced him to unaergo rigorous imprisonment f^r iife. The pro%cution oase, jn (ifief, is that on 10.10.t992 at about 4.00 iri9 in the courtyard of his house, at that Time Poyami 5ukhrom (PW-1) w4s Threshing -ttie paddy in his house. PW-1 Poyami Sukhram saw that diceus^d Lachehu was going towards the house of Chamru au-rying axe in his harjd and after entering the house, accused dssaulted Chamru with the axe ^n his chest, as a rosult of which Chamru '~^: .•...-''..'.!' • • . . .' . ' ' . " . ' '' after wa^ng scream clied on -th^ spo+. Accused Us^fdnu -i+irew the axe in ['qf^ ^fe^ . , r f3 XI-HC-22 SB^.^Bl 'fiF'wanl?! w^t^ ^T^ ^Si •sipTRII, 'S^lWls, r«<-?l!y'l,< HWWI «>HI«h aii^H^nwHfpt -2.+ ths kitchen garden of th®houa^ and ran <xway townrda Dodrepat. Matter was reported by PW-1 Sukhrai^i in Police Station Kodenar on which the Stution House Officer rs9istere(J.'the F.I.R. (Ex.P-9), teft for •the scene of occuriwncet anci after givin9 not^ce to the PtxnAas (Ex.P-1) prepaced the Ponchnama (Ex.P-2) of •tfie bod^ Officer took into poasessipn th piace of occurrenCe under Ex.P-; |a blood s'tained soil <!( plain soil frem 1he and weapon of offence oxe under Ex.P-4. Body of deceased Chamru was s^nt for postmorTem examinaTJon to Primary *<>'"'•'.'. Heaith Centre, Badekilepal, w(iere &r. Naredi Chwid Lan9e yW-3) conducted postmortem on th^ -•,/ liccused in +he moinner as mentionjed in Para 1 of this judgment. •*l^d4T(ITO5i>'tf tSVS Tf^R 'l; •siPa'i aii^t o.f decea%d Chamru. The Investigating body of deceased ond prepared the postmortem report Ex.P-6. - After compietion of inve^tigation, Aarge sheet tiws fited against accused Lachdiu in The Courft of leamed Additional Chief- Judiciat Magistrate, Jaatlalpur, who in tu|-n committed the icsise to leamed Sessions Judge. Jagdaipur for trial. The prosscution in or^ier to sslabljsh char9e agcunst ihe accused/ajipellan* examuied fou^ witnesses. On the other hana; leamed Sessions Judge recorded The stijitemenf of accu^d Lechchu under 5eetion 313 of the Cr.P.C. in which heden|ed the prosecution eyidence. l-«orned Sessipns Judge 4ftsr hearing the arguments of Additional Public PrQ^eciitor and counsel f<}r the cecused, convicted & sentenced •the ['<fS^ sf<a»l ^ XI-HC-22 ail^ST^; R-ii* SS^V ?^<4icft ys^fl ')- -g-g -^qi^pl, iwltl'ie. ftdl+iy WRwgiincff 3ii^?iTOnwgftg -3- tnlnqli ^Wcif'? fe<t i^^K ^'siFtmsn^i We hoye heard Shri Verv/pa, Advoeate foff ^iccused/appellant, Mr. Oeo, Additional Public Prosecuto|' wi'th Mr. Bhatia, Panel Lawyer for The Stgte/ respondent. i-lomicidai death of decease^l Chamru isnot in dispute. As far as involvemen* of 1-rfie aecused/cppeilan? in commirring -rtie crime in question is concerne<|, PW-1 Poyami Sukhram, who i3 the eyewitness to the incident, has ^tated ih his evidence that on 1+)e fateful day hesaw The cccused/appetlan'j- herein cssaulTing deceased Chawru wi'th th®axe, accussd assaulted th®d^ceased on his ehest, as a result of which he died instantaneousiy. He infoj'med Amalsai and'thereafter, he,Ainaisai & Lakhmu caught the 'acsused t|y chasing him and brou9ht him baek to viilage. Accused tuas tiefl,Patei ^i Kotwa.r of the viliage were informed and thereafter .•t+ie reporr (ExP-9) |wws lodged. Evidenca of PW-1 stsnds corroboratsd by the evidence of PW-2 Podiyami Wrma & medica} evidence of doctor (PW-3). Moreover, tt|e ureapon of offencs i.e. axe was aiso (•scovered from •rfie place of occijrrence and •tf'erefore, we do not find any circumstance in the cross-examtwtion of these wiTnes^s to disbeiieve Their evidence. As such, the invtsjyemept of, ttie accu^d/appeilanT in the crime ip question based on the-oc^lar" and medical evidence is establidied. Learned counsel for the a{:cused/dppeilimt argued that the quarrel was between .the brothersand •tfjat tco at the ^yr of moment, therefore, the-of^'^ejtiQ^snot travei beyor^d Section 304 Part-1 of the Z.P.C. «s> J__ ["(ft^ ^ia^ p =F 15- XI-HC-22 r^^r f?^ 3)1^1 ^'RN?'9%?T il 1 "s r. •3^1 •sil'lllfiq, 'B^PTS, l««-ll'Mli< flTR?rrgTRira» accused and as has come in the ci •riifff there wassome diqsufe regc^ meditation on a qiur of momait a chest. In 1+ie ir-cti-er ofKrishna '*Mifl'l)l-l tll'Kal''? ftiet <i'")-yi< ^ sifigiT sn^r On the other hand, leame^l Panei, Lawyer for the State supported the judgment of the trial cout't. It is an admitted position -^ia+ the deceased was -Hie reot bro-ther of j'oss-examination of PW-2 Podiyami Hirma 'ding the lond between the two brothers, as a result of which the accused^apps'lwt all of a sudden without ahy pre- isauited the deceased with tiie axe on his Tiwary and another Vs. State of Bihar repor-ted in AIR 2001 SUPREM^COUftT 2410 the l-lon'ble Apcx Court has hetd thct retations betwe^l two bro-thers were cordidi, prior to ineident, , but in a isudderi q4oirrel be-tween two brothers wi1+iout premeclitation •ihe accused hoidin^-coilar of shirr of his bro-ther and his son accussd No.2 gave a knife blow. ojs a resultof which accused's brother died and thematter doesnot trovel b4vond Section 304 Part 1 of tiie I.P.C. The factsof 1+ie present case are ali the accussd/appeltant is made out In the resuit,, the'appeai >.__/_ io simitar. therefore, theoffence against under Section 304 PaTl'-l. s partly ailowed. Convici-ion and sentence passed urider Section 302 of the f.P.C. are set aslde ond accused Lachchu is acquitted of the charge under-S^tion 302 of +ha IPC, instead theceof he is convicted under Secfion 304 Part-^of The I.P.C. and sentenced to under90 RJ. for lOyears. "• [ite^lSq -t- ^ ^ei ^lilldl, 'g^HFTS. %?TO3< 3)^<y*T t^ri^'sn^i 9^iwH)?g ^£<~/- ^:^ ^ '^) f < •w VWWI SCTI^) aii^iTRiwafei -s" Aecused t.achchu is in c^ist'ody since 11.10.1992 thereby he haa compieted more thcn 13 years irj forthwith, if not required in connel Certified copyas^er rules. 'id/^"~-^^l L.C.BHADOO ^^-^ Judge chWfcl^'qPTCff •? fB^t ^fq^TC ^T aiPtPT 3TlSRf custody, which has not been disputed by leamed Additionaf Public Prosectiji-pr for the Stfflte,as ajch, the accused/ appellont has alreadyserved ojut tjie sentence, therefore, he be set at liberty :tion with onv other case. Sd/- DHBtENDRA MISHRA Judge - / -[•q^^rt