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IN '_I'I--{E3 1-ire}-1 ceum" OF KARE\IA'I'A.KA. EBANGALOREZ
DATES 'm1s TI~~iE 61"" IDAY or-" P'1i:BRUARY, 20 _1Q
PRE:'.SENT ' I' 1'
"m£«: HON'E3E.E MR. JU'S'["ICI~3 ri,:xs1--{TV}?-3';%Agéijit
crm. NO. 925r§ 'r«~ 2006"
BE'.F'WEEN:~ ' ' I
1. SM'1'.K.NABISA, _ .
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AGED 'Y'E§A RS, "
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GUND1, AREKAEI
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:::U}%1:)1, AREKAD VILLAGE,
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S'I'A'TE OF KARNA'I'AKA.
BY TH Ii? POLICE INSPECTOR.
ANTI DO'WRY CELL.
C.O.D., BANGALORE.
[BY SR1 PM. NAVVAZJ. S2313')
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Tms C.R1,..A IS FILED U/sf-._ 3-7;;..§:R;R;O. ":3"S?i"*:::~I'}:-T_:
ADVOCATE FOR 'r1-1%: A.P_PELLANT:3_ AGAINST'
JUDGMENT DATED 04.02.2r;x;;€s_ PASSED BY fgma; . *
KODAGU. MADIKERI IN s.C.NO.':2?'/02 €O?4V_1'C'I'iNG" THE
APPELLAN1'/ACCUSEZD NOS} TO .::_ROR'*TLIz; O}§'P'ENCE
PUNISHABLE U/S.¢i98A..¥~';..R/W.A"'34-_'OF*IfPC AND s1':c.4 OF
THE DP. ACT AND AC'C1jsI::;:«i_ NQ.V.1"CJQN'VIC'FED FOR '_I'HLE1
OF'F££NCE PUNISHABLE 'LL/':-3.:5.r)=é'::;:-3 OR *!P(3,ANE) sEc.302
OF EPC AND s.ENTE:NcINO_V"r§:1EM TO"'L§N'I3._P:ROO R.I. FOR 3
YEARS AND TO J-?fAY_ A FINEQF _Rsj3_,O0o;-{.~ EACH FOR THE
OFFENCE 'PUNisIA:§;A:31,E=._u/5:498: A RT/w..T.34 OR 1pc AND IN
DFJFAULT QF7VP'AYi\I[/_£.Ei'_N'F<QI<';' ;i«j1N--F; 5170 UNOERGO R.I. FOR 6
MONTHS LANE; FURT1aH:;'R ' s--ENTE:NcING 'I'I~«IE:\/1 TO
UNDRRO-O F{}'E.TE'OF:i, 5 .M'O_NTHS AND TO PAY A FINE OF
RS. L000/4. 13A.cR'FOR.TR1§:;'ORFENcE PUNISHABLE U/S. 4
OF 'i'HEv D=OWf-?_Y * E~R.O':=~1;B.IT1ON ACT IN IDEFAULT OF
PAYMENT r«f1N£:_ *1*O*O§j§IOEROO R1. FOR ONE MONTH
AND s;;NTRNcVINO-, ACCUSED No.1 TO UNO1::ROO R.I. FOR
I,;IF1':3._§_ AND TO" RAY A :«.*1N:«: OF RS.2,00()/~ FOR THE
~.OR1«~,;;:Nc;:«: PT.,INZS}_"1A'J?3'i;1?3 ms. 302 OR 1.190 IN [)E..FAUL.T OF
PFxn'{xMiBN'FOOF'FiNE TO UNDERGO RI. FOR 6 MONTHS AND
:NarRrRE:R 8.I«:Nf.r::Nc1NO ACCUSED No.1 TO UNDEROO R1.
'1I'O:*é__1L.1I4~1:"--ItO£<2.jm}3: OR1r:aNcE, PUI\§ISHA}3Lf; U"/S.804~B OF
[PCT ALI,fmri.*sU13s'rANT:W: AND DESFAULT SE'N'}"ENCES
ARN. Q'RD.E~2RED TO RUN CONCURRENTLY. Tm:
'A,_APPR;1.1.ANT/ACCUSE1) PRAY THAT 'I'HIE ABOVE ORDER
_ Ivi{AY BE£":3B3'I' ASIDE.
..';E'}13'.s; appeai (:Omi'ng Or: for 11c%a:*i11g this day.
' SREEIJHAR RAO, J., dc%}§*J€:red the foiiawirag:
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JUDGMENT
The m2.1€.eri21}’ faeis of the proseeut.ie11 case c1isc:1Qse.. _§.hTr1E
one Salma is the deceased. The: appeilam/Aectused’i\IQ~.«.§.:(i’e;
short Al) is the mothe1’«i1’1–1aw and other 3.eC1s..s.e_:fi”bvefoife._U;;e”
{rial court. The other accused befere the j£.1′”i211″c§Ouft–..is__the f
11usbam.ci w21er1.:=A._ ‘.i_peV1;_s§E3i’i.ng payment ef
additional was subjected
to e0nsf,e111′–t’f iormre. The deceased was
11a1’rating& file de1IVi’a__1{ciV.’.’0’fj :’:§e1e1iti.e11e11 dowry and harassmem,
.n1ete.r.}:igc’>Vusi; by he? iparems PW} and PW2,
V A .fiC’j11.VF§.3.2OD2 aroune:i 8 aata. AE insisted that the
‘:g”;g;et1’. additional dowry of Rs.50000/«, started
ab’L1’si’ng.»__i71.e:?, The AI doused the deceased with kerosene and
_’set;fire. ‘*’i’he deceased unable £0 bear the pain cried out. The
” , ‘1*1ei?ghAb()1:rs~P\?V33 to PW36 came, they Eook the deceased in a
..J.eep to Ehe C:ovemz:e.e11t h<;=spiE'a.1. The ciecreased was adrnitted
and given fi1"é3'£' aid £'.1'<3~ai1'11et1tf by thePW»22~dct(Jr. On the
i.r1t.imati0I1 of PVV 22. PW’23s~PSI (tomes E0 ‘(ha h()spj.f:;i1»-_4.;:i11_;i
re<::0rde(:¥ the s£21E,€:11e111 of the dec.e3ased at E',x.'.I'?§'7§2.'
p1*s5~se11c':e sf PWI22. '1'h<:: doc1".’r has made an _*:1dc11%;~:{:rzir::n$1 on ”
EX.P.22 that the si.at”.emer1t: is recrd?,:d in his ‘;3rés€r1.c€;.’v~.._Th;éh.’
deceased was shifted to GOV1.V.}’1£}’:§})ii,E$,1″ bééthér
treaéniem. V .
3. PW16~ 1fai,e ‘h’éisVAvv1’eco1’ded
the dying deciaration in the
presence the doc:é:._or.g ‘cEh:ci§»é2″1se.g?£:V.fS’1’1ccumbed to the
injuries on discloses that the
death 1 as a result of burn
i11jL1rie,g:’.&r[:fl}q’cfileahia draath. The A1 is Charged
for c0mn1I£’.t£hg gflibriize At:/ and 3048 IPC. The A1 to A3
‘vfqjr 0£’:fVéf:’t.%'<3"£h:/S 498% IPC and Sec. 13,4 and 8 0f
111112Ac§'rJ'm;s'¢.c:. 34 we.
Ville evidencre. PW} and PW2 have t:estifie<:i to
'x_1,hr:: faci. tfij:-at the decteased was subjected to harassment by
'~.}_"1lf1eV %1€2CuSS(3d for paxytlleni Of addiiimlal dowry and that 'the
$3
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deceased ciuxirxg her vis3it:..<3 was ir1fb1':r1i:1g the ssaid fact. to
them .
5. The evidence of E’W,?,2-doetxjx’ <:ii5sr}-5′ [ha-1.,HE!”1,I1iQi,1Li€f?’§i’1.j}a£§7, .’
poured kerosene and set fire.V.”:’i.iae. IsW’§\:%..4{‘¢JF1I1;;1;’.e_
PW23«»PS1 canle and recorded eecteased
at E3X.P.22 in his an eedersemeni.
that the stat.erI1eni. is that the
deceased was ijn ‘C0r§d1’i,:?Q1;1;stfi_ieffie11t..
6. " . " the General hospital, Madikefi'; she assisted the PW}8e
Taluk. “{!;0*r short ‘”I’Ei§\/.1″) whiie recording
the dying dei:ia_mi.id.’z1 sheexplains the questions put by the
‘ iii: ébe cieee2:secf”‘i;j’1’VM’a.1eya.12m1 1.22.I1g1.1e4ge 3116. acted as an
e_irii;e:fp:?e'{ie1«*’+xx}E;1i1e”–{‘e(;0rdi11g the cEying;§ dec}arati0n–~EX.P5. The
h.21_S ‘gi.\_.r:-31:11 €’\fid(;’I1(I(3 {hat he has recmrcfed the dying
‘._.dec}araf_.i0:1. He was putting questions in Ka3:1.11ada 1ar1gL1age.
‘file t1=ues’£,i0ns were imerpreteci in }\«iaieya1a1:r1 1a11§a121ge to the
‘deeeaseci and her 2zr1s’weI’S in Ma}eya122.11’1 were alse
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ixlterpnrteci ’10 the ‘I’E%1M and E130 ‘.I’£i1’v’§ 1’e(:()rded the dying;
d€C?1ElI’E1′{i{)f1 in I£I1gI.ish. in the presence 01’ {he P\3f3O~d()vQTV§)’_{“. ‘._V
7′. The e3vide:11c.€: of PWSO diSses t}121f::j”i11<VVVV111ade
an endorsement on tra1’.; 1’£-iléivliecl into
Maieyalam language. ‘I’he’3V basis of the
above oral yvrepori. convicted
A1 ‘L1/S Al is acquitted. of the
W The A2 and A3
cenvic£e;§« IPC and Sec. 4 of the
.I).P.A_ri,. % LV
~<1jE1.t= A"1."t"{é"'A3 had fiieci joint. .appr:*,a11, The A2 and
I1&}.\%€«_: S!.'iV'E3J§V1i§:.t€Ci ihai. the appeal. filed by them be
clisfni-:-;saec1 aL::4;_;'1;0t pressed, since they had med 3 separate
._.app<;3af,~.. H313 :~3ubn'1i1,teci that the separate: appeai flied by A2
':a-,nd"A8 1'1£iVf;". been wit§1d'1'awn. and diS1"1'}iSSE',d. I-"£<»:r1(:<t, the
" appea} offxi is 2~3.l0n€3. is under COr1SiClt'3f1"£11liOI1.
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9. The lean-fled COLE’f§S<;',1 for the appeliailt 5-:»ui)rI1i'Lt.e¢:§
that. the evicienee of PWE3 and PW22 discloses L4I"1.;;1Vt~~_:ih_Ve
deceased wee f ‘4
L1TlVVE1I’E’8.I1i€d and gggives risse to seI’i0L_1s s}..::,sp]e1f1–$ie:1’3bu:§:vi._ih,e_’
vemeiiy of the dying dec:1arat’.i’e-1}’. Wir§e_1J{‘*i:’?1.e
conversam. with Kannada there’-xxf’é1s.V’:r1e:’:§’need to
employ PW6 as an of the
350″? d1$C1″€P3T1Ci€S. it the order of
conviction is bad ‘
10. of the submissions
made of the evidence of
PW1,r>\~?e,;$\are’,pw;§(}2fi;::§v1.:§’;eW23 and pwso, we {ma that
the motive of {he offence by A1 is [ufiy
” * es:e.g-;i§i’?:s;:;~:2c1§». free 532::-se::g:e of PWL pxvzg mvea P\?V22 and
_ W23′ That the deceased had made statenxent. as
per i:§{.P.22:.””:,\’V’}:1i{?1’1 iI1diet’s A}. The Wound certificate issued
‘xuby P\?\.«’.’22’*;_zf1 the history eoiumn discloses that: at the time of
~.f’:}d.rh’.i’ssio’r.1. {he clezreased had given the h.isi.e1’y as bum
” ::.é-gxlseéi by her m()ther~i11»1aw by ;f>0L2ringg; kerosene. The
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3;
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eV’icie:1{:e of PW6, PW16 and PWSO ciiseloses Eihai. in iihe dying
deczlamtizyra ‘the ciecxeased clearly” indicrts the motE1e1″ei11~».12i’*9g.
The versimrl of the deceased at. éhe tirne of z1c§I11i§_sj§ibI1–fjn.__:1E’:e
in the hospiial 11′; in the wozmd Ce§”iific.ate, if}~~§1f21?”‘Sv{Ei?_,{§I}’1€31?f”
at E3X.P.22 and in ‘the dying de7;.A:I211’;1i;i«0j11
CGI1SiS{{Z’I}fl}–‘ ir1dic1.s A1 her n1Qt11e_1’–inQlziyi?’=for
‘E’he burn ‘i’r1juries by p0u1″1’ng the
above witnesses is credib:’}e.»¢_ V
11. The (:or1’Len.t.icfi1 for the
appellant is dec1.ara1.i0r1 in
Bngkish IE1I1§__’:f.L1£1t’»’.«’:’viV,’.-,’§’V.é{f’I.i§§{ii§t1. the credibility of E29135
beconzes dop:b’etfu…I _i«s7.:11V11 ~1,4l.’fi~’!”_€,I1EJ’.}i)3€ eoraieruion. The deceased
is the 11?;ifi,i\?e_ of Ke1’sii:1 $51:/1_ci’eA–l}e;: mother tongue is Maieyaiam.
The cieceaééedé had . h’aréi1y”..”‘Iived in Madakeri for about 5
mo’r}i_h$ !.3=ef{)re he; deaihl ‘i’i2¢:’;”efort;: it r:()1e1I<.i he .<.saEd ihai she
'"*-,\;g15§__, f'L1"i5I'y VC;:.)nversai'iii'.' with the k21n:1acia Ianguage. The
_C(V)'iTt._.C1'V1;i£3f"'f,_)'{}' P4V'.5_1VE}. i.1'1 u.:~3i:1g PW8 an :i:1terpre'£.er {.0 expkaiil
thg-,2 c;.t1esti<$".t;–sV':;cV3 the deceased in Maieyalam appears to be
b0;1éifide;–VAaciti'in order to make the iiecteaseci to give proper
"a11§wersV—{<) the e;L1es'1i
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both have st,21i,@d t’I’1.aI: the drzctztaserd was in 51 fit: {?(}z’3.diti{>n to
giwé StaE.emeI11′.. E11 t’:.h:;1′:’: xrigitw. {L116 order of £1116: {:ri2=1.I
smmd and proper. Ac.(*.0:*d§:1gIy, the appeal is clisrzfagésed’; –. ;_. ‘
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