IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
CRICUIT BENCH AT DHARWAD
DATED THIS THE 05"' DAY or FEBRUARY, 20'i.Q::..".'>".~V.VV
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MRJUSTICE ARAL1 N;IG'A"R.AIA"I~: E' E'
CRIMINAL PETITION NOg73§_l'<3f/2«()1I_\()"' I
BETWEEN:
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Sri.Sadashiv __
S/0 Siddu Dhanagar
Aged 55 years - 1,'; I
Occ: Agriculture/Shepherd I "
sri.Manade§;Ijj"
S,/--o--~~S.i_'c:idI!vI i5'I:2;a.na'g'a E'
Aged 48.Ey.ear's_ _
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5 8/9 Ma"nadev7'Dh°anagar
I"-I«aAI9ed 20 vearsIII.I
" O»;rLc:Shepherd
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. S/0 --S:aC|:E]S|'1iV Dhanagar
Aged 20 years
Qcczshepherd
Sri.Shankar
w S/0 Mahadev Dhanagar
Aged 18 years
Occ:Shepherd
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6. Sri.Vitha| @ Vithappa
S/0 Siddu Dhanagar
Aged 48 years
Occzshepherd
7. Sr'§.HaEappa
S/0 Véthal Dhanagar
Aged 18 years
Occzstucient
8. Sr'i.Vasant
S/0 Jyoti Dhanagar
Aged 35 years
Occshepherd
9. Smt.Bagawwa
W/o Siddu:Dhana'gar"g _
(D/0 eagavgwa Dhariag"ar)"
Aged;-6'O"'y_e;a.rs'--_ " j_ »
Occ:HQusehoId"'woVri<if_- '_
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DistV;Be|gau__m-..V". PETITIONERS
(By S3ri.:E3an'1uac.f1'a'nac.:i'ra "A um, Adv)
' The Vofaéiarnata ka
Rejz;-... by' Rafi-ba'g"PoE§ce
Now rep. .b_y;.-State PP
High' Cdu'rt'of Karnataka Building
V'~-Circuit Bench, Dharwad RESPONDENT
1,fl.”_’A(E3y S’F§ZP.H.G0tkhindi, HCGP)
This Crl.P is filed under Section 439 of Cr.P.C.
“;’j[ray§ng to enlarge the petitéoners on bail in Raibag PS
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Crime No.285/2009 registered for the offences punishable
under Sections 143, 147, 148, 323, 326, 341, 302′,_SQ4,
506 read with 149 of IPC on any terms and cojnd.i_tio’n.s
which this E-ion’b|e Court may deem fit.
This Cr£.P is coming on for Orders this..da4y,.Vt’t§Ae:’C:_ourt”i 3
made the foilowingz
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Accused Nos.1 to ins’
Cr.No.28S/2009 (cc No,.33/.20-1£ui)”g’:of”–Raioag’Poiice Station
District Beigaum pendingiiionthe:fii’e”Vc)_f:’.ét’h»eV learned JMFC,
Raibag have fiied;’tVh_e p.eti.t»i–o’n..Vun;der’Section 439 of
Cr.P.C. prosecution by
fiiing the arguments of both
2. 3 course of arguments,
Sri..R§ama~chandra..:_{§___.Mali, iearned Counsel for the
‘pietitioi’7IVél’S-*fl:CCLiSed submit that he does not press this
respect of petitioner Nos.1 to 5 who are
-V resp’ect§’$1«eihyxvaccused Nos.1 to 5 in the said case. In view
‘:g,o:”‘ithis submission, the present petition has to be dismissed
ha-snot pressed in respect of petitioners Nos.1 to S.
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3. On careful reading of the avermentSin.__ the
complaint filed by one Smt.SavEtha) the wife-‘j”o§f”*r.the
deceased Ramu Puthane, it could be«seen4’::”thafV’ihiilf”
specifically alleged therein that
8.00 pm. while the complainant,aéfl»”h_e’r sore _Rake.srs_,:”‘hue’r.._
deceased husband Rama ahd.t__an_othei .deceav-se”df’lvialappa ” ‘
Shivappa Puthane, the.eldera_.l9rot.her.?AoF ‘deceas.e§d Ramu,
and also one Shivappa ‘Gang’a_pjpa PuthaVn’e.,V the father—-in-
law of the compiainarjt w’ez:e.a~l.lf~.iV_n the-i’r land, can the
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accused Nos..i._ fee.-16 4.fq_rmed-.” themselves into unlawful
assemaiy—-.heidilriél’I::,axes.;-.i?vood–en.”§clubs and stones and
attacked the and the deceased Mallappa
with the é;3:JI4said._w’.eapo’:1s. It is further alleged in the
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said’~icori”i;1laint”tha_tTog1, 2, 4 and 8 namely Sadashiva,
*lVlai1.ade_v’a,Eeerappa and Jyothiba together assaulted the
udeceasedV’«RLart2:=tz”»and thereby caused his death and pa, 5, 6
. ‘ A.
andhlllllz””tes’oectively Sidram @ Siddu, Shankar, iNEngappa
if.and-~._\/ijallya together assaulted the deceased Mallappa and
— lthgelreby caused his death. It is further alleged in the said
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it “complaint that 57, 9 to 11, 13 to 15 together assaulted the
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injured Shivappa, the father-in–law of the comp|ainan,t__and
thereby infiicted on him severai grievous injuries. 1jt'is"'aViso
aiieged in the said compiaint that A16
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restrained the compiainantw and i§ai_é_<esh,
when they tried to rescue the said icece_ased;iit"
4. Thus it is clear fromthe above–.aiiegati’or1gof the
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compiainant that the case against »peti’tioner§ 6 to 8 who
are respectiveiyflafl, 9 and .11v’V__is:th’atV.’A.?1vX!-ithai»assaulted
the injured shsv’;e;.tg%;pa.”~:vit%ij~ha’nd:’ai’n’Vdt._..:egs, A11 Vasanth
assauited vi-_§Vth:fi_44_”¢£_uVb’s’ vi~ia|’ap’pa assauited the said
injureciwith t.hVereby infiioted grievous injuries on
the person” of ‘the ‘:.?js=a>id~..g:i’nju”red. Further, the allegation
againstgA3’.E6 is doetitioner No.9 herein namely
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“~Smt–.Ba’g’aw’wa is oniy that she restrained the
‘s…Co.rnpira,i_h–a_n’t and her son when they tried to intervene and
reissue th~e’_d–et:eased. Therefore, I am of the opinion that
” 9,” if and 16 who are respectiveiy petitioner Nos.6 to 9
A r.yyheregi.;i1 are not alieged to have committed any overtact on
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either of the deceased but they are aiieged to have
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inflicted grievous injuries on the person of injured.
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5. Whether these petitioners-accused iii
furtherance of common object of unlawful avssembiflyis _
fact to be found during triai of thehicase.’ «.vT”herefofre.,VV~I:’ho|d7
that ends of justice would beyomet w’i-t_h;..if the,SC–;.pet’itioinei”;
Nos.6 to 9 who are respectivie.ly»r5–7, 9,11.-iarad: 16 are
granted bail subject co_n,c|iit.iyons. H'”Hence, the
foilowing:
‘2_*VheiV flied’ under Section 439 of
Cr.P.C. isudismiss_e’d?fas”not’pressed in respect of petitioner
Nos.:1-to 5 are respectively accused Nos.1 to S in the
. .°-sai”d- “i’E’yurthevr;”‘thVe present petition is hereby allowed
“oVti’a~.p_etitioner Nos.6 to 9 who are respectively
acAc.:4J__sec_£,~~i\i’_o;<,.;.7, 9, 11 and 16 in the said case. These
– — .-9. Nos.6 to 9 shall be enlarged
on each of them furnishing a self bond for a sum of
__R§s.30,00D/~ aiongwith one surety for the Iikesum to the
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satisfaction of the committal Court subject to it-“e
conditions that:
a) they shall not threaten the pro’Seeo:t;on
witnesses.
b) they shait attend the:—T”ri»al« Cour’_t4 on4_ail»:/_jthé,A Vt
dates of hearing
attendance is disoe.n”s~e%d wit’r~..__for.§}a]id’~–;fé’a’sons.
A COPY of this order sbaai’%-hbiettéent r¢e::»;w:t5 to the
Triai Court for information and-c5mpi.iatnfce.”‘
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t JUDGE