Karnataka High Court
Shri Paramanand S/O Giremallappa … vs The State Of Karnataka on 28 August, 2008
1
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
CIRCUIT BENCH AT DI-IARWAD
DATED THIS THE 23th DAY OF AUGUT»9,'.!5'i.'fi»3Vf':):§iiéii; T
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR.JU3T1CE
CRIMINAL PETITION iui"«It):.:"7_'224/gi3$€J?8 = i
Between
Shri. Paramanand
Giremallappa M
Aged 24 years, Ooc: Coolie,"
(By SI'i.
And:
Police Station,
Repmsenttdc
The State Publitr Prosecutor,
i of High com
' Circuit Dharwad.
T '(ca/ks:-:.TT&P.i1. Gotkhindi, HCGP.,)
: Petitioner
: Respondent
T This Criminal petition is filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C.,
i T the Advocate for petitioner praying to cnlaxge the petitioner
"on bail in crime No.76/2008 of Mudalagi Police station
r'U2i..u.L.,.\,
registered for otfences punishable under 148,
323, 504, 506, 448, 306 r/w. 149 IPC.
This petition coming on for orders
the following: _ I
A case in Crime 0%.07.200s in
Mudalagi Police statiozligas and five
others for ofiences 143, 147, 148,
323, 504, 506, t.he complaint of one
shanthawwa the Wife of deceased
2. The has alleged that petitioner herein
\' (A-5) vleirelated to"i*:e1i._h.usband being his oousin brother, there
AV'agas;a»djspute«hfifl1 regard to O3 guntas of landed property and
V quarrel between A-1 Shreesailappa
and 4' that the petitioner herein was a supporter of
A 'oh 06.07.2008, pedtioaer (A-5) along with other aeeused
went to the house of complainant, they abused her
l lhhshahd Mallappa in foul and filthy language, assaulted him
Aheeak
and went; away; after some time, again during ___they went
to the house of Mallappa, abused him, took of
A-1, however, Maflappa escaped from the b
persons and on the way back to 11is;'houss_, he
he was shifted to the hospital 2 -.,T('i'!.}uI'}'I'3g.A
treatment he breathed his last c:1b"o7.o7.2oos at
3. The allegations in the assault on
Mailappa with regard toahth-._c' occurred in the
house but howevcr, what
boost: of js not known to tho complainant and
she is not an cjreysitncssbin 'the incident, but however, she claims that
xhsr h coming to the house informed her that
T. in the house of A-1 and as such, tho
coni'piam?_""hA that her husband Mallappa after becoming
jbecause of thc event that had taken piace prior to he
poison, he decided to end his life and consumed poison.
to be a person of weak mentality, he is aged about 80
and he is married man, what made himtotakcsuch
a drastic decision to end his life Will have to be determined at the
(Qb«u_u..\.Lk
time of regular trial' . Mere beating,
threats by itself would not constitute' ofii'enee'V:v 306'
defined U/S. 107 of IPC. The Hddfbiak isuprdme,
case of Sanju alias Sanjay of P.
reported in (2002) 5 Sup1jeme..dCetiit2t?gses:--3'i'i held that
even if the Iiusband was a fit of anger or in
a rage never to of the offence the
accused earmet of ' offence punishable U/ S.
306 as Added to this, A-2, A-4
& 6 with igientioei have already been ganted bail
by the istich, in the facts and circumstances
applying the principle laid down by the Apex
'_e;i;'pf*essiI1g any opinion on merits of the case, I
v"e;--Fi'11old petitioner is emifled for gent of baii. However, it is
i H clear' the observations made above are restricted for
of the present bail petition only. The tr1a' 1 Court
i not be influenced' by any of the obsexvations made above at
itlie time of the trial of the case. Hence, the following:
flcliuwleg
ORDER
Petition is allowed.
released on bail on the following cofidifiéiné: —
(3.) Petitioner shall Aéi sum’ of
Rs.50,000/– *v.t,_ho1isanfi_I ofily) with one
surety in a Hjfiesggzix satisfaction of the I
court below, ‘
(b) petxtiov V’: tamper with the prosecution
c§éi$ or \iiitrie.5-N .: .’L’for prosecution and he shall assist
_; ” in inv¢stagat:on and trial of the case.
* shall attend the trial court regukldy.
Sd/-.