High Court Karnataka High Court

State Of Karnataka vs Suleman Sait on 17 June, 2011

Karnataka High Court
State Of Karnataka vs Suleman Sait on 17 June, 2011
Author: V.Jagannathan
THIS CRLRP FiLE:D U/8.397 R/_W_v_é§.§)1'
PRAYING T0 SET ASIDE THE QRDE:-R  '3:.v2(.>1£:«,
PASSED BY THE XXXH ADDL. C'IfFY:;'_CE'§'ILii
SPL. JUDGE FOR CB}? .g:AsE's,_"'* BAb:G;x;,.€}_§:e§'_j'; "11-«I 

S.C.NO.6i2/2009.

THIS pETiT1QN14_{ieM{%NQ--1VdN.._FLL:3wi';1\{(:»:

 ieiégzfnede'-Ge€fei'e1'*i'inent Pieader Sri. P.

Kaieunakar V iiijr. _ i '   ' 'p.etiii0r1er--State and learned
counseh Sifi." T""--§'§aJghaVendra Reddy for the

r»e§s.pc>11derV1t's.s irespect of the petition filed

  the eider of discharge passed by the trial
'     

 The respondents were accused of having

.. e0I1.:ii:*1iti;ed the offence punishable under Eeetion 306

A’ ‘,’z.’;’4§?’ 34: 0f {PC and the proseeutien allegation in short

is that, the respendents herein had advaneeci loan of

?1.35 erores to deceased Javed Akhtar and his wife

5′:

5

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Hajira Bi. Javed Akhtar iiiiied his wife _

shooting her with his revolver and afte.rI.v_ards’.he._a}s’o -,

Committed suicide. Initially a Case’ was tegisiteredi

the offence punishable tinder

IPC. After the inVestigation:”and tip.on’At:<"eeeivptVVesf the
ESL report, the Charge _«'sheeet':'utas' fiiedvvhagiainst the
accused persons for .AAfp.tn1__ishab1e under

Section 3Q.6':of'_~the§;_AIP¢ put forward to
the effeet35Ehat'h__.ih.ese 'aeeu_..sed persons had told the

decea%seci..V.eetipie– cannot pay the loan

taken its is..i_5et_ter they go and die.

VVLea'1;fnied V'*~'oounse1 for the respondents

thatrieven if the prosecution theory is

V face Value viz., that the respondents

ithiereinhad uttered the words 'go and die if you are

not a position to repay the loan', that itself would

attraet the offence 12;' s 306 of the PC. in this

Connection, learned Counsel referred to the Apex

Court decision reported in i9§5 Supp {3} S,C.C.438

.£;.;

wherein the Apex Court held that, though the

appellant in the said ease allegedly remarked.

deceased to go and die, the suicide eomntittiedéeatznoi. .

be held to be as a direct resnlt….of the’ix?ord_e. ‘littered ‘”

by the appellant and the eotirt tifenlt on

further that, those were words, of _clas11al”-nature * V

which are often ernployedV-tnllietleefleatloftheelnoment
between quarrellingéll serious is
expected to act does not
reflect the assumption that
theee” in all events. The
otheig ll lay down the same

ptop0S1ti’on;’ are §%eepo~r£ed m 1995 Crl.L.J.893, 2008

“””

‘*j;}l’aving regard to the aferesaid decisions

rlefer:V”ed’x: to by the learned Counsel for the

2 AA ‘:*e.spendentet I see no error being eornnntted by the

learned trial judge in allowing the application filed by

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the respondents seeking discharge 1;/s 227′ ef the

Cr.P.C.

The petition therefore lacks _& V’

dismissed.

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