{"id":10230,"date":"2011-01-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kulathil-thottathil-hareesh-vs-state-of-kerala-on-6-january-2011"},"modified":"2015-09-08T15:29:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T09:59:30","slug":"kulathil-thottathil-hareesh-vs-state-of-kerala-on-6-january-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kulathil-thottathil-hareesh-vs-state-of-kerala-on-6-january-2011","title":{"rendered":"Kulathil Thottathil Hareesh … vs State Of Kerala on 6 January, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Kulathil Thottathil Hareesh … vs State Of Kerala on 6 January, 2011<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCRL.A.No. 845 of 2003()\n\n\n\n1. KULATHIL THOTTATHIL HAREESH KUMAR\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.SARVOTHAMAN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.Q.BARKATH ALI\n\n Dated :06\/01\/2011\n\n O R D E R\n                    P.Q.BARKATH ALI, J.\n            =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=\n                Crl.A.Nos. 845 and 1020 of 2003\n            =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=\n             Dated this the 6th day of January, 2011\n\n                         JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
     Appellants in Crl.No.A 1020 of 2003 are accused<\/p>\n
Nos.1 and 2 and appellant in Crl.A.No.845 of 2003 is<\/p>\n
accused No.3 in S.C. No.137 of 1999 on the file of the Addl.<\/p>\n
Sessions Court, Adhoc -II, Thalassery.<\/p>\n
     2. The appellants challenge the judgment of the<\/p>\n
learned Sessions Judge dated May 20, 2003            convicting<\/p>\n
them under section 55(a) of the Abkari Act and sentencing<\/p>\n
them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years each<\/p>\n
and to pay fine of Rs.1 lakh each, in default to undergo<\/p>\n
rigorous imprisonment for six months each.<\/p>\n
     3. The case of the prosecution as unfolded in evidence<\/p>\n
before the lower court, in brief, is this:- PW1 was the then<\/p>\n
Sub Inspector of Police, Edakkad Police Station. On<\/p>\n
February 2, 1998 he along with police party, including PW3<\/p>\n
Head Constable attached to the Edakkad Police Station,<\/p>\n
Crl.A.845\/2003 & con. case       2<\/p>\n
was on patrol duty. At about 6.30 p.m. when they reached<\/p>\n
at Muzhappilangad, near Koodakkadavu Railway Gate, they<\/p>\n
found an auto-rickshaw bearing registration No.KL-12\/4249<\/p>\n
coming from Thalssery side. They stopped the auto-<\/p>\n
rickshaw and on search, they found three cardboard boxes<\/p>\n
near the seat containing Indian Made Foreign Liquor in<\/p>\n
bottles and in the back seat of the auto-rickshaw 12<\/p>\n
polythene covers containing Indian Made Foreign Liquor<\/p>\n
bottles. On examination, it was found 42 bottles of Whisky<\/p>\n
each having capacity of 750 ml., 96 bottles of Whisky each<\/p>\n
having capacity of 180 ml., 36 bottles of Rum each having<\/p>\n
capacity of 375 ml., 48 bottles of Rum each having capacity<\/p>\n
of    180      ml.     in  the auto-rickshaw. Accused No.3<\/p>\n
Hareeshkumar was driving the auto-rickshaw and accused<\/p>\n
Nos.1 and 2 were found in the passenger seat. PW1<\/p>\n
arrested accused persons and seized the contraband<\/p>\n
articles. Ext.P1 seizure mahazar was prepared in the<\/p>\n
presence of PW2 independent witness. Ext.P3 is the F.I.R.<\/p>\n
which is registered against the accused persons. PW4<\/p>\n
Crl.A.845\/2003 & con. case    3<\/p>\n
conducted the investigation, questioned the witnesses and<\/p>\n
after completing the investigation laid the charge before the<\/p>\n
committal court, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court,<\/p>\n
Thalassery.\n<\/p>\n
      4. When the accused persons appeared before the<\/p>\n
committal court, copies of documents relied on by the<\/p>\n
prosecution were furnished to them. As the offence under<\/p>\n
section 55(a) of the Abkari Act is exclusively triable by a<\/p>\n
Court of Sessions, the case was committed to the Sessions<\/p>\n
Court, Thalassery from where it was made over to the<\/p>\n
Assistant Sessions Court, Thalassery and later to the trial<\/p>\n
court for trial and disposal.\n<\/p>\n
        5. The accused on appearance before the trial court<\/p>\n
pleaded not guilty to the charge under section 55(a) of the<\/p>\n
Abkari Act . PWs.1 to 4 were examined and Exts.P1 to P7<\/p>\n
and MOs.I to VI series were marked on the side of the<\/p>\n
prosecution. When questioned under section 313 Cr.P.C.,<\/p>\n
the accused persons denied having committed any offence.<\/p>\n
No defence evidence was adduced. The trial court on an<\/p>\n
Crl.A.845\/2003 & con. case    4<\/p>\n
appreciation of the evidence found the accused persons<\/p>\n
guilty of the offence punishable under section 55(a) of the<\/p>\n
Abkari Act , convicted them thereunder and sentenced them<\/p>\n
as aforesaid. Crl.A. No.1020 of 2003 is filed by accused<\/p>\n
Nos.1 and 2 and Crl.A.No.845 of 2003 is filed by accused<\/p>\n
No.3 challenging their conviction and sentence.<\/p>\n
        6. Counsel for the appellant in Crl.A.No.845 of 2003<\/p>\n
argued that appellant who is the 3rd accused was only a<\/p>\n
driver of the auto-rickshaw and he was not aware of the<\/p>\n
contraband articles transported in the auto-rickshaw, as the<\/p>\n
same belongs to accused Nos.1 and 2 and that therefore,<\/p>\n
the lower court went wrong in finding that the appellant\/3rd<\/p>\n
accused has committed an offence punishable under section<\/p>\n
55(a) of the Abkari Act. Learned counsel for accused Nos.1<\/p>\n
and 2 would argue that even if the seizure of the<\/p>\n
contraband articles from accused 1 and 2 is proved, an<\/p>\n
offence under section 55(a) of the Abkari Act will not lie and<\/p>\n
at the most they can only be found guilty of having violated<\/p>\n
relevant Foreign Liquor Rules for having transported Indian<\/p>\n
Crl.A.845\/2003 & con. case      5<\/p>\n
Made Foreign Liquor in excess of the permissible quantity,<\/p>\n
which is punishable under section 63 of the Act.<\/p>\n
        7. The following points arise for consideration:-<\/p>\n
        1) Whether the prosecution has proved beyond
\n             doubt the seizure of MO1 to MOVI series
\n             from the accused persons?\n<\/p>\n
        2) Whether the 3rd accused has committed any
\n             offence?\n<\/p>\n
        3) Whether the conviction of accused 1 and 2
\n             under section 55(a) of the Abkari Act can be
\n             sustained?\n<\/p>\n
        4) What are the offences committed by the
\n             appellants?\n<\/p>\n
        5)   Whether the sentence imposed is excessive
\n             or unduly harsh?\n<\/p>\n
        8. I shall first consider whether the search and<\/p>\n
seizure of MOs.I to VI series containing Indian Made<\/p>\n
Foreign Liquor from accused persons are proved. PW1 the<\/p>\n
Detecting Officer as well as PW3 Head Constable, who<\/p>\n
accompanied PW1, testified in a convincing manner before<\/p>\n
the lower court regarding the seizure of the contraband<\/p>\n
articles from accused 1 and 2. I have gone through the<\/p>\n
Crl.A.845\/2003 & con. case       6<\/p>\n
evidence of PWs.1 and 3. Nothing was brought out in cross<\/p>\n
examination to discredit their evidence. No serious<\/p>\n
discrepancies          were pointed out in their evidence to<\/p>\n
disbelieve them. They have no previous acquaintance or<\/p>\n
enmity towards accused1 to 3 to foist a false case.<\/p>\n
        9. Learned counsel for the appellants argued that as<\/p>\n
PW2, an independent witness, turned hostile, the evidence<\/p>\n
of official witness PWs.1 and 3 could not be believed<\/p>\n
without any corroboration. There is no substance in the<\/p>\n
above contention. There is no rule of law that the evidence<\/p>\n
of official witness cannot be believed without any<\/p>\n
corroboration. It is settled law that evidence of official<\/p>\n
witnesses can be accepted if it is found reliable. In the<\/p>\n
present case the evidence of PWs.1 and 3 is found to be<\/p>\n
reliable and trustworthy. Therefore, the lower court is<\/p>\n
perfectly justified in accepting evidence of PWs.1 and 3 and<\/p>\n
coming to the conclusion that 222 bottles of Indian Made<\/p>\n
Foreign Liquor were found in possession of accused 1 and<\/p>\n
2.<\/p>\n
Crl.A.845\/2003 & con. case      7<\/p>\n
        10. As regards accused No.3 is concerned, he was the<\/p>\n
driver of the auto-rickshaw in which the contraband articles<\/p>\n
were transported. Accused Nos.1 and 3 have no case that<\/p>\n
even when they boarded the auto-rickshaw the said<\/p>\n
contraband articles were kept in the auto-rickshaw. Further<\/p>\n
the driver of the auto-rickshaw may not be in a position to<\/p>\n
know what are the articles a passenger will be carrying in<\/p>\n
the auto-rickshaw. Therefore, I give the benefit of doubt to<\/p>\n
3rd accused i.e., appellant in Crl.A. No.8945\/2003 and acquit<\/p>\n
him of the charge under section 55(a) of the Abkari Act.<\/p>\n
        11. The next question for consideration is whether the<\/p>\n
conviction of accused Nos.1 and 2 under section 55(a) of<\/p>\n
the Abkari Act by the lower can be sustained.<\/p>\n
        12. Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act reads thus:-<\/p>\n
               “55. For illegal import, etc. — Whoever<\/p>\n
        in contravention of this Act or of any rule or<\/p>\n
        order made under this Act<\/p>\n
               (a) imports, exports, transports, transits or<\/p>\n
        possesses liquor or any intoxicating drug.”<\/p>\n
Crl.A.845\/2003 & con. case     8<\/p>\n
Therefore, the question would be whether mere possession<\/p>\n
of Indian Made Foreign Liquor in excess of the maximum<\/p>\n
quantity prescribed under the notification existed at that<\/p>\n
time would attract an offence under section 55(a) of the<\/p>\n
Abkari Act. The permissible quantity of Indian Made<\/p>\n
Foreign Liquor that can be carried by a person is 1.5 litres<\/p>\n
as per S.R.O. No.127\/99 issued under G.O.(P) No.22\/99\/TD<\/p>\n
dated 5-2-1999.\n<\/p>\n
        13. A similar question arise for consideration before a<\/p>\n
Division Bench of this Court in Mohanan V. State of Kerala<\/a><\/p>\n
(2007(1) KLT 845) wherein it has been held that section 55<\/p>\n
(a) of the Abkaqri Act deals with only illegal import, export<\/p>\n
or transport etc. and is applicable only when persons<\/p>\n
illegally imports or transport liquor or      in possession of<\/p>\n
liquor while illegally importing it. In the above decision the<\/p>\n
Division Bench followed the        decision in Surendran V.<\/p>\n
Excise Inspector<\/a> (2004(1) KLT 404). A reference was also<\/p>\n
made about the decisions in Mariamma & Anr. V. State of<\/p>\n
Kerala & Ors.<\/a> (1998(1) KLT 286) and Purushan V. State of<\/p>\n
Crl.A.845\/2003 & con. case     9<\/p>\n
Kerala (2002(2) KLT 661).\n<\/p>\n
        14. In the light of the principles laid down in the<\/p>\n
above decisions, it can only be said that accused Nos.1 and<\/p>\n
2 were found to be in possession of 222 bottles of Indian<\/p>\n
Made Foreign Liquor in violation of sections 10 and 13 of<\/p>\n
the Abkari Act and the above mentioned notification issued<\/p>\n
by the government, which is punishable under section 63 of<\/p>\n
the Abkari Act. Therefore the finding of the trial court that<\/p>\n
accused Nos.1 and 2 have committed an offence punishable<\/p>\n
under section 55(a) of the Abkari Act is not legally<\/p>\n
sustainable. Hence, conviction of accused Nos. 1 and 2<\/p>\n
under section 55(a) of the Abkari Act is set aside and they<\/p>\n
are found guilty under section 63 of the Abkari Act for<\/p>\n
violation of section 10 and 13 of the Abkari Act.<\/p>\n
        15. The next question to be considered is what is the<\/p>\n
punishment that can be imposed on accused Nos.1 and 2.<\/p>\n
Maximum punishment that can be imposed under section<\/p>\n
63 of the Abkari Act is a fine of Rs.5,000\/- or imprisonment<\/p>\n
which may extent to two years. Taking into consideration<\/p>\n
Crl.A.845\/2003 & con. case    10<\/p>\n
the above aspect and on the fact that the incident occurred<\/p>\n
on February 2, 1998 i.e., about 12 years ago and as no<\/p>\n
previous conviction is pleaded or proved against accused 1<\/p>\n
and 2, I feel that a sentence of imprisonment till the rising<\/p>\n
of court and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000\/- each, in default to<\/p>\n
undergo simple imprisonment for one month’s each would<\/p>\n
meet the ends of justice.\n<\/p>\n
        16. In the result, Crl.A.No.845 of 2003 is allowed.<\/p>\n
Appellant\/accused No.3 is found not guilty of the offence<\/p>\n
alleged against him. Conviction rendered and sentence<\/p>\n
imposed against him by the trial court are set aside and he<\/p>\n
is acquitted under section 386 of the Cr.P.C. His bail bonds<\/p>\n
are cancelled.\n<\/p>\n
        17. Crl.A. No.1020 of 2003 is allowed in part.<\/p>\n
Conviction of the appellants\/accused 1 and 2 under section<\/p>\n
55(a) of the Abkari Act rendered by the trial court and<\/p>\n
sentence imposed on them are set aside and they are<\/p>\n
convicted under section 63 of the Abkari Act and sentenced<\/p>\n
to undergo imprisonment till the rising of court and to pay a<\/p>\n
Crl.A.845\/2003 & con. case    11<\/p>\n
fine of Rs.5,000\/- each, in default to undergo simple<\/p>\n
imprisonment for one month each. Their bail bonds are<\/p>\n
cancelled. One month’s time is granted for payment of fine.<\/p>\n
        They shall surrender before the lower court on or<\/p>\n
before January 31, 2011 to suffer the sentence.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n\n                                P.Q.BARKATHALI, JUDGE\n\n\nmn\n\nCrl.A.845\/2003 & con. case    12\n\n                                    P.Q.BARKATH ALI, J.\n                               =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=\n                                Crl.A.Nos. 845 and 1020 of 2003\n                               =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=\n\n\n\n\n                                        JUDGMENT\n                                           6-1-2011\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court Kulathil Thottathil Hareesh … vs State Of Kerala on 6 January, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM CRL.A.No. 845 of 2003() 1. KULATHIL THOTTATHIL HAREESH KUMAR … Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA … Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.SARVOTHAMAN For Respondent : No Appearance The Hon’ble MR. 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