{"id":115108,"date":"2009-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ram-narayan-vs-state-of-u-p-on-22-april-2009"},"modified":"2018-05-20T04:44:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-19T23:14:27","slug":"ram-narayan-vs-state-of-u-p-on-22-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ram-narayan-vs-state-of-u-p-on-22-april-2009","title":{"rendered":"Ram Narayan vs State Of U.P on 22 April, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Ram Narayan vs State Of U.P on 22 April, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: . A Pasayat<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: Arijit Pasayat, Asok Kumar Ganguly<\/div>\n<pre>                                                                       REPORTABLE\n\n                    IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA\n\n                  CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICITON\n\n                   CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1339 OF 2005\n\n\n\nRam Narayan                                              ...Appellant\n\n                Versus\n\nState of U.P.                                            ...Respondent\n\n\n\n                               JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>1.    Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of a Division Bench of the<\/p>\n<p>Allahabad High Court setting aside the judgment of acquittal recorded by<\/p>\n<p>the then III Additional Sessions Judge, Deoria in Sessions Trial No.347 of<\/p>\n<p>1978. The accused persons faced trial for alleged commission of offences<\/p>\n<p>punishable under Sections 147, 148, 307 read with Section 149, Section<\/p>\n<p>436 read with Section 149 and Section 302 read with Section 149 of the<\/p>\n<p>Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short the `IPC&#8217;). Nine persons faced trial. All<\/p>\n<p>of them were charged under Section 307 read with section 149,436 read<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                         1<\/span><br \/>\nwith section 149 and 302 read with section 149 I.P.C. Indra Jeet, Awadh<\/p>\n<p>Narain and Raj Banshi Tiwari were charged for rioting under section 147.<\/p>\n<p>I.P.C. whereas the rest under section 148 I.P.C. The incident occurred on<\/p>\n<p>7.7.1978 at about 7.30 P.M. at three places within Police Station Kotwali,<\/p>\n<p>District Deoria. The F.I.R. was lodged the same night at 8.20 P.M. by Brij<\/p>\n<p>Raj Tiwari (PW-1). One Gunj Prasad Tiwari (hereinafter referred to as the<\/p>\n<p>`deceased&#8217;) was murdered in the incident whereas Subhash (PW 2), Devi<\/p>\n<p>Prasad Pandey (PW 5) and Virendra Kumar sustained injuries.<\/p>\n<p>3.    The case of the prosecution as unfolded during trial through F.I.R.<\/p>\n<p>and the evidence may be related thus. Brij Raj Tiwari (PW 1) resided in<\/p>\n<p>village Deoria Ram Nath, Police Station Kotwali, District Deoria. The<\/p>\n<p>accused were also the residents of the same place. Sarvajeet, Indrajeet and<\/p>\n<p>Jagdish accused were real brothers. Om Prakash was the nephew of Sarvjeet<\/p>\n<p>and other. Durga Prasad was the son of accused Awadh Narain. The accused<\/p>\n<p>Rajbanshi Tiwari and Raj Kishore were Patidars of accused Awadh Narain<\/p>\n<p>and the accused Awadh Narain and accused-appellant belonged to the group<\/p>\n<p>of the remaining accused. Enmity on account of litigation was going on<\/p>\n<p>between the family of the informant Brij Raj Tiwari PW 1 on the one hand<\/p>\n<p>and the accused Sarvjeet and Raj Kishore on the other. Earlier to the present<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                         2<\/span><br \/>\nincident, on the eve of Holi some one had inflicted a knife blow on the<\/p>\n<p>accused Sarvjeet in which Subhash Tiwari PW 2 (brother of the informant)<\/p>\n<p>was implicated as accused. Sometime thereafter, Hari Ram first cousin of<\/p>\n<p>accused Durga was also inflicted knife blow by someone in which the<\/p>\n<p>informant, his father Guru Prasad the deceased, Mahasarey, Subhash Tiwari<\/p>\n<p>(PW-2) and Jai Shankar were implicated as accused. Proceedings under<\/p>\n<p>sections 107\/117 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short the<\/p>\n<p>`Code&#8217;) had also been drawn between the informant and others on one side<\/p>\n<p>and the accused Durga and Hari Ram on the other. In front of the door of<\/p>\n<p>the house of the informant there was a flour mill adjacent to which on the<\/p>\n<p>northern side the house of the accused Durga Prasad and Hari Ram was<\/p>\n<p>situated and on the eastern side thereof the house of the accused Sarvjeet<\/p>\n<p>was situated at a distance of about 10 paces from the flour mill. During the<\/p>\n<p>thrashing season, dust and sound came to be produced because of<\/p>\n<p>generation of the flour mill to the disliking of the accused. The accused<\/p>\n<p>Sarvjeet, Durga Prasad and Hari Ram had applied for electric disconnection<\/p>\n<p>of the informant before the Electricity Department prior to the present<\/p>\n<p>incident in which , the accused Raj Kishore was cited as a witness. A case<\/p>\n<p>under Section 133 of Code was instituted against the informant by the<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                        3<\/span><br \/>\npolice which came to be decided in favour of the informant. So, there was a<\/p>\n<p>long string of enmity between the two sides.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      The present incident occurred in three parts. At about 7.30 P.M. on<\/p>\n<p>7th July, 1978 Subhash- the younger brother of the informant was sitting at<\/p>\n<p>his grocer&#8217;s shop on the crossing in front of the house of Sri Vishwa Nath<\/p>\n<p>Pandey, Advocate. All the accused with 2 or 3 other companions reached<\/p>\n<p>there. Sarvjeet and Om Prakash had bombs in their hands; Jagdish had a<\/p>\n<p>gun; Ram Narain had country made pistol; Raj Kishore had a spear. Durga<\/p>\n<p>Prasad had a Pharsa and the remaining accused had lathis. As soon as they<\/p>\n<p>reached the shop of Subhash, accused Sarvjeet and Om Prakash attacked<\/p>\n<p>Subhash by means of bombs, Ram Narain by means of country made pistol<\/p>\n<p>and Jagdish by means of gun. Subhash ran for his life and anyhow saved<\/p>\n<p>himself but was hurt in his leg in this process. This occurrence was<\/p>\n<p>witnessed by Jagdish Mani, Chandbali Pasi, Brijesh Tiwari and others.<\/p>\n<p>      The second part of the incident was that the accused came running<\/p>\n<p>to the grocer&#8217;s shop of the informant at Bhatwalia Crossing in search of<\/p>\n<p>Subhash and not finding him there, threw bombs and also fired. The<\/p>\n<p>accused Indrajeet set fire to the shop of the informant which was reduced<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                        4<\/span><br \/>\nto ashes. Mahasarey- brother of the informant, Devi Prasad Pandey,<\/p>\n<p>Surendra<\/p>\n<p>Prasad, Rajesh Singh and others witnessed this incident. Then the accused<\/p>\n<p>came running to the door of the house of the informant where Guru Prasad<\/p>\n<p>the deceased was present. They inquired from him about Subhash saying<\/p>\n<p>that he would not be left alive that day. Guru Prasad wanted to know as to<\/p>\n<p>what the matter was. But the accused Sarvjeet instigated the remaining<\/p>\n<p>accused saying that if Subhash was not available, he (Guru Prasad) should<\/p>\n<p>be killed. Instantaneously, Sarvjeet attacked Guru Prasad Tiwari throwing a<\/p>\n<p>bomb and Ram Narain by means of the country made pistol. Guru Prasad<\/p>\n<p>died on the spot. The incident was witnessed by the informant, Ram Darash<\/p>\n<p>Tiwari, Bhagirathi Yadav, Nand Kishore, Hari Prasad and Munni-sister of<\/p>\n<p>the informant. The accused persons then ran away. At the time of the<\/p>\n<p>incident electric light was available at the door of the informant. This was<\/p>\n<p>the third part of the incident.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      Leaving the dead body of his father at the door, the informant went to<\/p>\n<p>the Police Station, and lodged the F.I.R. resulting in registering of the case.<\/p>\n<p>Investigation was taken up by Tota Ram Gupta (PW-13). It may also be<\/p>\n<p>related here that the injuries of Subhash Tiwari (PW 2), Virendra and Devi<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                          5<\/span><br \/>\nPandey (PW-5) were examined on 7.7.1978 at 10.45 P.M., 10.55 P.M. and<\/p>\n<p>11.05 P.M. respectively by Dr. J.N. Thakur (PW 8).<\/p>\n<p>      After completion of investigation charge sheet was filed and the<\/p>\n<p>accused persons faced trial as they denied accusations.<\/p>\n<p>      Thirteen witnesses were examined to further prosecution version.<\/p>\n<p>The trial Court held that the accused persons were entitled to acquittal as the<\/p>\n<p>witnesses examined did not establish the accusations. An appeal was filed<\/p>\n<p>questioning the acquittal.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      The High Court found that PWs 1, 4 and 6 who are eye witnesses<\/p>\n<p>clearly established the accusations. It also found that the source of light was<\/p>\n<p>mentioned in the FIR. Accordingly, the acquittal was set aside and appeal<\/p>\n<p>was allowed qua the present appellant.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      It was noted that the appeal had abated in respect of accused Sarvjeet,<\/p>\n<p>Om Prakash, Raj Kishore and Awadh Narain who died during the pendency<\/p>\n<p>of the appeal. The acquittal recorded for the remaining accused persons<\/p>\n<p>namely, Indrajeet, Jagdish, Ram Narain, Durga Prasad and Raj Banshi<\/p>\n<p>Tewari was maintained.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                           6<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>4.    Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the aspects<\/p>\n<p>highlighted by the trial Court to record acquittal should not have been upset<\/p>\n<p>by the High Court when the view taken by the trial Court was not perverse<\/p>\n<p>and was a possible view.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>5.    Learned counsel for the respondent -State on the other hand<\/p>\n<p>supported the judgment of the High Court.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>6.    The various aspects which weighed with the trial Court to record<\/p>\n<p>acquittal and which weighed with the High Court to record conviction need<\/p>\n<p>to be noted.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>7.    The first circumstance highlighted by the trial Court related to the<\/p>\n<p>written report i.e. FIR. It noted as follow:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>            An FIR has been lodged at the P.S. after deliberation and<br \/>\n      consultation including that of police and does not appear to<br \/>\n      have been prepared by the informant only, on his own showing<br \/>\n      and showing and contained twisted and false version of<br \/>\n      occurrence and was also ante timed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>             That incident took place about 7.30 p.m. on 7.7.1978 and<br \/>\n      the written report was prepared and lodged at P.S. at 8.20 p.m.<br \/>\n      even when the occurrence itself had taken place at three<br \/>\n      different places in quick succession of each other and had taken<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                         7<\/span><br \/>\nabout half an hour or so in all even when the P.S. was 1= k.m.<br \/>\nfar from the place of occurrence.\n<\/p>\n<p>        That the informant (PW-1) had not even witnessed the<br \/>\noccurrence at first two places but the written report shows as<br \/>\nitself that PW-1 had witnessed the entire occurrence from start<br \/>\nto end at all the three places as because it was written in that<br \/>\nvery fashion.\n<\/p>\n<p>      That in evidence the informant (PW-1) admitted that<br \/>\nneither PW-2 nor PW-3 or any one else as a matter of fact had<br \/>\ntold him the names of the witnesses of the first and second<br \/>\nincidents yet their names do find place in the written report<br \/>\nwhich PW-1 was not able to explain at all.\n<\/p>\n<p>       All the PWs examined including informant PW-1 Brij<br \/>\nRaj Tiwari started changing the time of occurrence at the<br \/>\nstage of evidence as in the FIR the gap was only 50 minutes.<br \/>\nPW-1 says he reached his house at 7.00 p.m. and G.P. Tiwari<br \/>\nwas shot dead within 4-5 minutes showing that the first two<br \/>\nincidents did not take place at 7.30 p.m. Injury to Subhash<br \/>\nTiwari is not mentioned in the GD, Ka-11. Subhash (PW-2)<br \/>\nsays that occurrence took place at 7.15 p.m. at his grocery shop.<br \/>\nKumari Munni (PW-4) and Nand Kishore (PW-6) had not told<br \/>\nany time to IO. In exhibit ka-6 copy of the FIR time of<br \/>\noccurrence is mentioned as 7.45 p.m. In exhibit Ka-14 challan<br \/>\nof dead body, the time is 7.45 p.m. In the inquest report there<br \/>\nis overwriting about time. In exhibit ka-6 to ka-9 the letters<br \/>\nwritten for medical examination of injured there is no crime<br \/>\nnumber or sections of crime mentioned. This shows ante<br \/>\ntiming.\n<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand the High Court noted as follows:<\/p>\n<p>The Trial judge had on justification to criticize the F.I.R as being<br \/>\ntoo prompt.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                       8<\/span><br \/>\n      FIR was lodged by PW-1 on getting information of the first two<br \/>\n      parts of the incident from his brothers Subhash (PW-2) and<br \/>\n      Mahasarey (PW-3) and there was nothing wrong in including<br \/>\n      full particulars of those two parts of the incidents. Rather by<br \/>\n      giving details of earlier parts in the FIR it appears to be a<br \/>\n      genuine document ringing of spontaneity. Cloud could not be<br \/>\n      imported on the 3rd part of the incident.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>8.    The second circumstance relates to the medical evidence qua the food<\/p>\n<p>contents. The trial court found as follows:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>             That semi digested food (rice, dal, mango) were found in<br \/>\n      the stomach of Guru Prasad which showed and suggested that<br \/>\n      at least 2 to 2 = hours prior to his death, the deceased must<br \/>\n      have taken the meals and if occurrence had taken place at 7.30<br \/>\n      p.m. the deceased must have died at about 5.30 which was no<br \/>\n      body case.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>             According to the post mortem examination report the<br \/>\n      injury No.1 could be caused by a bomb which appears to be<br \/>\n      wrong because the doctor had also mentioned in the report as<br \/>\n      well as stated in evidence that the wound showed blacking and<br \/>\n      tattooing, which was not possible in case it was caused by<br \/>\n      bomb.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>            That the doctor also admitted when cross examined that<br \/>\n      he had not consulted any ballistic expert and deceased could be<br \/>\n      injured in a sleeping condition also and wads are generally<br \/>\n      found in gun.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>             That he did not find any pieces of glass, nails or metallic<br \/>\n      in the injury No.1 of the deceased and he could not give any<br \/>\n      definite opinion as to whether injury No.1 could be caused by<br \/>\n      gun shot on the head from a close range nor he could give<br \/>\n      definite opinion if it caused by bomb blast.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                           9<\/span><\/p>\n<p>9.    The High Court&#8217;s findings relating to medical evidence are as<\/p>\n<p>follows:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>            High Court did not agree with the trial Judge that the<br \/>\n      time of the incident was rendered doubtful because of the<br \/>\n      stomach contents of the deceased.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>            That the gist is that the state of stomach found at the time<br \/>\n      of medical examination is not a safe guide for determining the<br \/>\n      time of occurrence because that would be a matter of<br \/>\n      speculation.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>             That the trial court was not justified in doubting the time<br \/>\n      of incident on the basis of stomach contents of the deceased.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>             That the trial Judge wrongly held that the ante mortem<br \/>\n      injury No.1 of the deceased was not caused by bomb instead it<br \/>\n      was caused by gunshot.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>           That the blackening and tattooing around the skin did not<br \/>\n      mean that it was not a blast injury nor did the recovery of two<br \/>\n      wadding places from the lacerated brain tissues negate it to be a<br \/>\n      bomb blast injury.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>             However, under the stress of cross examination doctor<br \/>\n      (PW-7) stated that he had not taken the opinion of Ballistic<br \/>\n      Expert and could not definitely say whether ante mortem<br \/>\n      injury No.1 was caused by bomb blast or gunshot.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>10.   The third aspect related to the presence of source of light. The trial<\/p>\n<p>court noted as follows:\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                           10<\/span><br \/>\n             That according to the written report the only source of<br \/>\n      light present at the scene of occurrence was that of bulb<br \/>\n      lighted at the door of the house of informant which was<br \/>\n      claimed by the prosecution and report was obtained from the<br \/>\n      Electricity department but even that report was not on record<br \/>\n      nor any one examined from the Electricity Department to prove<br \/>\n      the case.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>11.   On the other hand the High Court&#8217; s finding are as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>             For no good reason the trial Judge doubted the presence<br \/>\n      of light at the spot where the third part of the incident took<br \/>\n      place.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>             In view of the overwhelming evidence on the point of<br \/>\n      light on the spot though the bulb glowing at point &#8220;F&#8221; shown in<br \/>\n      the site plan by the I.O. it hardly affected the prosecution case<br \/>\n      that the bulb was not produced by the prosecution at the trial.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>12.   One of the aspects which weighed with the trial Court related to the<\/p>\n<p>ineffective investigation, if any. The same reads as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>              That even the investigation of this case was tainted from<br \/>\n      start to end on their own showing of the prosecution.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>             That alleged enmity and fired cartridge recovered from<br \/>\n      the road after the occurrence was `Gevelot&#8217; but according to the<br \/>\n      recovery memo it was `Elly&#8217;.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>             That not a single line in the case diary was written by<br \/>\n      I.O. himself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>            The articles recovered from the scene of the occurrence<br \/>\n      were not sent to the police station even next day of occurrence<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                          11<\/span><br \/>\n      and were deposited on 9.7.1978 and all parchas were sent to<br \/>\n      the police office as late as on 2.8.1978 excepting two but why<br \/>\n      they were sent so late was not explained either by prosecution<br \/>\n      or any body examined in this case including I.O.<\/p>\n<p>13.   So far as the analysis of the evidence is concerned the trial court<\/p>\n<p>referred to various aspects:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>            The very fact that the first two incidents are found to be<br \/>\n      not proved and concocted, the 3rd incident could hardly be true,<br \/>\n      especially when FIR is lodged after deliberation and is ante<br \/>\n      time.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>              Brij Raj Tiwari (PW-1) wrote the FIR as if he had seen<br \/>\n      the first two parts of the incidents though he had not<br \/>\n      witnessed the same. This shows the extent to which he can go<br \/>\n      to tell lies. He states that Kumari Munni (PW-4) came out to<br \/>\n      give clothes to him when the father was killed but PW-4<br \/>\n      contradicts him by saying that she came out after hearing the<br \/>\n      alarms. He mentioned in FIR that Raj Kishore had spear but in<br \/>\n      deposition he assigned a gun to him and does not say that<br \/>\n      anyone else had a spear injury to the deceased was not caused<br \/>\n      by bomb at all. PW-1 admits he was ex convict and involved<br \/>\n      in lot of litigations. He says he cannot tell the name of person<br \/>\n      who told him about the first two incident. He had not seen the<br \/>\n      clothes of Subhash Tiwari (PW-2) nor did he know of the<br \/>\n      injury of D.P. Pandey (PW-5) yet he mentions these facts in the<br \/>\n      written report. He says that accused came looking for Subhash<br \/>\n      and not finding him killed the father but none of them tried to<br \/>\n      harm him or other members of family. This is strange.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>             Kumari Munni (PW-4) changes her story about coming<br \/>\n      out of the house on alarm being raised. She admits that her<br \/>\n      mother and other ladies did not come out of the house which<br \/>\n      is strange. She claims that witnesses had come before the<br \/>\n      arrival of the accused which is against prosecution story.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                         12<\/span><\/p>\n<p>             Nand Kishore (PW-6) is a neighbour. He claims he was<br \/>\n      at his door when he heard alarms and on reaching the scene he<br \/>\n      saw the accused were inquiring Subhash and then hurled bomb<br \/>\n      and then fired on the deceased. This is contrary to the versions<br \/>\n      of PW-1 and PW-4 according to whom witnesses were<br \/>\n      already there. He has his own enmity with the accused. He<br \/>\n      says that he stood at north western side of the house but did<br \/>\n      not go to the door of Brij Raj Tiwari but in his statement he<br \/>\n      says he went to the door of Brij Raj Tiwari. He says that<br \/>\n      deceased went a little on the western side after being injured<br \/>\n      and fell down there near the road. This is nobody&#8217;s case. He<br \/>\n      says that he did not talk with the informant nor did he see him<br \/>\n      doing anything.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>14.   The analysis made by the High Court does not suffer from any<\/p>\n<p>infirmity. On the contrary, the trial Court&#8217;s judgment proceeded on surmises<\/p>\n<p>and conjectures and was based on totally inappropriate appreciation of the<\/p>\n<p>evidence.   Relevant aspects were not considered and irrelevant aspects<\/p>\n<p>were taken into account. Therefore, the High Court was justified in<\/p>\n<p>recording conviction.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>15.   The appeal is without merit and is dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>                                         &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.J.<br \/>\n                                         (Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT)<\/p>\n<p>                                         &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.J.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                              13<\/span><br \/>\n                 (ASOK KUMAR GANGULY)<\/p>\n<p>New Delhi,<br \/>\nApril 22, 2009<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                        14<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Ram Narayan vs State Of U.P on 22 April, 2009 Author: . A Pasayat Bench: Arijit Pasayat, Asok Kumar Ganguly REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICITON CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1339 OF 2005 Ram Narayan &#8230;Appellant Versus State of U.P. &#8230;Respondent JUDGMENT Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. 1. 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