{"id":117549,"date":"2010-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vs-state-of-kerala-anr-on-8-february-2010"},"modified":"2017-09-04T01:00:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T19:30:31","slug":"vs-state-of-kerala-anr-on-8-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vs-state-of-kerala-anr-on-8-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"========================================= vs State Of Kerala & Anr on 8 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n
========================================= vs State Of Kerala & Anr on 8 February, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: Z.K.Saiyed,&Nbsp;<\/div>\n
   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nCR.A\/1316\/2009\t 8\/ 9\tJUDGMENT \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nCRIMINAL\nAPPEAL No. 1316 of 2009\n \n\n \n \nFor\nApproval and Signature:  \n \n\n\n \n\n \nHONOURABLE\nMR.JUSTICE Z.K.SAIYED  \n \n\n\n \n\n \n=========================================\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n1\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tReporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n2\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nTo\n\t\t\tbe referred to the Reporter or not ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n3\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\ttheir Lordships wish to see the fair copy of the judgment ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n4\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tthis case involves a substantial question of law as to the\n\t\t\tinterpretation of the constitution of India, 1950 or any order\n\t\t\tmade thereunder ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n5\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tit is to be circulated to the civil judge ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n=========================================\n \n\nOLNO\nDISTRIBUTORS,THRO'BHARATKUMAR SHAMBHULAL POPAT(THAKKAR) \n\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT & 1 \n\n \n\n========================================= \nAppearance\n: \nMR PRATIK B BAROT for\nAppellant \nMR AJ DESAI ADDL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Respondent\nNo.1 \nMR MAHESH K POOJARA for Respondent\nNo.2 \n=========================================\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE Z.K.SAIYED\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 08\/02\/2010 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nJUDGMENT<\/pre>\n
[1]\tThe
\npresent appeal, under section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
\n1973, is directed against the judgment and order of acquittal dated
\n27.05.2003 passed by the learned Principal and Judicial Magistrate,
\nFirst Class, Radhanpur  in Criminal Case No.632 of 2003, whereby the
\naccused has been acquitted of the charges leveled against him.\n<\/p>\n
[2]\tThe
\nbrief facts of the prosecution case are that  the appellant
\noriginal complainant  was running a wholesale medical business at
\nRadhanpur, while the brother of the original complainant was running
\na business in the name and style of Laxmi Medical Store at Palanpur.
\nIt is alleged that through his brother, he came in touch with the
\naccused No.2, who had good relation with his brother, and, therefore,
\naccused No.2 had borrowed sum of Rs.5 Lakhs from the complainant,
\nagainst which the accused No.2 instead of handing over the cash gave
\na cheque of Rs.5 Lakhs dated 16.05.2003. The aforesaid cheque came to
\nbe deposited in the Bank and returned with an endorsement  payment
\nstopped by drawer and account closed . It is alleged that the
\nappellant gave notice dated 23.06.2003 to the accused No.2 under
\nSection 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. It is also alleged
\nthat the accused No.2 even after receiving the notice has not
\nbothered to return the said amount to the appellant. On the basis of
\nwhich a complaint came to be filed against the accused as Criminal
\nCase No.632 of 2003 in the Court of Judicial Magistrate, First Class,
\nRadhanpur.\n<\/p>\n
[3]\tTo
\nprove the case against the present accused, the prosecution has
\nexamined the witnesses  and also produced       documentary evidence.\n<\/p>\n
[4]\tAt
\nthe end of trial,  after recording the statement of the accused under
\nsection 313 of Cr.P.C.,  and hearing arguments on behalf of
\nprosecution and the defence, the  learned Magistrate acquitted the
\nrespondent of all the charges leveled against him by judgment and
\norder dated 27.05.2003.\n<\/p>\n
[5]\tBeing
\naggrieved by and dissatisfied with the aforesaid judgment and order
\npassed by the  Court of Chief Judicial, the appellant  has preferred
\nthe present appeal.\n<\/p>\n
[6]\tHeard
\nMr.Pratik Barot, learned advocate for the appellant, Mr.A. J. Desai,
\nlearned APP for the respondent No.1   State and Mr.Mahesh Poojara,
\nlearned advocate for the respondent No.2.\n<\/p>\n
[7]\tIt
\nwas contended by Mr.Pratik Barot, learned advocate for the appellant
\nthat the judgment and order of the  Court  of Judicial Magistrate,
\nFirst Class is against the provisions of law; the  Court of Judicial
\nMagistrate, First Class has not properly considered the evidence led
\nby the prosecution and looking to the provisions of law itself, it is
\nestablished that the prosecution has proved the whole ingredients of
\nthe evidence against the present respondent. Learned advocate for the
\nappellant has also taken this court  through the oral as well  as the
\nentire documentary evidence. It is submitted by the learned advocate
\nfor the appellant that the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class
\nhas not properly considered the case of the appellant and only due to
\nabsence of the learned advocate and the complainant, the said
\ncomplaint being Criminal Case came to be dismissed by the learned
\nJudicial Magistrate, First Class. Therefore, it is submitted that the
\njudgment and order of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class is
\nrequired to be quashed and set aside.\n<\/p>\n
[8]\tAt
\nthe outset it is required to be noted that the principles which would
\ngovern and regulate the hearing of appeal by this Court against an
\norder of acquittal passed by the trial Court have been very
\nsuccinctly explained by the Apex Court in a catena of decisions. In
\nthe case of
\nM.S. Narayana Menon @ Mani Vs. State of Kerala & Anr, reported in
\n(2006)6 SCC, 39,
\nthe Apex Court has narrated about the powers of the High Court in
\nappeal against the order of acquittal. In para 54 of the decision,
\nthe Apex Court has observed as under:\n<\/p>\n
 54.
\n In any event the High Court entertained an appeal treating to be an
\nappeal against acquittal, it was in fact exercising the revisional
\njurisdiction. Even while exercising an appellate power against a
\njudgment of acquittal, the High Court should have borne in mind the
\nwell-settled principles of law that where two view are possible, the
\nappellate court should not interfere with the finding of acquittal
\nrecorded by the court below.\n<\/p>\n
[9]\tFurther,
\nin the case of Chandrappa
\nVs. State of Karnataka, reported in (2007)4 SCC 415
\nthe Apex Court laid down the following principles:\n<\/p>\n
 42.\tFrom
\nthe above decisions, in our considered view, the following general
\nprinciples regarding powers of the appellate court while dealing with
\nan appeal against an order of acquittal emerge:\n<\/p>\n
[1]\tAn
\nappellate court has full power to review, reappreciate and reconsider
\nthe evidence upon which the order of acquittal is founded.\n<\/p>\n
[2]\tThe
\nCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 puts no limitation, restriction or
\ncondition on exercise of such power and an appellate court on the
\nevidence before it may reach its own conclusion, both on questions of
\nfact and of law.\n<\/p>\n
[3]\tVarious
\nexpressions, such as,  substantial and compelling reasons ,  good
\nand sufficient grounds ,  very strong circumstances ,
\n distorted conclusions ,  glaring mistakes , etc. are not
\nintended to curtain extensive powers of an appellate court in an
\nappeal against acquittal. Such phraseologies are more in the nature
\nof  flourishes of language  to emphasis the reluctance of an
\nappellate court to interfere with acquittal than to curtail the power
\nof the court to review the evidence and to come to its own
\nconclusion.\n<\/p>\n
[4]\tAn
\nappellate court, however, must bear in mind that in case of acquittal
\nthere is double presumption in favour of the accused. Firstly, the
\npresumption of innocence is available to him under the fundamental
\nprinciple of criminal jurisprudence that every person shall be
\npresumed to be innocent unless he is proved guilty by a competent
\ncourt of law. Secondly, the accused having secured his acquittal, the
\npresumption of his innocence is further reinforced, reaffirmed and
\nstrengthened by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n
[5]\tIf
\ntwo reasonable conclusions are possible on the basis of the evidence
\non record, the appellate court should not disturb the finding of
\nacquittal recorded by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n
[10]\tThus,
\nit is a settled principle that while exercising appellate power, even
\nif two reasonable conclusions are possible on the basis of the
\nevidence on record, the appellate court should not disturb the
\nfinding  of acquittal recorded by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n
[11]\tEven
\nin a recent decision of the Apex Court in the case of State
\nof Goa V. Sanjay Thakran & Anr. Reported in (2007)3 SCC 75,
\nthe  Court has reiterated the powers of the High Court in such cases.
\nIn para 16 of the said decision the Court has observed as under:\n<\/p>\n
 16.\tFrom
\nthe aforesaid decisions, it is apparent that while exercising the
\npowers in appeal against the order of acquittal the Court of appeal
\nwould not ordinarily interfere with the order of acquittal unless the
\napproach of the lower Court is vitiated by some manifest illegality
\nand the conclusion arrived at would not be arrived at by any
\nreasonable person and, therefore, the decision is to be characterized
\nas perverse. Merely because two views are possible, the Court of
\nappeal would not take the view which would upset the judgment
\ndelivered by the  Court below. However, the appellate court has a
\npower to review the evidence if it is of the view that the conclusion
\narrived at by the Court below is perverse and the Court has committed
\na manifest error of law and ignored the material evidence on record.
\nA duty is cast upon the appellate court, in such circumstances, to
\nre-appreciate the evidence to arrive to a just decision on the basis
\nof material placed on record to find out whether any of the accused
\nis connected with the commission of the crime he is charged with.\n<\/p>\n
[12]\tSimilar
\nprinciple has been laid down by the Apex  Court  in the cases of
\nState of
\nUttar Pradesh Vs. Ram Veer Singh & Ors, reported in 2007 AIR SCW
\n5553 and
\nin Girja
\nPrasad (Dead) by LRs
\nVs. state of MP, reported in 2007 AIR SCW 5589.
\nThus, the powers which this Court may exercise against an order of
\nacquittal are well settled.\n<\/p>\n
[13]\tIt
\nis also a settled legal position that in acquittal appeal, the
\nappellate court is not required to re-write the judgment or to give
\nfresh reasonings, when the reasons assigned by the Court below are
\nfound to be just and proper. Such principle is laid down by the Apex
\nCourt in the  case of State
\nof Karnataka Vs. Hemareddy, reported in AIR 1981 SC 1417,
\nwherein, it is held as under:\n<\/p>\n
 &
\nThis court has observed
\nin Girija Nandini Devi V. Bigendra Nandini Chaudhary (1967)1 SCR
\n93: (AIR 1967 SC 1124) that it is not the duty of the appellate
\ncourt when it agrees with the view of the trial court on the evidence
\nto repeat the narration of the evidence or to reiterate the reasons
\ngiven by the trial court expression of general agreement with the
\nreasons given by the Court the decision of which is under appeal,
\nwill ordinarily suffice.\n<\/p>\n
[14]\tThus,
\nin case the  appellate court agrees with the reasons and the opinion
\ngiven by the lower court, then the discussion of evidence is not
\nnecessary.\n<\/p>\n
[15]\tI
\nhave gone through the judgment and order passed by the Court of
\nJudicial Magistrate, First Class. I have first perused the rojkam
\nfrom which it appears  that the complaint came to be filed on
\n23.07.2003 against the accused No.2 for the aforesaid offence, being
\nCriminal Case No.632\/2003 and, thereafter, the said case was
\nadjourned to 26.8.2003 and on that very day complainant was absent
\nand accused was present before the Court. Even on 21.10.2003,
\n28.11.2003, 29.12.2003, 31.01.2004, 05.03.2004,  both the parties
\nwere remained absent before the Court of Judicial Magistrate First
\nClass. Then on 20.04.2004, accused was not present before the Court.
\nThereafter, on 04.09.2004, 02.10.2004, 29.11.2004, 15.01.2005 and on
\nother dates of hearing, the complainant remained absent. Even on
\n26.06.2006, 04.08.2006, 19.08.2006, 29.09.2006, 17.11.2006,
\n19.12.2006, 03.02.2007, 23.03.2007, 21.05.2007, 29.07.2007,
\n06.09.2007, 18.10.2007 and on 01.12.2007, 17.01.2008, 27.02.2008,
\n17.04.2008, 10.06.2008, 24.07.2008, 02.09.2008, 07.10.2008,
\n29.01.2009, 06.03.2009, and 17.04.2009, both the parties were not
\npresent before the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class.
\nIn view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, lastly,
\nthe Judicial Magistrate, First Class came to the above conclusion and
\nacquitted the accused No.2. I have also perused the oral as well as
\ndocumentary evidence led by the Court of Judicial Magistrate, First
\nClass and also considered the submissions made by learned advocate
\nfor the appellant. The Court of Judicial Magistrate, First Class has
\nclearly recorded a finding that  the complainant and his Advocate are
\nremaining absent. They have also not produced any evidence seeking
\nthe adjournment and, therefore, it appears that the complainant is
\nnot interested to prosecute his case. Therefore, the trial Court
\ndismissed the complaint and acquitted the accused from the charges
\nlevelled against the accused.\n<\/p>\n
[16]\tLearned
\nadvocate for the appellant is not in a position to show any evidence
\nto take a contrary view of the matter or that the approach of the
\ntrial court is vitiated by some manifest illegality or that the
\ndecision is perverse or that the trial court has ignored the material
\nevidence on record.\n<\/p>\n
[17]\tIn
\nthe above view of the matter, I am of the considered opinion that the
\nCourt of Judicial Magistrate, First Class was completely justified in
\nacquitting the respondent of the charges leveled against him.\n<\/p>\n
[18]\tI
\nfind that the findings recorded by the  Court of Judicial Magistrate,
\nFirst Class are absolutely just and proper and in recording the said
\nfindings, no illegality or infirmity has been committed by it.\n<\/p>\n
[19]\tI
\nam, therefore, in complete agreement with the findings, ultimate
\nconclusion and the resultant order of acquittal recorded by the court
\nbelow and hence find no reasons to interfere with the same. Hence the
\nappeal fails and is hereby dismissed. Bail bond, if any, stands
\ncancelled.\n<\/p>\n
[
\nZ. K. SAIYED,J. ]<\/p>\n
(vijay)<\/p>\n
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