{"id":118642,"date":"2010-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vs-state-of-kerala-anr-on-26-august-2010"},"modified":"2016-08-29T10:06:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T04:36:48","slug":"vs-state-of-kerala-anr-on-26-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vs-state-of-kerala-anr-on-26-august-2010","title":{"rendered":"========================================= vs State Of Kerala &amp; Anr on 26 August, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">========================================= vs State Of Kerala &amp; Anr on 26 August, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Z.K.Saiyed,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   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\/1009\/1993\t 5\/ 7\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. 1009 of 1993\n \n\n \n \nFor\nApproval and Signature:  \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 \n\n \n=========================================\n \n\nTHE\nSTATE OF GUJARAT\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nTRIBHOVAN\nBAKORBHAI VASAVA &amp; 3 \n\n \n\n========================================= \nAppearance\n: \nMS MINI NAIR ADDL. PUBLIC\nPROSECUTOR for Appellant \nNOTICE SERVED for Respondent Nos. 1 -\n4. \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: 26\/08\/2010 \n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\n \nORAL\nJUDGMENT<\/pre>\n<p>[1]\tThe<br \/>\npresent appeal, under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,<br \/>\n1973, is directed against the Judgment and order of acquittal dated<br \/>\n04.11.1993 passed by the learned JMFC, Kalavad, in Criminal Case No.<br \/>\n542 of 1992, whereby the learned Magistrate has acquitted the<br \/>\nrespondents   accused from the charges levelled against them.\n<\/p>\n<p>[2]\tThe<br \/>\nbrief facts of the case of prosecution is that on 14.08.1991 at about<br \/>\n8.30 at Village : Dabhali the accused told the complainant to remove<br \/>\nthe bundal of karatha, but the complainant refused to  remove the<br \/>\nsame. Thereupon, the accused persons abused the complainant and<br \/>\ninflicted the injury by bricks. Therefore, the complainant lodged<br \/>\ncomplaint against the accused   respondents  for the offences<br \/>\npunishable under Sections 323, 504 and 114 of I.P. Code and Section<br \/>\n135 of the Bombay Police Act.  After investigation, the Police filed<br \/>\ncharge-sheet against the accused in the Court of learned Magistrate.\n<\/p>\n<p>[3]\tTo<br \/>\n\tprove the case against the present respondent   accused, the<br \/>\n\tprosecution has examined in all eight witnesses and also produced<br \/>\n\tdocumentary evidence.\n<\/p>\n<p>[4]\tAt<br \/>\n\tthe end of trial, after recording the statement of the accused under<br \/>\n\tSection 313 of Cr.P.C., and after hearing the arguments on behalf of<br \/>\n\tthe prosecution and the defence, the learned Magistrate has<br \/>\n\tacquitted the accused of all the charges levelled against them by<br \/>\n\tjudgment and order dated 25.05.1993 in passed by learned 3rd<br \/>\n\t Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Bharuch in Criminal Case No.41813<br \/>\n\tof 1991.\n<\/p>\n<p>[5]\tBeing<br \/>\n\taggrieved by and dissatisfied with the Judgment and order passed by<br \/>\n\tthe trial Court the appellant   State has preferred the present<br \/>\n\tAppeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>[6]\tI<br \/>\n\thave heard learned A.P.P. Ms.Mini Nair on behalf of the appellant<br \/>\n\tState. I have also gone through the papers and also the Judgment and<br \/>\n\torder of the trial Court. It has been contended by the learned APP<br \/>\n\tthat the Judgment and order of the trial Court is against the<br \/>\n\tprovisions of law; the trial Court has not properly considered the<br \/>\n\tevidence led by the prosecution and looking to the provisions of<br \/>\n\tlaw, it is established that the prosecution has proved all the<br \/>\n\tingredients of the evidence against the present respondents.<br \/>\n\tLearned APP has also taken this Court through the oral as well as<br \/>\n\tthe entire documentary evidence.\n<\/p>\n<p>[7]\tAt<br \/>\n\tthe outset it is required to be noted that the principles which<br \/>\n\twould govern and regulate the hearing of appeal by this Court<br \/>\n\tagainst an order of acquittal passed by the trial Court have been<br \/>\n\tvery succinctly explained by the Apex Court in a catena of<br \/>\n\tdecisions. In the case of<br \/>\n\tM.S. Narayana Menon @ Mani Vs. State of Kerala &amp; Anr, reported<br \/>\n\tin (2006)6 SCC, 39,<br \/>\n\tthe Apex Court has narrated about the powers of the High Court in<br \/>\n\tappeal against the order of acquittal. In para 54 of the decision,<br \/>\n\tthe Apex Court has observed as under:\n<\/p>\n<p> 54.<br \/>\n\t In any event the High Court entertained an appeal treating to be an<br \/>\n\tappeal against acquittal, it was in fact exercising the revisional<br \/>\n\tjurisdiction. Even while exercising an appellate power against a<br \/>\n\tjudgement of acquittal, the High Court should have borne in mind the<br \/>\n\twell-settled principles of law that where two view are possible, the<br \/>\n\tappellate court should not interfere with the finding of acquittal<br \/>\n\trecorded by the court below.\n<\/p>\n<p>[8]\tFurther,<br \/>\n\tin the case of Chandrappa<br \/>\n\tVs. State of Karnataka, reported in (2007)4 SCC 415<br \/>\n\tthe Apex Court laid down the following principles:\n<\/p>\n<p> 42.\tFrom<br \/>\n\tthe above decisions, in our considered view, the following general<br \/>\n\tprinciples regarding powers of the appellate court while dealing<br \/>\n\twith an appeal against an order of acquittal emerge:\n<\/p>\n<p>[1]\tAn<br \/>\nappellate court has full power to review, reappreciate and reconsider<br \/>\nthe evidence upon which the order of acquittal is founded.\n<\/p>\n<p>[2]\tThe<br \/>\nCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 puts no limitation, restriction or<br \/>\ncondition on exercise of such power and an appellate court on the<br \/>\nevidence before it may reach its own conclusion, both on questions of<br \/>\nfact and of law.\n<\/p>\n<p>[3]\tVarious<br \/>\nexpressions, such as,  substantial and compelling reasons ,  good<br \/>\nand sufficient grounds ,  very strong circumstances ,<br \/>\n distorted conclusions ,  glaring mistakes , etc. are not<br \/>\nintended to curtain extensive powers of an appellate court in an<br \/>\nappeal against acquittal. Such phraseologies are more in the nature<br \/>\nof  flourishes of language  to emphasis the reluctance of an<br \/>\nappellate court to interfere with acquittal than to curtail the power<br \/>\nof the court to review the evidence and to come to its own<br \/>\nconclusion.\n<\/p>\n<p>[4]\tAn<br \/>\nappellate court, however, must bear in mind that in case of acquittal<br \/>\nthere is double presumption in favour of the accused. Firstly, the<br \/>\npresumption of innocence is available to him under the fundamental<br \/>\nprinciple of criminal jurisprudence that every person shall be<br \/>\npresumed to be innocent unless he is proved guilty by a competent<br \/>\ncourt of law. Secondly, the accused having secured his acquittal, the<br \/>\npresumption of his innocence is further reinforced, reaffirmed and<br \/>\nstrengthened by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n<p>[5]\tIf<br \/>\ntwo reasonable conclusions are possible on the basis of the evidence<br \/>\non record, the appellate court should not disturb the finding of<br \/>\nacquittal recorded by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n<p>[9]\tThus,<br \/>\n\tit is a settled principle that while exercising appellate power,<br \/>\n\teven if two reasonable conclusions are possible on the basis of the<br \/>\n\tevidence on record, the appellate court should not disturb the<br \/>\n\tfinding  of acquittal recorded by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n<p>[10]\tEven<br \/>\n\tin a recent decision of the Apex Court in the case of State<br \/>\n\tof Goa V. Sanjay Thakran &amp; Anr. Reported in (2007)3 SCC 75,<br \/>\n\tthe  Court has reiterated the powers of the High Court in such<br \/>\n\tcases. In para 16 of the said decision the Court has observed as<br \/>\n\tunder:\n<\/p>\n<p> 16.\tFrom<br \/>\nthe aforesaid decisions, it is apparent that while exercising the<br \/>\npowers in appeal against the order of acquittal the Court of appeal<br \/>\nwould not ordinarily interfere with the order of acquittal unless the<br \/>\napproach of the lower Court is vitiated by some manifest illegality<br \/>\nand the conclusion arrived at would not be arrived at by any<br \/>\nreasonable person and, therefore, the decision is to be characterized<br \/>\nas perverse. Merely because two views are possible, the Court of<br \/>\nappeal would not take the view which would upset the judgement<br \/>\ndelivered by the  Court below. However, the appellate court has a<br \/>\npower to review the evidence if it is of the view that the conclusion<br \/>\narrived at by the Court below is perverse and the Court has committed<br \/>\na manifest error of law and ignored the material evidence on record.<br \/>\nA duty is cast upon the appellate court, in such circumstances, to<br \/>\nre-appreciate the evidence to arrive to a just decision on the basis<br \/>\nof material placed on record to find out whether any of the accused<br \/>\nis connected with the commission of the crime he is charged with.\n<\/p>\n<p>[11]\tSimilar<br \/>\n\tprinciple has been laid down by the Apex  Court in the cases of<br \/>\n\tState of<br \/>\n\tUttar Pradesh Vs. Ram Veer Singh &amp; Ors, reported in 2007 AIR SCW<br \/>\n\t5553 and<br \/>\n\tin Girja<br \/>\n\tPrasad (Dead) by LRs Vs. state of MP, reported in 2007 AIR SCW 5589.<br \/>\n\tThus, the powers which this Court may exercise against an order of<br \/>\n\tacquittal are well settled.\n<\/p>\n<p>[12]\tIt<br \/>\n\tis also a settled legal position that in acquittal appeal, the<br \/>\n\tappellate court is not required to re-write the judgment or to give<br \/>\n\tfresh reasoning, when the reasons assigned by the Court below are<br \/>\n\tfound to be just and proper. Such principle is laid down by the Apex<br \/>\n\tCourt in the  case of State<br \/>\n\tof Karnataka Vs. Hemareddy, reported in AIR 1981 SC 1417<br \/>\n\twherein it is held as under:\n<\/p>\n<p> &amp;<br \/>\nThis court<br \/>\nhas observed in Girija Nandini Devi V. Bigendra Nandini Chaudhary<br \/>\n(1967)1 SCR 93: (AIR 1967 SC 1124) that it is not the duty of the<br \/>\nappellate court when it agrees with the view of the trial court on<br \/>\nthe evidence to repeat the narration of the evidence or to reiterate<br \/>\nthe reasons given by the trial court expression of general agreement<br \/>\nwith the reasons given by the Court the decision of which is under<br \/>\nappeal, will ordinarily suffice.\n<\/p>\n<p>[13]\tThus,<br \/>\n\tin case the  appellate court agrees with the reasons and the opinion<br \/>\n\tgiven by the lower court, then the discussion of evidence is not<br \/>\n\tnecessary.\n<\/p>\n<p>[14]\tI<br \/>\n\thave gone through the judgment and order passed by the trial court.<br \/>\n\tI have also perused the oral as well as documentary evidence led<br \/>\n\tbefore the trial court and also considered the submissions made by<br \/>\n\tlearned Advocate for the appellant.\n<\/p>\n<p>[15]\tThe<br \/>\n\ttrial court has, after appreciating the oral as well as documentary<br \/>\n\tevidence, has found that the witnesses have not supported the case<br \/>\n\tof prosecution. The trial Court has also found that there are<br \/>\n\tserious lacunae in the evidence of the witnesses. Nothing is<br \/>\n\tproduced on record to rebut the concrete findings of the trial<br \/>\n\tCourt.\n<\/p>\n<p>[16]\tThus,<br \/>\n\tthe appellant could not bring home the charge against the respondent<br \/>\n\t  accused in the present Appeal. The prosecution has miserably<br \/>\n\tfailed to prove the charge levelled against the respondent<br \/>\n\taccused.   Thus, from the evidence itself it is established that the<br \/>\n\tprosecution has not proved its case as alleged against the accused<br \/>\n\tbeyond reasonable doubt.\n<\/p>\n<p>[17]\tLearned<br \/>\n\tAPP is not in a position to show any evidence to take a contrary<br \/>\n\tview in the matter or that the approach of the trial court is<br \/>\n\tvitiated by some manifest illegality or that the decision is<br \/>\n\tperverse or that the trial court has ignored the material evidence<br \/>\n\ton record.\n<\/p>\n<p>[18]\tIn<br \/>\n\tabove view of the matter, I am of the considered opinion that the<br \/>\n\ttrial court was completely justified in acquitting the respondents<br \/>\n\tof the charges leveled against them. I find that the findings<br \/>\n\trecorded by the trial court are absolutely just and proper and in<br \/>\n\trecording the said findings, no illegality or infirmity has been<br \/>\n\tcommitted by it.\n<\/p>\n<p>[19]\tI<br \/>\n\tam, therefore, in complete agreement with the findings, ultimate<br \/>\n\tconclusion and the resultant order of acquittal recorded by the<br \/>\n\tcourt below and hence find no reasons to interfere with the same.<br \/>\n\tHence the appeal is hereby dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>[20]\tIn<br \/>\n\tview of above the Appeal is dismissed. Bail bonds, if any, shall<br \/>\n\tstand cancelled. Record &amp; Proceeding may be sent back to the<br \/>\n\ttrial Court.\n<\/p>\n<p>(<br \/>\nZ. K. SAIYED,  J.)<\/p>\n<p>vijay<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court ========================================= vs State Of Kerala &amp; Anr on 26 August, 2010 Author: Z.K.Saiyed,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print CR.A\/1009\/1993 5\/ 7 JUDGMENT IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1009 of 1993 For Approval and Signature: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE Z.K.SAIYED ========================================= 1 Whether Reporters of Local Papers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>========================================= vs State Of Kerala &amp; 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