{"id":132536,"date":"2008-06-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/h-m-manja-so-muthali-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-19-june-2008"},"modified":"2014-09-19T18:45:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T13:15:23","slug":"h-m-manja-so-muthali-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-19-june-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/h-m-manja-so-muthali-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-19-june-2008","title":{"rendered":"H.M.Manja S\/O Muthali vs The State Of Karnataka on 19 June, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
H.M.Manja S\/O Muthali vs The State Of Karnataka on 19 June, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: K.Ramanna<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT or KARNATAKA AT  \n\n1\n\nDATED THIS THE 19% DAY 01%' JUNE,  :1     ~\n\nBEFORE   \n\nTHE HUMBLE MR.JUSFIf3\u00a7EF;_\"I*~1f\u00a7h4i2%P:5\u00a5*V:'f'  \n\nCRIMINAL APPEA}L',AfO.  \n\nBETWEEN:\n\nAN 13.;\n\nH M  _\nS] 0 _' ._\nCh\ufb01\u00e9wdilf'\n\nAppellants\n\n VV  Sri Nataraj Ballal, Adv.)\n\n\" ~ ..  \"The 'of Karnataka\n'  Somwarpct RS.\n\n. Rcspondcnt\n\n(By Sri H Hanumanthamyappa, HCGF5\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\noifcnec punishable under Section 498--A and LD fat'\n\nof $13, they shall undergo SJ for a pcriod of   _  \n\nfurther sentencing them to   \n\nyears and to pay \ufb01ne of Rs\u00a2,.2,00() i~.g   \n\npunishabk under Sacha' I1 306 and I'll}  \ufb01ne V\n\nto undergo SJ ibr a     is V\ufb01zrthcr cmzicrod\nthat both the \n2.   tV1_1-5: appciiant is that the\nCouit :;;$lQta1;pnx:iatcd the cvieicncc\nplaced  ...;)1:t. r\u00a2f:V{3 11'1:;-.. witnesses have not\n\nsuppo1'tcd\"'*\ufb02__1e \"g*cSVpondcnt~prosccuiion; the dying\n\ndmgagaaan  tgigavg been made by the deceased is totally\n\n the victim does not speak anything about\n\nA  The trial Court has wrongly come to the\n\ncon\"clusi;:\u00a7rn~.AiE1Aconvic\ufb01ng appellants 1 and 2. P.W.9 has\n\n   that person who has su\ufb01bztd 95\u00b0\/6 burns\n\n _ \" not speak and that 114;': would know: his conscious and\n\nVM    would be in a state of shock but the trial Court uttcrly\n\nV' faikzd to take into cmnsiicm\ufb01on the admissions mad: by the\n\n*5 \n\n \n\n\n\nAccused No.3 but convicted Accused Nos.i andWE\u00a3'--V\n\nafoztrsaid offences.\n\n5. It is argucd by the leamcdv  u\n\nthat though the prosecution     the \" V\n\ncharges levelled agains\ufb01   (301111\nwzmngly convicted the  Qinovc said o\u00e9hnces.\nP.Ws.3 and 4  afr\u00e9   \ufb01arcnts of the\ndeceased     wen if thcir\ndaugh\u00a71 \"1 wdli:,.   V to P.w.3 regarding\n  her mother-in--law and her\nsister~in\u00a7}aw\u00a5. \u00bb   czarlicr campiaixlt has bean\n\n The  \ufb02as not examined any ncighbourcrs\n\n  the \u00a353:-sion of the 1=.w.3 and 4 and non.\n\n -tjic chit\/letter if any handed over by the\n\ndcg:,~uascg1~ m j%&;i.Tws.3 and 4 one week pm: to her suicaidai\n\nH wouki have produced the same bcfom the trial\n\nV'   Even that is lot of improvement] omissions it: the\n\n  mg\ufb01idenec of P.Ws.3 and 4 to show that dufmg the life time of\n\n the deceased Ncthra the appellants 1 and 2 havc hazzasscd\n\n1 ,2\":\n\n \n\n\n\nIO\naside. It is further argued that other p1*&ut:.ion witnesses\n\nexamined have not supported the case of the \n\nShow that the appellant who are innosxznt of  .\n\ntherefore, the order of conviction    \" *\n\nimproper appreciation of the    \n\nHence, prays that the appee}  By    >\n\norder passed by the trial Court. \n\n6.    appcanhg for\nthe  P.ws.3 and 4 am the\nof.___  cvisdencac has not been\n M  put to P.Ws.3 and 4 that\n\nthe    a position to make her statement or\n\n      they reached the hospital. The\n\n EV\ufb01V'i;?.'$\/II)r.VenIcatear;l1 corroborates the evidence\n\nP.\\\u00a7s.~1.}Fa1id 11, who recoxded the dying declaration\n\nis. ' It is argued that even if vicam suffers std dame\n\n   (i.e., 9% of burns) wouid survive for more than 24\n\n   But in the instant case, the deceased Nethra sustam' ed\n\n burns on 12\/3\/2005 at about 9.50 am. in the house of the\n\n \n\n\n\nthem. It is argued that no case is free \ufb01wom  1 V'\n\nand contradictions. Hence, prays fordis:nis7'_a:#i u u\n\n7. Havmg' heard the arglm   ' . \n\nappearing on both sides     'V V\n\nand order of  s\u00a2:zt.~ii;'c;'*tt;e   arises\n\nfor my cxrmsidcra\ufb01on  the judgment\nand order of    by the tr1al'\nCourt agaixi\u00e9t    incmrcct and illegal?\n\n3,  am that the 1-t appcliant is\nnone ot1:':Ae:: tb.~a1i  of the dcocascd Ncthra. The\n\n3:aar4r\u00a7a'gc_of  .A1_V*' ;ap\u00a7 3:'c11.ant with the deceased took place\n\n  j\u00e9ags  the date of marnagc' . Aocoz\ufb02ing to\n\n  Ncthra. studied' up to S.S.L.C. and it was\n\na\ufb01 Bniar\ufb01agc and out of the wed-lock her daughter\n\n  to a fcmaic child and therefore, the appcllanm\n\n   used to tease her that she has got the child fmm\n\n   rclat\u00e9ons and on that ground they were ill-trcati11g the\n\n dwscd both phyaically and mentally. According to P.W.3,\n\n\n\nE 3*:';'>\"3\u00bb- \"\ufb02y\n\n \n\n\n\n\u00a33\n\none week prior to the suicidal death, her daughter \n\nheuse and informed about the i1l~treatmcnt mcteci.   .\n\nthat effect a chit is said to have     u V'\n\nconlplam 111' g about her inxlaws  isatlx\" \n\nhas not beer: handed overvhtz-\u00ab..__P.W;\u00a3-1 'whoev mu\"' : \ufb02ee \n\nstatement of P.Ws.3 and 4.    of the\ndeceased Nethra dcpg-;;\u00a2d_   H that on\n12\/3\/2005 at 1090 a.n;,_   No.1 cmnc\nto their   than daughter Nethra\nherself  hef and set \ufb01re and due to\nwhich     and she was taken to\n\nthe hqspitelet  After hearring the same, himself\n\n  his  to the hospital and \ufb01mnd their\n\n  had sustained burn injuries on various\n\n and she was talking and time was about\n\n 1o.3\u00e9   to him, he enquired with her and in\n\nu as\u00e9hewhold that accused Has] to 3 gave illmeatment to\n\n-'   asked her to go out of their house we! thcrefmr: she\n\nT   not tolerate the ill~t1eatment mid therefore, she herself\n\n. \/.\n\n \n\n\n\n  it  Vim: ..ji6  that on the guise of gving oompia\ufb01lt\n\nI '   between them and the accused were\n marriage was not pcxfoxmod in accordance\n  customs ptcvaiiing in their commnznity. Even the\n\n  of the appellant have not given any consent for\n\non moon! through any other indcpcndcnt  u  \n15* appeliant had married to \nFurther, P.W.3 in her evidence   '   \nhusband going to the housa-:V<)3'7%j'?:a.\u00e9':\u00a7c<:11s.,u:\ufb02:A1c inquest make conducted over the am\n\n  zP...--'JtVs.5 and 7 are the persons who are alleged to have\n\n  accused appellant gving ill--~t1mm3ez1t to the\n\n  i  but on perusal of their ev\ufb01dencxz, it clearly indicates\n\n that they do not know anything if 1\" appe\ufb01ant had given ill-\n\n'? 5'?\n -\n<\/pre>\n
,7.\n<\/p>\n
jupper limb). If she had not sustained
\n en he1*,I\u00a7’ands or fmgcrs P.W.11 ought to have taken
\n deceased on Ex.P.13. But in Ex.P.13 a small
\n‘. egpmssien has been taken which entertain a doubt in<\/p>\n
 of the Court whether she was in a \ufb01t condition to<\/p>\n
20<\/span><\/p>\n
worthwhile has been elicited form their  _
\ncaonvic\ufb01on but the hial Court has    ‘
\nccnnclusion in convicting the
\npunishable under Scctkm 498-_A   of
\nthe Taiuka Executive  eeide”au\u00a3\u00a7p\u00a7\u00a7:;’%$\u00a7c:}V:~ the V’<\/p>\n
am body of Nethra b\u00a3:”iween.V’4″‘t\ufb01Ve.:5  on ‘1’2\/smoos is<\/p>\n
not much   ” have not
\ndisputed about the.  gf     admissicms
\nmade by    noticed only
\nsupex\ufb01acial bexne No.2 discloses that
\napart from bue*\ufb01sL  she had also sustained
\nbums ovegftlze.   limb except dorsum. Ii:
\n   had sxmiained super\ufb01cial<\/p>\n
bmiis;  (95% of the burns over the body<\/p>\n
2% ya<\/p>\n
gr\ufb01w… .\n<\/p>\n
42″”\n<\/p>\n
“e<\/p>\n
make a statement before RW. 11 in   33;,<\/p>\n
c.w.1\/Dnpmsad, who is said to have  K <\/p>\n
was in a \ufb01t condition to make a :efefeme1i’\u00a7,  <\/p>\n
trial Court has not pmpe\ufb02y appzeeiateii    theV <\/p>\n
pmsecu\ufb01on placed on  V.  Wwrong<\/p>\n
oonch1s1on’ that the de%2:e:ased.V_  2  seicidc on<\/p>\n
account of    both physically
\nand menialiy\ufb02     suicide on a broad
\nday   of the accused. The
\nadm.ise\u00a7ien’*   4 cfwclosacs that police took<\/p>\n
the  i\ufb01c; station fmm the hospital which<\/p>\n
_ \ufb01lziicatee’ the aplic\ufb02ants have mwc successful<\/p>\n
    the injured to the hospital to provide<\/p>\n
  airy the appellants have committed an<\/p>\n
aff\u00e9ixgg, wouid not have shiftm her to hospital and<\/p>\n
H H ‘A  Jwoaxuld  ahsconded fmm the place of incident. Therefore,<\/p>\n
  t1_ie– pifesence of the appellants in the hospital on that day<\/p>\n
  wdiiscloses that then: was no il1–1:n:atme11t meted out to the<\/p>\n
V deceased. Apart from that there is no mriier compiaint \ufb01led<\/p>\n
 .3<\/p>\n
 ofdefefv and sentence passed by the tr-gal”
\n  appellants 1 and 2 is hereby set aside.
\n 1 and ‘2 are acquitiaed of the charges levelled
\n   for an offence under Seetzizzrn 498-15, 306 11W 34<\/p>\n
 ‘   The bail bond and surety bond ifany executed by<\/p>\n
either by the deceased or by P.Ws.3 and 4
\ntreatment meted out to her by the appellants.
\nmarina’ ge of the appeflazm: N91 if any has  u<\/p>\n
before the Court. Therefore,   1  _<\/p>\n
\ufb01nd any good reasons to weep} thevA:eoereIed..byEthe
\ntrial Court. In fact, a close   evidence of
\nthe pmsezcution    that
\nbecause of the   out to
\nthe   ”   suicide.\n<\/p>\n
Hence, the :o__rde_,-.~–  s\u00e9entexzee pasmd by the
\ntrial Court is   and the same is<\/p>\n
\ufb01able to 1)}:-f:’set.asieie; .,  V’ ‘<\/p>\n
 V   = reasons, the appeal is allowed.<\/p>\n
,3″ ..\n<\/p>\n
1′<\/p>\n
them shail stand camzrelicd. Fins: amount if any  <\/p>\n
the appellants shall be refunded to them.<\/p>\n
*sp\/ mvs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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BETWEEN: AN 13.; H M _ S] 0 _’ ._ Ch\ufb01\u00e9wdilf’ Appellants VV Sri Nataraj […]<\/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":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nH.M.Manja S\/O Muthali vs The State Of Karnataka on 19 June, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/h-m-manja-so-muthali-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-19-june-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"H.M.Manja S\/O Muthali vs The State Of Karnataka on 19 June, 2008 - 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