{"id":137171,"date":"2008-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sugathan-babu-bau-vs-state-of-kerala-on-14-november-2008"},"modified":"2016-01-03T07:36:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T02:06:30","slug":"sugathan-babu-bau-vs-state-of-kerala-on-14-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sugathan-babu-bau-vs-state-of-kerala-on-14-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"Sugathan Babu @ Bau vs State Of Kerala on 14 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Sugathan Babu @ Bau vs State Of Kerala on 14 November, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl.Rev.Pet.No. 3762 of 2007()\n\n\n1. SUGATHAN BABU @ BAU\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.J.JAYAKUMAR\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR\n\n Dated :14\/11\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                 M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR, J.\n                   ...........................................\n                 CRL.R.P.NO. 3762 OF 2007\n                   ............................................\n     DATED THIS THE          14th       DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2008\n\n                                  ORDER\n<\/pre>\n
      Revision petitioner was convicted and sentenced for the<\/p>\n
offence under Section 457 and 379 of IPC by Additional Chief<\/p>\n
Judicial Magistrate, Thiruvananthapuram in C.C.380 of 1993.<\/p>\n
Conviction was confirmed by Additional Sessions Judge,<\/p>\n
Thiruvananthapuram in Crl.A.516 of 1998. Revision petition is<\/p>\n
filed challenging the conviction and sentence. Prosecution case<\/p>\n
was that PW1 and his wife PW2 were sleeping in their house on<\/p>\n
10.1.1991 along with their children. On that night, revision<\/p>\n
petitioner snatched the chain worn by their daughter aged 1 =<\/p>\n
years and thereby committed the offence under Section 457 and<\/p>\n
379 IPC. PW8, Sub Inspector of Pettah police station arrested<\/p>\n
petitioner from Pulayannarkotta Hospital compound at about 10<\/p>\n
pm on 12.11.1991 in Crime 64 of 1991. When PW8 questioned<\/p>\n
revision petitioner, on the information furnished by revision<\/p>\n
petitioner and as led by revision petitioner, PW8 reached the<\/p>\n
jewellery shop of PW3 at Paravoor. PW3 produced MO1 gold<\/p>\n
chain sold by revision petitioner and purchased by PW3. After<\/p>\n
preparing Ext.P1 mahazar, in the presence of PW4, MO1 was<\/p>\n
CRRP 3762\/2007                  2<\/span><\/p>\n
recovered. On reaching Pettah police station, PW8 prepared<\/p>\n
Ext.P3 F.I.R and registered Crime 118 of 1991. As the theft was<\/p>\n
committed within the jurisdiction of Medical College police<\/p>\n
station, F.I.R was transferred to Medical College police station<\/p>\n
PW5 Head Constable prepared Ext.P4 F.I.R         and registered<\/p>\n
Crime 383 of 1991. After completing the investigation, charge<\/p>\n
was laid before learned Chief Judicial Magistrate. Petitioner<\/p>\n
pleaded not guilty. Prosecution examined Pws 1 to 8 and marked<\/p>\n
Exts.P1 to P4 and identified MO1. Petitioner did not adduce any<\/p>\n
evidence.\n<\/p>\n
      2.   On the evidence, learned Magistrate found the<\/p>\n
petitioner guilty and convicted and sentenced him to rigorous<\/p>\n
imprisonment for two years each for the offences under Section<\/p>\n
379 and 457 IPC. A fine of Rs.1000\/- in addition to the sentence<\/p>\n
of imprisonment for the offence under Section 457 IPC was also<\/p>\n
awarded. Petitioner challenged the conviction before Sessions<\/p>\n
Court, Thiruvananthapuram in Crl.A.516 of 1998.         Learned<\/p>\n
Additional Sessions Judge, on reappreciation of evidence,<\/p>\n
confirmed the conviction but modified the sentence to rigorous<\/p>\n
imprisonment for one year each. Revision petition is filed<\/p>\n
challenging the conviction and sentence.\n<\/p>\n
CRRP 3762\/2007                    3<\/span><\/p>\n
     3. Case of revision petitioner is that courts below did not<\/p>\n
properly appreciate the evidence and the identification of MO1<\/p>\n
as a stolen article should not have been accepted. It was<\/p>\n
contended that due to the inconsistencies in the evidence of Pws<\/p>\n
3 and 4, with regard to the nature of the chain, courts below<\/p>\n
should have found that it is not the stolen article and in any case,<\/p>\n
based on MO1, petitioner cannot be convicted. It is therefore<\/p>\n
contended that conviction and sentence is not sustainable.<\/p>\n
     4.     Learned Public Prosecutor argued that learned<\/p>\n
Magistrate and learned Sessions Judge appreciated the evidence<\/p>\n
in the proper perspective. It was pointed out that MO1 gold<\/p>\n
chain is proved to be the stolen article by the evidence of Pws 1<\/p>\n
and 2 and there is no reason to disbelieve their evidence. It was<\/p>\n
also argued that evidence of PW3 establishes that MO1 was sold<\/p>\n
to him by the revision petitioner and evidence of PW8 establishes<\/p>\n
that MO1 was recovered only on the information furnished by<\/p>\n
the revision petitioner. It is therefore argued that conviction and<\/p>\n
sentence is perfectly legal.\n<\/p>\n
     5. Learned Magistrate and learned Sessions Judge<\/p>\n
appreciated the evidence of Pws 1 and 2 and found their<\/p>\n
evidence credible and reliable. Evidence of PW1 corroborated by<\/p>\n
CRRP 3762\/2007                   4<\/span><\/p>\n
PW2 establish that on the night of 10.1.1991, PW2, the mother<\/p>\n
along with the minor daughter were sleeping and during night<\/p>\n
somebody had snatched the gold chain from the neck of the<\/p>\n
minor daughter. Pws 1 and 2 identified MO1 as the gold chain<\/p>\n
snatched from the neck of the minor daughter on that night.<\/p>\n
Though Pws 1 and 2 were cross examined, nothing was brought<\/p>\n
out to disbelieve their evidence. The fact that evidence of PW1<\/p>\n
that he had lodged a complaint on the next day was not<\/p>\n
supported by any material, is insufficient to disbelieve the<\/p>\n
evidence of theft or identification of MO1 as the stolen article.<\/p>\n
Courts below rightly accepted their evidence with regard to theft<\/p>\n
as well as identity of MO1 as a stolen article.\n<\/p>\n
     6. Evidence of PW8 establish that petitioner was arrested<\/p>\n
on the night of 11.11.1991 as he was found within the compound<\/p>\n
of Pulayannarkotta Hospital. Evidence of PW8 also establishes<\/p>\n
that when petitioner was questioned, on the information<\/p>\n
furnished by petitioner, MO1 was recovered from PW3. That<\/p>\n
evidence of PW8 is fully supported by the evidence of PW3 which<\/p>\n
is further corroborated by Ext.P1 recovery mahazar, a<\/p>\n
contemporaneous record prepared at the time of recovery.<\/p>\n
Evidence of PW3 establishes that MO1 gold chain was sold to<\/p>\n
CRRP 3762\/2007                  5<\/span><\/p>\n
him by the revision petitioner in January 1991 and he purchased<\/p>\n
it from revision petitioner. Though PW3 was cross examined,<\/p>\n
with regard to the availability of the record showing purchase,<\/p>\n
PW3 deposed that he is not maintaining any record. It cannot be<\/p>\n
believed that PW3 would produce a gold chain weighing about 4<\/p>\n
gms and thereby suffer a loss       just to oblige the police, as<\/p>\n
canvassed by revision petitioner. PW4, the employee of PW3 also<\/p>\n
corroborated the evidence. Evidence of Pws 3 and 4 together<\/p>\n
establish that MO1 which is proved to be the stolen article, was<\/p>\n
in the possession of revision petitioner soon after the theft and<\/p>\n
was sold to PW3 and was later recovered by PW8 on the<\/p>\n
information furnished by revision petitioner. As possession of<\/p>\n
MO1 with PW3 was known exclusively to revision petitioner, the<\/p>\n
evidence of PW8 as to how MO1 was recovered, definitely<\/p>\n
connects revision petitioner with the theft. Therefore conviction<\/p>\n
of petitioner for the offence under Section 379 IPC is perfectly<\/p>\n
legal.\n<\/p>\n
      7. But the question is whether there is evidence to prove<\/p>\n
that revision petitioner committed the offence under Section 457<\/p>\n
IPC as found by the courts below. Section 457 IPC provides<\/p>\n
punishment for lurking house trespass. Under the section,<\/p>\n
CRRP 3762\/2007                    6<\/span><\/p>\n
whoever commits lurking house trespass by night, or house<\/p>\n
breaking by night, in order to commit an offence punishable with<\/p>\n
imprisonment, shall be punishable for the sentence provided<\/p>\n
therein. Section 454 make lurking house trespass or house<\/p>\n
breaking punishable.     Under Section 451, whoever commits<\/p>\n
house trespass in order to commit an offence is punishable as<\/p>\n
provided therein. Lurking house trespass is defined under<\/p>\n
Section 443 IPC as whoever commits house trespass having<\/p>\n
taken precautions to conceal such house trespass from some<\/p>\n
person, who has a right to exclude or eject the trespasser from<\/p>\n
the building tent or vessel, which is the subject of house<\/p>\n
trespass. Under Section 442 IPC, house trespass is defined as<\/p>\n
whoever commits criminal trespass by entering into or<\/p>\n
remaining in any building, tent or vessel used as a human<\/p>\n
dwelling or any building used as a place of worship, or as a place<\/p>\n
for the custody of property. House breaking is defined under<\/p>\n
Section 445. A person is said to commit house breaking who<\/p>\n
commits house trespass, if he effects his entrance into the house<\/p>\n
or any part of it in any of the six ways provided therein. Section<\/p>\n
446 provides house breaking by night. Therefore in order to<\/p>\n
convict petitioner for an offence under Section 457, there should<\/p>\n
CRRP 3762\/2007                  7<\/span><\/p>\n
be conclusive evidence to prove that petitioner committed a<\/p>\n
house trespass by night or house breaking by night. Except the<\/p>\n
fact that Pws 1 and 2 were inside the house and their minor<\/p>\n
daughter was sleeping along with PW2, there is no evidence to<\/p>\n
prove that revision petitioner had entered into the house or<\/p>\n
remained in the building so as to constitute a house trespass as<\/p>\n
provided under Section 442 IPC. Evidence of Pws 1 and 2 only<\/p>\n
show that the thief had committed theft by snatching the chain<\/p>\n
from outside through the window. Therefore on the failure of the<\/p>\n
prosecution to establish that revision petitioner either entered<\/p>\n
into the house or remained in the house or committed any house<\/p>\n
breaking as provided under Section 445, conviction for the<\/p>\n
offence under Section 457 IPC is not sustainable and can only be<\/p>\n
set aside.\n<\/p>\n
     8.    Then the question is whether sentence warrants<\/p>\n
interference. An offence under Section 379 IPC is punishable<\/p>\n
with imprisonment which may extend to three years or fine or<\/p>\n
both. Learned Sessions Judge modified the sentence to rigorous<\/p>\n
imprisonment for one year. As petitioner is not a first offender<\/p>\n
and was also convicted in another case, he is not entitled to get<\/p>\n
the benefit of Probation of Offender’s Act or any interference in<\/p>\n
CRRP 3762\/2007                    8<\/span><\/p>\n
the sentence.\n<\/p>\n
      9. Revision petition is allowed in part. Conviction of<\/p>\n
petitioner for the offence under Section 457 IPC is set aside.<\/p>\n
Petitioner is found not guilty of the said offence and is acquitted.<\/p>\n
Conviction of petitioner and the sentence for the offence under<\/p>\n
Section 379 IPC is confirmed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                           M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR, JUDGE<\/p>\n
lgk\/-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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