{"id":1693,"date":"2008-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/venkataramu-vs-state-by-k-r-police-on-10-march-2008"},"modified":"2015-11-03T20:18:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T14:48:58","slug":"venkataramu-vs-state-by-k-r-police-on-10-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/venkataramu-vs-state-by-k-r-police-on-10-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"Venkataramu vs State By K R Police on 10 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Venkataramu vs State By K R Police on 10 March, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: K.Sreedhar Rao Rahim<\/div>\n
1\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\n\nDATED THIS THE 10\"' DAY OF MARCH, 2008\nPRESENT:\nTHE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.SREEDHARHr2\u00a7A0f'j.:\"'Iv..\nAND .   ..\nTHE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE   \n\nCRL. A. No.      \nBETWEEN: : _   \n\n1 VENKATARAMU, S\/O THH1.T\u00a7{i'MAIAH\"~._f\"\nCON--NO.13686,,..CENTRAI_\"PRI-SON *\nMYSORE =~ : *.. z\n\n__ 4'  ~     . APPELLANT\n(BY SRI.;B._v.PINT0;yADv...-- --'*LE'GAL AID)\nAND:    , = V * \"  \n\n1 :'STATET'VBYv%<_:R.P0Lfc.E-- I\n _ _  RESPONDENT\n(By. SR1 c';'H.3'.A'DWav, S.P.P.)\n\n THIS".. CRIMINAL APPEAL IS PREFERRED BY THE\n\n \u00bb APPEL.LA\u00abNT[CQ_NVICT\/ACCUSED THROUGH SUPRDT.,\n" CE.N'3*R__A~L_ PRISON, MYSORE, AGAINST THE JUDGMENT DT.\n\n8A.'i--0'.2OGA4?--._ PASSED BY THE PRL. S.J.,MYSORE IN\nS.r.;.N0,.7,\/_2'_o03 --C0Nv1CT1NG THE APPELLANT \/ CONVICT \/\nAcCUS'E_D'F0R THE OFFENCES P\/U\/S 302 OF IPC AND\n\n SENTE.N{3IING HIM TO UNDERGO R.I. FOR LIFE AND TO PAY\n FINE OF RS. 2000\/-- AND I.D., TO UNDERGO R.I. FOR 6\nA' MONTHS FOR THE OFF-"ENCE P\/U\/S. 302 OF IPC, ETC.,\n\nTHIS APPEAL IS COMING ON FOR HEARING THIS DAY,\n\n WAHJAWAD RAHIM. 3., DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:--\n\n \n\n\n\nix)\n\nJUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
The convicted accused has questioned the jugdrgernent<\/p>\n
of conviction against him passed by the Princi;p”a|\u00ab’.fSe_ssio’n~s<\/p>\n
Judge, Mysore in S. C. No.7\/2003 on  ._ it\n<\/p>\n
2. Heard.   ‘  ‘ A’<\/p>\n
3. The prosecution case a”g.ain.sit’the’accuse.d <\/p>\n
Accused had befriended’–!Si:a~~i..igni, white  <\/p>\n
as a Nurse in   and took care of his
\nmother’d%uiri’i1g_{rv?.ippa};ien_t”t.r’eatrn_eVnt. Later, the acquaintance
\nfortifiedinto love aVtfa.ir;’..f’Q4married her with the consent of<\/p>\n
his pa_rentsi’anxd p.a’.reritsV’o’f Naiini. Marriage was performed<\/p>\n
 i’Jir$rso;_.f5% fnd thereafter Nalini iived in his house and out of<\/p>\n
  birth to girl chiid.\n<\/p>\n
  -For confinement she had gone to her parents<\/p>\n
Di’if.’)LV|Se at$Mysore. Tiii then the relationship between the<\/p>\n
i’ . accmea and Nalini was cordial. However, the accused had<\/p>\n
\/\/ 5\\’\u00a2<\/p>\n
3<\/span><\/p>\n
before the deiivery itseif compeiled her to resign and give<\/p>\n
up the job of nurse, suspecting her character.<\/p>\n
5. Initiaiiy she resisted but iater gave up <\/p>\n
However, after the deiivery of the child, she  <\/p>\n
accused to allow her to rejoin her work..but_j”thVe.f.:accus’ed, <\/p>\n
refused. She continued to peirsuadejj.\n<\/p>\n
continued to refuse. In this .rnann’e_r’the r.e’i’ationshi’p <\/p>\n
seriousiy strained. Parents  _Cornp!a_in’ant:’:and other
\nmembers of the fart}’i’i*,r  to this aspect.<\/p>\n
However,  ‘–tif.–eV’A”acc’used started drinking<\/p>\n
heaviit\/tatnyd’ night and harass Naiini.<\/p>\n
6.i”i–__AccoVr’d_i.ng \u00bb-t:o’_.\u00bb,.44tVhe prosecution, the accused<\/p>\n
deci(fie’dfe.to kiii and on 29-O8~2002 on the pretext of<\/p>\n
.AgettiiigFv.otin’g,child examined by doctor took Naiini on his<\/p>\n
 v>Vi:,,”‘r’1V.ero Puch. He proceeded towards Chamundi<\/p>\n
Hilisanvdi then took a deviation. When Naiini questioned him,<\/p>\n
V.  he-t_oidV”her before visit to hospitai he wants to have darshan<\/p>\n
‘”o.f”Ci’:3amundeshwari. But, he took different route from the<\/p>\n
“foot of the hiil and deviated near Nandi statue towards<\/p>\n
4<\/span>
\nUttanahalli Road. On the road he met CW 25 -~ Shivkumar
\nof Shivapura village and when he questioned him, he said<\/p>\n
he wants to see Nandi Statue.\n<\/p>\n
7. It is alleged at a distance of about<\/p>\n
from Uttanahalli circle, the accused stopped…thie.ye–h:ic.le  <\/p>\n
asked her to remove mangalasutra, Quyestion’in.g’–._h’e.r’\u00abfidelity<\/p>\n
and so saying stabbed her cat14_sing\u00ab’l’*nji.;’ry tosV\u00bbhV*err. <\/p>\n
fell and then he crushed her  withV”a.bou’:lder\u00a7 and took
\nthe child from the spotand tLh’e.%house of his sister
\nCW14–Puttachennamma.__’l’  met CW22 *<\/p>\n
NagarajtrzfCtelotthesaof  were stained with blood
\nand blood .stains”tw.ere..V_:lfo.urid on the cheek of the child.<\/p>\n
When quest’;-oneidl;—.y Puttatchennamma and Nagaraju, he did<\/p>\n
 exxola-nation but later he made extra judicial<\/p>\n
 c’oln_feSs’i–o;n  cw14 of killing Nalini.<\/p>\n
 the meanwhile, CW1–‘\/oganarasimha, the<\/p>\n
‘*._po|ice” Constable attached K.R. Police Station who was on<\/p>\n
 noticed a dead body lying. He examined and found<\/p>\n
 the dead body was of a woman and head crushed with<\/p>\n
5<\/span>
\nstone. He appeared before CW3S–Hanumantharayappa and<\/p>\n
submitted a written report. On which, further action was
\ntaken by registering a case in Cr. No. 112\/2002.<\/p>\n
9. Inquest was conducted on the <\/p>\n
presence of Cw2–Somashekara, CW3–Manu  CW}?i’;Viin.’odi’V’<\/p>\n
by CW34–Hanumantharayappa. B:iood”s.tai’ned\u00ab’mijd_,V:b*o’uid’er 9<\/p>\n
and other items were seizedfromzithescene’ _of’*occui:re–n:ce.u<\/p>\n
In the meanwhile, CW15–Thin1.nnaiah,”fatheryof twi-ie’V’a’ccused’;’<\/p>\n
went making enquiries as ,i’L”o’ =vvi1et’h_er the’*aC’cused had<\/p>\n
returned with his daug’hte’r–i’n-eiiaw,  knew about<\/p>\n
her whereabioiits.”3:’fV\u00a7?iow’ever, CW’i7–Vijayan, is said to have<\/p>\n
informed   of a body and accordingly he<\/p>\n
went.there”=and\u00bbid-ent_ifiVe’dV the body as of his daughter–in–<\/p>\n
 in this mainnerv identity of the dead body was aiso<\/p>\n
 1Q..”‘i:’?.:’;3iii:nce the accused had no explanation and he<\/p>\n
 was a person with whom the deceased had gone before her<\/p>\n
“if”‘dea”t’h, investigation was directed against him. During the<\/p>\n
 investigation accused gave voluntary statement, showed<\/p>\n
\/as’.-‘-;:\/’<\/p>\n
\/.i – v<\/p>\n
Q\/’
\n\\\/<\/p>\n
6<\/span>
\nplace of occurrence, lead to recovery of the stone and<\/p>\n
ciothes were also seized.\n<\/p>\n
11. Considering the evidence on record tendered by<\/p>\n
the prosecution through its witnesses PW1_g,:to_p*-..28,<\/p>\n
documents at Ex.P1 to P30 and M05 1 to <\/p>\n
D6, the learned trial judge convicted the’accdse,d’;*~:a’gainst”. <\/p>\n
which he is before us.\n<\/p>\n
3.2. Accused has assailed <\/p>\n
contending that the prosecutio:n.VV_case’was based on<\/p>\n
circums_taVntiai%””eviderae’ and .\u00a7;:her.efore, each circumstance
\nalieged by the ‘pro.sje’cu’t’ion’v–\u00abwasf required to be established to
\nshow it iiicuiipyates Vacculsed and brings nexus between<\/p>\n
hisgyajctsiiand thecdeathi of his wife–Na|ini. It is urged that no<\/p>\n
ifeviden\ufb01celigisj\u00e9liaigd by the prosecution to establish any of the<\/p>\n
ll”circuyn1s’ta”n.ce’s;’alleged. In this regard, he contends that the<\/p>\n
decisioniofv the trial judge is more influenced by the alleged<\/p>\n
V. exitra–ju’diciai confession said to have been made by the<\/p>\n
“accused before his sister, whereas the same was retracted<\/p>\n
if  “by him and proved to be a faisity. He has aiso disputed the<\/p>\n
identity of the dead body as aiso cause of death, whiie the
\nprosecution contends that every circumstance which it<\/p>\n
canvassed finds favour from the evidence on i’ecord.VVm_’i~.V_<\/p>\n
13. Keeping in mind what is <\/p>\n
examined the evidence on record. It is in- .evide:nce”tha.t the” <\/p>\n
dead body was recovered by P\\fi.{3–\\f’og.anarasi’n1ha’iVa’h..<\/p>\n
the report of PW3, a case’w.as rVei_:,=..isteredi’v:’at\u00a2:v.i{,,R.iJaaar:i’<\/p>\n
police station, and inquest was”-,c_onyducted..f_by the Taiuka
\nExecutive Magistrate  tEf_ief’.p–r_es.e’nce of Somashekar<\/p>\n
(PW4), Manu (CW3) anode-\\.f:i_n’od’  inquest, TEM<\/p>\n
has re:C’orded..i{d_iscd}very’of a  of a female with head
\ncriished}. “They-aisoj~s\\eized..biood stained mud, bouider and<\/p>\n
other_articie’s found at the scene of occurrence. The body<\/p>\n
 sent foVr”‘posVt mortem to be conducted by PW8–<\/p>\n
 in his report, has clearly recorded the<\/p>\n
injuries fouxndrion the body and its devastating effect. Nine<\/p>\n
ginjuries found are described as ante–mortem in nature<\/p>\n
A had caused instantaneous death of the victim. Post<\/p>\n
 rniortem report bears testimony that the death of the<\/p>\n
 woman whose body was recovered, was homicidai. We<\/p>\n
have no hesitation in accepting the finding of the tria.\u00a3__court<\/p>\n
that the death of the woman was homicidal in <\/p>\n
14. The next question is regarding  of  <\/p>\n
body. WE have noticed from  <\/p>\n
though the body was recovered by ‘Pvt\/’3-~Yogar\u00e9arasimh;a.i”ahV,:”~by<\/p>\n
PW10–father of the accused ‘(‘i’h:irr1rnaia”h)V_ :i’s..’the’:\u00a7one who
\nhas identified the   raised any
\nquestion about identificaVti:on:_o’fft’he  by his fatherm
\nThimmaiah.    tofg:oTi’iit.o.Tth’e other incidental
\nissues raised    the accused about the
\nIdentity\/of”theVfciyeadfy4″b0:d’y.Q’h’ Henfcf\u00e9yy\u00e9we affirm the finding of
\nthe tria:|\u00bb~.,J4:oti_rt’ of the woman found by PW3<\/p>\n
was that ofiN=aIi’ni,wife~._of*fhe accused.<\/p>\n
    us to the other circumstance.\n<\/p>\n
 that accused aiong with his wife and<\/p>\n
  _ daughter_”|eft\u00ab:”‘the house on the pretext of taking the child to
\n PW10–Thimmaiah has spoken to this aspect.
\n  the dispute raised by the accused is with regard<\/p>\n
to-ftime. During investigation, PWIO states that accused<\/p>\n
Z1 ‘\\
\n2\/ 3’ V-\n<\/p>\n
ix’ \/:\n<\/p>\n
 9.36   evening, the whereabouts of the accused had<\/p>\n
 :f..tio’ii~i;i,e traced. In this regard, prosecution case is that<\/p>\n
Vfwtraveiling when he was seen by PW23~Shivai<umar.<\/p>\n
9<\/span><\/p>\n
and the deceased left the house at 7.30 a.m., but during
\nevidence, he states they left at 9.30 am. The discrepancy
\nin his statement with regard to time is highlighted~,’:b–y. the
\naccused to show he left the house only at
\ndate of the incident and not 7.30 am.\n<\/p>\n
PWIO being father of the
\nanimus to the prosecution andtactful:iy’..charliiiffdfjhis
\nwith regard to time. Even   the
\naccused left along With:’L’~!Ti_E3  it will be
\nof no avail. However,  that the fact<\/p>\n
that accused ,ai’i’d._:,Nalin__i Ieftfiwi’thT”t.hei,r___,daughter together is<\/p>\n
fully e’s_ta’olishe&\u00a7.’evelnfr_oin._ the hostile testimony of PW10–
\nThimmaitah\ufb02i *Wh”at  later is of importance.<\/p>\n
 16; Pros’e’c’ut,io__nevidence shows accused had travelled
\n‘w’i’tih,the’dec\u00e9ased on motorcycie and thereafter returned to<\/p>\n
 elder sister-PW9 (Puttachenamma). From<\/p>\n
accutsed having taken a deviation to Chamundi Hills, was<\/p>\n
45′ -.-“\\._\\’
\n3  .\u00bb
\n‘ 4’\/’
\n\/V 5 it w \u00bb’v<\/p>\n
I0
\nTherefore, PW23’s version that he had seen the accused is
\none circumstance, but Shivakumar turned hostile.
\nHowever, the evidence of PW2–Rajesha pawn brohkegr, is<\/p>\n
important. Prosecution has proved that the <\/p>\n
pledged mangalasutra of Nalini with Rajesphlaindv V’<\/p>\n
Rs.5,00G\/-. While the prosecution all|’eg’e_s7;afterticommitting<\/p>\n
the murder of Nalini, accused went to thelglsuhp\ufb01, <\/p>\n
Rajesh and pledged the j’v’*’\u00a5l:”\u00e9i–n9a|su’tf.5’l”>a.nd7,”collected<\/p>\n
Rs.5,000\/-, the conten”ti.on ovi*”‘th’e,’j4aVc”cu._Sed is'”‘th’at he had
\ngone to the shop of Rajelshpeiiehgi’i3;a’li_s’.:ii and the child.<\/p>\n
In other word:s,”it;h’e. alliegatioin ‘oAfA”t.ij’;’~e.,prioslecution that after<\/p>\n
killing 1′-.__Naiini,V”‘a:cuse’d\u00ab._:”rvemoved her mangalsutra and
\npledged itgwiith ‘Raj’esh..lfithiis is sought to be negated by<\/p>\n
point.;in’g out th’atV_the accused had actually gone with Naiini<\/p>\n
  hence, she was alive. In fact, Rajesh-PW2<\/p>\n
 ih:’a\\}ing accepted the pledge of mangalsutra for<\/p>\n
Rs.’5″,\u00abOOf)\/F-ifirom the accused, but he tried to change his<\/p>\n
3 _”version”b\u00a7\/ saying accused had come along with a woman<\/p>\n
 child. The prosecution declared him hostile and he<\/p>\n
 -could not stand the test of crosswexamination, as he could<\/p>\n
11<\/span>
\nnot reveal who was the woman who had accompanied the
\naccused, nor could he describe her or testify it was the
\ndeceased. Since accused has admitted having pledged<\/p>\n
mangalsutra with Rajesh, prosecution has <\/p>\n
incriminating circumstance and we also fi’n,dCtha’t the<\/p>\n
evidence of PW2–Rajesh substentieiiiy”s’u..p’por-:ts.n,pi-eeecumin<\/p>\n
case regarding pledge of mangalsutraand so<\/p>\n
with regard accused being ac’c4o:Vm.panied._by\u00bbi\\ia|i’ni and her<\/p>\n
daughter.\n<\/p>\n
17. The evidence-1’1off’E”P’W9;Pu’\u00a7t,ac.henamma was<\/p>\n
brought in   accused had,<\/p>\n
after co__mmittVin’g,-th4e<m'u.rder of Nalini, taken his daughter to
\nthe house-.of~PW'9 ..h"ad4guestioned him after seeing the<\/p>\n
bloo,d's'L'ains  face of the child and on his clothes. It<\/p>\n
furthe_r"'a_lV|eged by the prosecution that accused had<\/p>\n
i"'ma5f_1_e.lAe;tt'r'aV_–ju'VdVi'cia| confession before PW9–Puttachenamma<\/p>\n
about co'rrumf'ission of the murder of Nalini. However, PW9<\/p>\n
 :_"resc.inded" the statement and denied accused had made such<\/p>\n
  sta'teu*nent. But the fact remains, he had visited the house<\/p>\n
.',;\n<\/p>\n
“\\.\/<\/p>\n
12<\/span>
\nof PW9 with the child and not Nalini. To this extent, PW9’s<\/p>\n
evidence supports the prosecution case.\n<\/p>\n
18. We do not wish to deal with t’hV’e~~..f”–\u00aboTther<\/p>\n
circumstances which are incidental. Howeverg:the.i\u00abfa’ct”it.h”atH
\nthe accused left the house in the-“r’co.mpa_:nylVV’4oifi-\u00bb.|a’iin_ij_aiidiu’
\nfaiied to explain what transpired’  hekt-opol-gt<\/p>\n
important. His explanationV’is:_a’i=z.\u00a2 visited ‘thle-.:slho’p’~ioiF PWZVLV<\/p>\n
aiong with Nalini and after pled\ufb01”i”nq”‘her mangalsutra, gave
\nher Rs.5,000\/- and then’ ‘p.arte.d_:herzcotmpany. If we beiieve<\/p>\n
such version, then thewa’c’cuse’d\u00ab\u00ab.:h.as explained how it<\/p>\n
came to_his:?p’os:s’esSion  he visited the house of
\nhis sist’ei~.P.W9_. : ‘fhe_r’e\u00ab.._:il’s-,_:therefore, no expianation as to<\/p>\n
where_VNalin’i\u00bb had VgonAe_\u00bbafter the aiieged parting of company.<\/p>\n
   a.ccuse”disiicontending he had parted the company<\/p>\n
  OfNaiitI’l,:b.i4J’l'(l\u00e9”\u00a5i was on him to estabiish this aspect.<\/p>\n
VA 19..’H’o*w;ever, this version has to be tested from other<\/p>\n
 attending circumstances. The other attending
\n“‘–“_circij’mstances are, clothes of the accused were found to be<\/p>\n
 p\ufb01iood stained; his clothes aiong with biood stained bouider<\/p>\n
i
\ni<\/p>\n
‘\\ \/’<\/p>\n
I3
\nand wearing apparel of the deceased were seized by the<\/p>\n
investigating officer. Knife–M.O.5 is said to have been<\/p>\n
recovered at the instance of the accused. Ali thesueVVca_r’tci.c_|es<\/p>\n
were sent for chemical analysis by PW28–Dr.Na’nj’und.a_ppa”.\u00ab_<\/p>\n
He has in his report at Exs.P29 and P30 affir.m:e,d’sierologlyv <\/p>\n
report that M.O.1~size stone, sar.jple…;rifud;.gsar’ee,’=Vb-i_ou::;ver.<\/p>\n
brassier of the deceased andshirt ofV”th_e” accu.se’d_rapVart_:’\u00a7frorn’:”r.<\/p>\n
undergarments marked as   to have
\nhuman blood stains.  “o_th\u00e9rs_ were found to be
\nstained with blood grou.pg’_O.f. that the blood<\/p>\n
group of the i_dec;:rg.a’se.d:’-\u00e9wia_s”‘Of an’d”t~he same group was<\/p>\n
found on t_heAVVboui’id_Vei<,gg shirt of the accused. This
\nwas a clincher to 'bringirn\u00e9elxus between the acts of the<\/p>\n
accu\u00e9\u00e9d and dleatlhvlof :Nalini. If the accused was not the<\/p>\n
 author o'i".Ai.i:3"us=i.es caused to the person of Nalini, burden was<\/p>\n
"toA"'_eV;<pV.l:ai'n how blood stains of the same group as<\/p>\n
that"of his wife Nalini were found on his shirt. Though the<\/p>\n
..g.acc,ugsedV"tried to put defence, it was found evasive and not
\n 'o'f_the" nature to negate incriminating aspect emerging from<\/p>\n
-the serology test performed on the bfood samples. The<\/p>\n
 1″‘.\n<\/p>\n
14<\/span><\/p>\n
learned trial judge has accepted this part of the prosecution
\nevidence to bring nexus between the acts of the accused<\/p>\n
and homicidai injuries found on the person of the dvegceased.<\/p>\n
20. We do not find any error in assessr_h’eht’.i’gof’ t:h_e_<\/p>\n
evidence discussed by the trial codgrt to _i’1’o’l’d~~~1it’i.ir1’cu’ipat.es’~. <\/p>\n
the accused. However, the contenitiorg”‘of:’the._accus\u00e9’d:”ii–s that<\/p>\n
he was a loving husband_’and their Vmav:r’riAag.e_vvasA <\/p>\n
consequence of love affair wh_i_ch_couid no-tmakfe him the
\nassailant. WE have exa”m:i”n_ed–_thaisgalispgeclt’also at length.\n<\/p>\n
21. It is_’in__evir:i’\u00e9n’ce:”:th’a.t:’i..Nalin.i_’iivas a nurse in a<\/p>\n
hospital vs_;here’7th.e”rr}oth’er__ offthe accused was undergoing
\ntreatment\u00bb, llnitial “acq–u”a~E.rntance resulted in love affair and<\/p>\n
uitingjavteiy in marlrvilage. Nalini ws compelled to give up her<\/p>\n
,Aje._bg’ and_ later when she wanted to re-join, accused<\/p>\n
su’s_peCt\u00e9’c;..V,VV___he;’r-~””fidelity and kept a constant vigil. The<\/p>\n
ev’i”den:ie”vtendered by Leelamma PW12–sister of the<\/p>\n
.   deigeased and K.K.Vijayan (PW11) speak to the fact that the<\/p>\n
‘”rdece’ased had, during heriifetime, after the birth of the<\/p>\n
 ” “child, kept telling them that the accused had developed<\/p>\n
1<\/span><\/p>\n
U1<\/p>\n
suspicion about her chastity and was constantiy harassing
\nher. We do not find any reason to disbelieve their version
\nthat the deceased had spoken about the suspicionfjin the<\/p>\n
mind of the accused.\n<\/p>\n
22. Viewed from any angle, we do _not:”f.i.nd.A_f.:rn.ateri,g_|I<\/p>\n
substance in the defence of the agccusle\u00e9d 3th~at’1he:_.:had._;parted<\/p>\n
company of the victim and Vsomebodyelse <\/p>\n
death. Accused has not poiisnited ouf~.a’ny-atcitcurnstance<\/p>\n
indicating who that V some pvi\u00e9rsgon  who had
\nnurtured ii|–wi|i of such  out of Nalini.\n<\/p>\n
,23M.”HF’0r?v5t_he”::}jeas’OriS di\u00a7\u00a2u’s’s’ed above, we do not find
\nany merit’ inthe”a’p~peva.|_:”*and find no reason to differ from<\/p>\n
the View ta\u00a5<e'n by. thveiefarned trial judge. The impugned<\/p>\n
\u00bb.dated"8';'1'O.2004 in S.C."7\/O3 passed by the<\/p>\n
  Pri,n'Ci.p'a\u00ab!._aSessions Judge, Mysore, is affirmed.<\/p>\n
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