{"id":187413,"date":"2008-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shree-krishna-vs-state-of-karnataka-through-the-cpi-on-14-july-2008"},"modified":"2014-08-19T17:10:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T11:40:14","slug":"shree-krishna-vs-state-of-karnataka-through-the-cpi-on-14-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shree-krishna-vs-state-of-karnataka-through-the-cpi-on-14-july-2008","title":{"rendered":"Shree Krishna vs State Of Karnataka Through The Cpi … on 14 July, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Shree Krishna vs State Of Karnataka Through The Cpi … on 14 July, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: S.R.Bannurmath & Gowda<\/div>\n
 \n\n-1-\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA\n\nCIRCUIT BENCH AT DHARWAD %\nDATED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF JULY %\n\nTm: Honmu Mn. Jusncn 3,3.   _  \"  V\n\nAND:\n\nTan HOIPBLB ma. JUSTICE\u00bb qua. \" \" .\n\nCRIMINAL APPEA:V1:;N().4Siia'?;zIi\u00a7i_;)_c\u00a7v': \nS\/o.  .  .\n\nCon.No.2931..      \n\nCentral P1'isC~n, .1    .\n\n ....      \n<\/pre>\n
(By    Amie-us Curiae)
\nThe. by C.’P.I_Mudhol<\/p>\n
 Polio\u00e9msta’ 110′ n)<\/p>\n
%(235}%Tsmt.*T;M;%Gayaui, Addl. SPP)<\/p>\n
. . RESPONDENT<\/p>\n
“T}J;ui3;v(31’i1ninalAppcalisp1’cfcned bythcabove<\/p>\n
 through the Supdt. Central
\n _  Bijapur, against the judgment dated 21.3.2005
\n.   pa\ufb01sscd by the Single Judge, Bagalkot, in S,C.No.81\/O3 –<\/p>\n
This Criminal” ‘ Appeal  (Sn   this day,
\nBANNURMATH J., dc\ufb01vezfcd the 1 a ”<\/p>\n
the learned   J\ufb01dge, Bagalkot in
\n ;1ol{iii1gv——me accused guilty for the<\/p>\n
otreraqe gage: 302 IPC.\n<\/p>\n
‘   2. A”The..__'”b\u00a3\ufb01\u00a3\u00a7f facts giving rise to the present<\/p>\n
 ‘  as fo\ufb02ows:\n<\/p>\n
.. 3 ..\n<\/p>\n
much dispute that PW~–3 Santavva and the deceased
\nBandavva were devadasis. Though they were residing<\/p>\n
in the same house, it is the case of the <\/p>\n
itself that PW.l, PW.2 and the wife of  <\/p>\n
residing in a separate portion,   ” ” a<\/p>\n
deceased were residing in <\/p>\n
by partition. According: to    ”<\/p>\n
accused had relationship   for quite
\nsome time and it is ‘\ufb01\ufb01nddiia had
\nrelationship with others,’  and was
\nquarreling    discontinue
\nher   According to the
\nprosec1:1tio*_:,1,iA    did not listen to the<\/p>\n
advise given”      it ended with the<\/p>\n
  ‘V3;  to the actual incident, according to<\/p>\n
i   the P’W—1 and PW\u00ab–2 had been to attend a<\/p>\n
  def one of their acquainter and after<\/p>\n
   of the marriage and lunch when they<\/p>\n
 “if were returning to the house and were near the house,<\/p>\n
_ 4 _
\nthey heard the my of the deceased coming from inside
\nthe house. When they rushed, they met the accused<\/p>\n
who pushed them and alleged to have run  a<\/p>\n
bicycle. Thereafter, when they entered the <\/p>\n
saw the deceased Bandavva dead.   ‘A ”<\/p>\n
death of Bandavva with the  <\/p>\n
earlier quarrel between    “the ” it<\/p>\n
jurisdictional police at  afiwritten
\ncomplaint PW-1 1  _  mceipt of the
\nsame, reg’steI’s~.a  for the
\noffence    accused and<\/p>\n
investigation. is   ” \u00ab ..\n<\/p>\n
 :T1ie~  procedures like holding<\/p>\n
 The dead body is subjected to<\/p>\n
in…__outia,utopsy,’:__AAecused is arrested on the next day and on<\/p>\n
d    it is ailged that as per the statement<\/p>\n
  fgdiizissibie under Section 27 of the Indian Evidence<\/p>\n
– 5 _
\nimprisonment for life. Hence, the present appeal by<\/p>\n
the accused .\n<\/p>\n
7. As the accused is an  <\/p>\n
had filed Jail Appeal, this Conn;  ii”<\/p>\n
Mal]1kHI]’ ‘un s. Masali, leamed”‘:.co’a’i’nsel<\/p>\n
Court as Amicus Curiae.\n<\/p>\n
8. We have ._   Curiae’<\/p>\n
as Well as the learned   ., <\/p>\n
9.    as the death of
\n may not be much
\nin dispute, the evidence of the Doctor<\/p>\n
PW-6 Dri”   his autopsy report Ex.P-2<\/p>\n
 cl&3_'<1'3iy s A' was circular contusion<\/p>\n
  neck, fractme of Hyoid bone and all<\/p>\n
thcezftemaiv 'A . 'ad'? being ante–mortem. The cause of<\/p>\n
  to the doctor is due to asphyxia as a<\/p>\n
  "of strangulation. Hence, Bandavva met with<\/p>\n
it   death is proved by the prosecution.<\/p>\n
6\/"\n<\/p>\n
-9-<\/span><\/p>\n
complete that there is I10  if’ Dviihii. A 1   i
\nthe conclusion
\nprobabilities the  was  ~  V<\/p>\n
by the accused’ andenone 2
\ncircumstantial  ” e  to
\nsustain niust  ‘complete
\nand mcaptible~.  of any
\nother ‘cit the guilt<\/p>\n
:_.   :no”t\u00ab;’orily be consistent<\/p>\n
 :__t,l_1e._  ‘ — of  accused but
\n_’ l”shoul_d\u00ab.p _inconsistent with his<\/p>\n
  as follows:\n<\/p>\n
by ” ‘ ._evid<\/p>\n
‘While appreciating the circumstantial<\/p>\n
ence, the Court must adopt a very<\/p>\n
it  ‘cautious approach and should record a
\nconviction only if all the links in the chain
\nare complete pointing towards the guilty of<\/p>\n
the accused and every hypothesis
\ninnocence is capable of being negatived<\/p>\n
evidence.\n<\/p>\n
of
\non
\nGreat care must be taken in<\/p>\n
840), the Apex<\/p>\n
5*”\n<\/p>\n
-15-<\/span><\/p>\n
doctor who performed autopsy, PWs.9, IO and <\/p>\n
the mahazar witnesses and remaining   <\/p>\n
members of the investigation team,” ><\/p>\n
17. on perusal of t11e_evidei1ce’ of  if to” st  t It <\/p>\n
the face of it, it appears to “consistente   of
\nthem consistently “date ovfwincident,
\nall of them had men he  village and<\/p>\n
after \ufb01nishing;  lunch, when<\/p>\n
they   they heard the cry
\nof the  it  : inside the house. While<\/p>\n
going’ iiisicie;-V   aside by the accused<\/p>\n
  away on a bicycle and<\/p>\n
 inside the house, they found<\/p>\n
 But on careful scrutiny of their<\/p>\n
  ‘evAidTence,__Ai*the same appears to be unreliable. The<\/p>\n
 evidence of these Witnesses, is, as if, by chance, all of<\/p>\n
 “it  came near the house only to hear the cry of the<\/p>\n
 ‘ “iideceased and then see the accused running away. But<\/p>\n
for these two, there was absolutely no material for the<\/p>\n
investigating agency or the prosecution to connect the<\/p>\n
gee<\/p>\n
_ 15 –\n<\/p>\n
accused with the crime in question in any way. It is to
\nbe noted at this stage itself that though these people<\/p>\n
had been to a marriage, according to these Wimesses,__V<\/p>\n
cw–11 wife of PW-1 was at the house whims,    <\/p>\n
incident had taken place though of     .3 v_: is  <\/p>\n
separate portion. She has not  asfto <\/p>\n
what happened inside the house.   it<\/p>\n
not be an eye Witness ‘out as   is
\nresiding is separated    she could
\nhave heard the g  accused
\nand the  cry of death
\nby    best known, the
\nprosecution  her. Ewen otherwise,<\/p>\n
the presence” of the “wimesses examined is also<\/p>\n
     there is contradictions and<\/p>\n
V”.o1’nVissio1is”~iri, the evidence between them inter se.<\/p>\n
None or   consistent as to the distance from<\/p>\n
 _ ‘w_’hieh”‘ti1ey:_ the cry. It is the very case that all of<\/p>\n
  iheiiiarere returning from a marriage together and<\/p>\n
   they were near the house, alleged to have been<\/p>\n
-17-<\/span><\/p>\n
heard the cries of the deceased. If s(;,[jm~e
\ncould not have been
\nfrom the house to the place when:   A”  <\/p>\n
or coming through. No do\ufb01b\ufb01the   rustic<\/p>\n
greater    them. For<\/p>\n
mo\ufb021er;…thcyv\u00a7ei’e7Vat a of so to 70 ft PW-4<\/p>\n
example,    at a distance of<\/p>\n
-13-<\/span><\/p>\n
they hearing cries of the deceased, more importantly<\/p>\n
accused running away from the place, assumesscme<\/p>\n
importance. We may not give much
\nsimple factor like the so called .A
\nsense, PW-I says that  <\/p>\n
whereas PW-2 says, it was at   <\/p>\n
relevant is evidence of PW  lunch
\nwas over by 2.00   they
\nwere returning to  marriage is
\nabout 1 k.m;,”ax\u00a7fay  offence and as<\/p>\n
such,  by these<\/p>\n
 A:\u00a2leai*ly”‘\u00abe’stab\ufb01shes that the death<\/p>\n
was    as such, there is a dent<\/p>\n
   the presence of these witnesses.<\/p>\n
 It”  mind that PWs.1 to 3 are closely<\/p>\n
  but their evidence cannot be<\/p>\n
‘bmshedfaside only on that count. However, to<\/p>\n
  V” their evidence, prosecution has relied upon<\/p>\n
.   evidence of two independent witnesses – PWS.4 and<\/p>\n
69″”\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
-19..\n<\/p>\n
5. Of course, they are friends of PW~1, but  <\/p>\n
will not be normally held against them as    i <\/p>\n
witnesms. But the so called independent’ is <\/p>\n
5 does not speak as to t11C\u00bbsj.)Ij6S61;1Cti”Of pus;  i<\/p>\n
4, though he was also comirigmhibaek.
\nHis conduct is more  1′ to him,
\nwhen he was near theA.hoi1j$~e  he saw
\naccused    and he does
\nnot state   to go inside
\nthe hoiise –A as unlike the other<\/p>\n
Witnesses,’*h_eiidoes   of hearing the cries of the<\/p>\n
    iflone peruses his evidence, it is<\/p>\n
 come to the spot a\ufb01er PWs.1 and 3<\/p>\n
it In our view, PW \u00bb5 is most unnatural<\/p>\n
gwitness  even if held to be a chance Witness, his<\/p>\n
‘V V’ testimonj}, is unreliable for Want of corroboration.<\/p>\n
18. As already noted, there are conuadictions<\/p>\n
it  ”  the evidence of PWs.1, 3 and 4 as to the distance<\/p>\n
and each of them, wants to show that they were<\/p>\n
pushed by the accused and as such, they could<\/p>\n
\u20ac190<\/p>\n
..2{}-\n<\/p>\n
remember him. It is to be noted that the  V.<\/p>\n
has consistently elicited from these  K  <\/p>\n
the accused was lame and was  d _, in .:_f’act,_V  <\/p>\n
Court has noted this and   ‘V  L’<\/p>\n
evidence of PW~1  the
\nmade to walk in the  wazked
\nlimping szowzyf. Thoti\ufb01glhd   had such
\nin\ufb01rmity,    PWs.1, 4 and
\n5 have not  him. It is not as
\nif the  deadly Weapon and
\nhence  stwezved   On the other hand, the<\/p>\n
accnsed. was “\u00bbnot”‘oI1’If:x  all the While, but also<\/p>\n
 Te jvdjbicycle. In the normal course, he has to<\/p>\n
  house, hold the bicycle, then peddle it<\/p>\n
\ufb02lfough  ride it. As such, if really these able<\/p>\n
 K  tmdiedvypeople had seen the accused coming out of the<\/p>\n
–‘   their natural conduct could have been to catch<\/p>\n
”  on the spot itself. As such, in our view, there is<\/p>\n
doubt as to the presence of these witnesses as well as<\/p>\n
their hearing the cry of the deceased and seeing the<\/p>\n
44\/<\/p>\n
-21-<\/span>
\naccused rimming away. If these so called witnesses
\nregarding the cry of the deceased as well as more
\nimportantly their seeing the accused nmning away<\/p>\n
from the house is eschewed, there is absolnteIy”‘*’no<\/p>\n
material lead by the prosecution to con11eJ(‘:f:” <\/p>\n
accnsed with the crime in question except_y’:?i:eV   _  <\/p>\n
motive.\n<\/p>\n
admittedly the deceased ‘a  S is
\nadmitted by her sister Vt\ufb01otheri  She
\nhad relationship with many  vii-i;in_’fi’aet, there is<\/p>\n
  3 on one hand and
\nPW-2 on i;he  I and 3 admit: that the<\/p>\n
deceased _3:’e}atio\ufb01_sld1’ii) with many persons Whereas<\/p>\n
 V’    deny\ufb01ie same. Be that as it may. It is<\/p>\n
  i  ac-qua1n’ tance or i\ufb02ieit relationship<\/p>\n
 and any one of them could have<\/p>\n
    cause for her death. The only connection<\/p>\n
‘A  tthe accused and the offence as already noted is<\/p>\n
    circumstantial evidence of PWs.1 to 5 seeing him<\/p>\n
ewe<\/p>\n
19. On these aspects, itais  <\/p>\n
&22&
\ncoming out of the house of the deceased. As we have
\nalready eschewed this pan of the evidence of PWs.1 to
\n5, there is absolutely no material to connect the<\/p>\n
accused with the crime in question.<\/p>\n
20. After giving our careful consideratio1i’:to’ “~ V.<\/p>\n
entire evidence, the \ufb01nding arrived at   <\/p>\n
‘V ‘.\n<\/p>\n
Court appears to be illegal    <\/p>\n
Court has failed to look into t11es.e”‘aspects,.  <\/p>\n
\nkeeping in View the Weii’
\nestabiishment oi’  ah    of
\nevidence of    it is well<\/p>\n
   of circumstances
\nmust   as in our view, the<\/p>\n
chain is baits  the trial Court ought to<\/p>\n
 V’  ‘doubt to the accused and in not<\/p>\n
it    acted illegally.\n<\/p>\n
   for the rmsons stated above, we<\/p>\n
 allots  ajipeal, set aside the judgment of conviction<\/p>\n
  dated 21.3.2005 passed by the Sessions<\/p>\n
-23..\n<\/p>\n
Judge, Bagalkot in S.C.No.81\/2003 and hold that the
\naccused is not guilty of the oifence under Section ._ 302<\/p>\n
IPC.\n<\/p>\n
22. Since the accused is in  <\/p>\n
Prison, Bijapur, he shall be re1e.as.ed4’AV’<\/p>\n
he is required in any other oifenee.  ” <\/p>\n
23. Before    H the
\nassistance rendered   as
\nAmicus Cilriae,’ We   to pay a
\nhOI10I’aI’i11lI4l_V    thousand only)<\/p>\n
Sd\/-.\n<\/p>\n
fudge<\/p>\n
2 …..\n<\/p>\n
Judge’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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