{"id":188804,"date":"1996-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1996-09-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/velleli-and-others-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-10-september-1996"},"modified":"2016-08-21T22:25:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T16:55:16","slug":"velleli-and-others-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-10-september-1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/velleli-and-others-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-10-september-1996","title":{"rendered":"Velleli And Others vs State Of Tamil Nadu on 10 September, 1996"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Velleli And Others vs State Of Tamil Nadu on 10 September, 1996<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: M.K. Mukherjee, S.P. Kurdukar<\/div>\n<pre>           PETITIONER:\nVELLELI AND OTHERS\n\n\tVs.\n\nRESPONDENT:\nSTATE OF TAMIL NADU\n\nDATE OF JUDGMENT:\t10\/09\/1996\n\nBENCH:\nM.K. MUKHERJEE, S.P. KURDUKAR\n\n\n\n\nACT:\n\n\n\nHEADNOTE:\n\n\n\nJUDGMENT:\n<\/pre>\n<p>\t\t      J U D G M E N T<br \/>\n     The three\tappellants were\t put up for trial before the<br \/>\nSessions  Court,  Madurai  for\tcommitting  the\t murder\t for<br \/>\nvellaikutty.  To  be  more  precise,  the  second  appellant<br \/>\nMandaipuli was\tcharged\t for  an  offence  punishable  under<br \/>\nSection 302  of the  Indian Penal Code whereas the other two<br \/>\nappellants Velleli  @ Raman  and Sogai\tPuli  @\t Muthu\twere<br \/>\ncharged under  Section 302  read with 34 of the Indian Penal<br \/>\nCode.\n<\/p>\n<p>     The Sessions Judge, Madurai on appreciation of the oral<br \/>\nevidence and other materials on record vide his judgment and<br \/>\norder dated  July 24,1977, acquitted all the appellants. The<br \/>\nState  of  Tamil  Nadu\tbeing  aggrieved  by  the  order  of<br \/>\nacquittal preferred  an appeal under section 378 of the code<br \/>\nof criminal  procedure to  the High  Court at Madras and the<br \/>\nlearned\t High  Court  vide  its\t judgment  and\torder  dated<br \/>\nFebruary  5,1977,   reversed  the  order  of  acquittal\t and<br \/>\nconvicted A-2  under section 302 IPC and the appellant Nos.1<br \/>\nand 3  under section  302 read\twith 34\t of the Indian penal<br \/>\ncode and  sentenced each of them to undergo imprisonment for<br \/>\nlife.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.   The case  of the  prosecution as disclosed at the trial<br \/>\nmay be briefly summarised as under:-\n<\/p>\n<p>     Vellaikutty @  Sanjai, the\t deceased, was the father of<br \/>\nVelu (PW  1). Palani  (PW 2)  was the  elder brother  of the<br \/>\ndeceased who  was staying  alongwith his wife and son Vel in<br \/>\nAtchipuram village  situated about  4 miles  to the south of<br \/>\nNilakottai). Palani  (PW 2)  was also  staying in  the\tsame<br \/>\nvillage. The deceased owned certain lands and a house in the<br \/>\nsaid village. The appellants are brothers and they belong to<br \/>\nthe village koothamatti.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.   It is  alleged by\tthe prosecution\t that the  accused&#8217;s<br \/>\npaternal uncle\tMuthu Serval  had three\t sons,\tChidambaram,<br \/>\nand, lruvankutti.  About ten  years prior to 1977, a dispute<br \/>\narose about  the village common funds between Muthu Serval&#8217;s<br \/>\nsons chidambaram  and Andi  on\tthe  one  hand\tkoothampatti<br \/>\nPeriathankar Kulu  servai on  the  other.  Because  of\tthis<br \/>\ndispute,  Chidambaram  and  Andi  left\ttheir  cattle  first<br \/>\ncontrary to  the usual\tpractice whereby Kulu servai used to<br \/>\ntake his cattle first on the Pongal day. This episode caused<br \/>\na trouble  in the  village and\tresulted in  the  murder  of<br \/>\nChidambaram and\t Andi. Muthu  servai gave  a complaint about<br \/>\nthe said  murder against  Anandan, Chinnakalai,\t Palani\t and<br \/>\nKulu servai  and that  case ended  in acquittal\t of all\t the<br \/>\naccused. The  deceased and  palani (PW\t2) continued  to  be<br \/>\nfriendly  with\t Kulu\tservai\t even\tafter\tthat   case.<br \/>\nConsequently, Muthu  servai was not well disposed of towards<br \/>\nthe deceased and Palani (PW 2)<br \/>\n     Sometime in  1973,\t one  Iruvenkutti  was\tmurdered  at<br \/>\nKoothampatti.  Muthu   servai  and   the  appellants  herein<br \/>\ncomplained bout\t the murder  against the  deceased,  PW\t 2&#8217;s<br \/>\nfather in  law Ponnayyan  and Ponnayyan&#8217;s  son pitchai.\t All<br \/>\nthese  three   persons\twere  tried  but  acquitted  by\t the<br \/>\nprosecution that  on this issue, there was an enmity between<br \/>\nthe deceased  family on\t the one hand and the accused on the<br \/>\nother. It  is further  alleged by  the prosecution that bout<br \/>\nthree months  prior to\tthe occurrence\tin the\tpresent case<br \/>\n(17-12-1976), A-2  lodged a complaint in the Sambatti police<br \/>\nStation alleging  that the  deceased had  assaulted him. The<br \/>\npolice\tfound\tthe  deceased  guilty  in  that\t petty\tcase<br \/>\nNo.283\/76 and  accordingly he was sentenced to pay a fine of<br \/>\nRs.25\/-. The  deceased paid  the fine.\tOne day, the accused<br \/>\nwhile passing through the lands of the deceased for reaching<br \/>\ntheir lands threatened to murder the deceased in retaliation<br \/>\nof the earlier murder. Thereupon, PW1 and PW2 herein and the<br \/>\ndeceased lodged\t complaints against  the accused  to Subbiah<br \/>\nGounder (PW 9), the village munsiff of kottoor who told them<br \/>\nthat since the accused were residents of different villages,<br \/>\nno action  could be  taken. However, he assured them that he<br \/>\nwould advise  them to behave properly . Since then, deceased<br \/>\nwas scared  of the  accused and\t often used to take with him<br \/>\neither Velu (PW 1) or Palani (PW 2) whenever he used to go.\n<\/p>\n<p>4.   On 17-12-1976,  the day of occurrence, the deceased and<br \/>\nVelu(PW 1)  went to  village Nilakottai\t in the afternoon on<br \/>\nthe cycle  (M.O.1) driven  by Velu  (PW 1). The deceased was<br \/>\nsitting on  the carrier. The deceased went to the market and<br \/>\npurchased the  kochai string  (M.O.2), betel leaves and nut.<br \/>\nThereafter Velu\t (PW 1)\t and the  deceased  left  for  their<br \/>\nvillage at about 4.30 P.M. Paramaswami (PW 8), a resident of<br \/>\nMichaelplayam had  a cycle  shop in the said village and was<br \/>\nknowing the accused as well as Velu (PW 1) and the deceased.<br \/>\nVelu (PW  1) and  the deceased\twent to\t this cycle shop and<br \/>\nfiled the air in the tube of his cycle.\n<\/p>\n<p>5.   When the  deceased and  Velu (PW  1) were proceeding by<br \/>\nthe  cycle   and  came\t near  the  culvert,  north  of\t the<br \/>\nJangalpatti   branch road  at  about  5.00  P.M.,  A-1\tcame<br \/>\nrunning from  the Odai\tsituated on  the west  of  the\tsaid<br \/>\nculvert with  an aruval in his hand saying that he would not<br \/>\nleave them  without murdering  in retaliation of the earlier<br \/>\nmurder. Velu  (PW 1)  when turned  back, saw A-1 was hacking<br \/>\nthe deceased  on the  back side\t of his head with an aruval.<br \/>\nThe deceased jumped down from the cycle which was thereafter<br \/>\npushed by velu (PW 1). The deceased left his chappal (M.O.3)<br \/>\nwhich he  was wearing  at that\ttime and  ran towards  south<br \/>\ncovering the  back portion  of\this  head  with\t his  thundu<br \/>\n(M.O.7) and  raised an\talarm. A-1 then chased the deceased.<br \/>\nVelu (PW  1) ran behind A-1. A-2 and A-3 thereafter suddenly<br \/>\ncame from  the side  of the  banyan tree with a knife and an<br \/>\naruval\trespectively  in  their\t hands\tand  obstructed\t the<br \/>\ndeceased while\the was\trunning on the tar road. A-2 stabbed<br \/>\nthe deceased while he was running on the knife on the chest,<br \/>\nback  and  right  flank\t indiscriminately.  A-3\t hacked\t the<br \/>\ndeceased with  an aruval  on the  chest and  right  shoulder<br \/>\nindiscriminately. In  the meantime,  A-1 also reached at the<br \/>\nsaid place  and thereafter A-1 to A-3 started assaulting the<br \/>\ndeceased with  the respective  weapons in  their hands.\t The<br \/>\ndeceased fell  down on\tthe middle  or the road. Velu (PW 1)<br \/>\nthen raised  an alarm.\tA-1 threatened\thim not to raise the<br \/>\nshouts otherwise he would also be killed. After accused fled<br \/>\naway. This incident of assault was also seen by Sirattai (PW\n<\/p>\n<p>4) who was standing with his cycle at a short distance.\n<\/p>\n<p>6.   It is  further alleged   by  the prosecution  that this<br \/>\nincident of  assault was  also seen  by Palani\t(PW 2),\t the<br \/>\nuncle of  velu (PW  1), who  had  gone\tto  Jangalpatti\t for<br \/>\ngrazing the  cattle and\t  he was there at about 5.00 P.M. It<br \/>\nis the\tclaim of Palani (PW 2) that when he heard the shouts<br \/>\nof Velu (PW 1), he ran in that direction and when he reached<br \/>\nat the said place, he saw the appellants were assaulting the<br \/>\ndeceased with the weapons in their hands.\n<\/p>\n<p>7.   Anandan (PW  5), an  agriculturist who  owned who lands<br \/>\nadjoining the  western side of the Jangalpatti\tbranch road,<br \/>\nafter hearing  the alarm  reached at  the place of incident,<br \/>\nand saw the assault on the deceased by the accused. Velu (PW\n<\/p>\n<p>1) thereafter,\twent running  to his village, informed about<br \/>\nthe incident  to his  mother and  bought her to the house of<br \/>\nvillage munsiff\t Subbiah Gounder  (PW 9) where the statement<br \/>\nof Velu\t (PW 1) was recorded (Ex.P1) at about 6.00 P.M. They<br \/>\nall then  proceeded to\tthe place  of occurrence.  PW9\tthen<br \/>\nprepared wetha\tyadasts (Ex. P6 and Ex. P7) and proceeded to<br \/>\nNilakottai Police  station at  about  8.00  P.M.    The\t sub<br \/>\nInspector attached to the said police station registered the<br \/>\noffence\t and  they  all\t then  left  towards  the  place  of<br \/>\noccurrence.  The   Investigating   officer   commenced\t the<br \/>\ninvestigation during the night and after completing thereof,<br \/>\na charge  sheet against\t the  appellants  for  he  aforesaid<br \/>\noffences came to be filed.\n<\/p>\n<p>8.   The accused denied the charges and claimed to be tried.<br \/>\nAccording  to\tthem,  they  have  been\t falsely  implicated<br \/>\nbecause of  long standing  enmity. They\t are innocent and be<br \/>\nacquitted.\n<\/p>\n<p>9.   The prosecution in support of its case examined as many<br \/>\nas thirteen  witnesses out of which PW1, PW2 and PW4 are the<br \/>\neye witnesses.\tDr. Thirumalaisami (PW 3) held his report is<br \/>\nAnnexure P-4.\n<\/p>\n<p>10.  The learned  sessions judge,  on appraisal\t of the oral<br \/>\nand  documentary   evidence  on\t  record  found\t  that\t the<br \/>\nprosecution had\t failed to prove the charge\/charges  against<br \/>\nthe  appellants\t beyond\t reasonable  doubt  and\t accordingly<br \/>\nacquitted all  the accused.  In an  appeal by  the state  of<br \/>\nTamil Nadu to the High Court at Madras, the learned Division<br \/>\nBench reversed\tthe said  order of  acquittal passed  by the<br \/>\nTrial Court  and  conviction  the  appellants  as  indicated<br \/>\nabove. it is this order of conviction and sentence passed by<br \/>\nthe high  Court which  is the subject matter of challenge in<br \/>\nthis appeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>11.  Mr.  R.S.\tHegde,\tthe  learned  Counsel  appearing  in<br \/>\nsupport of  this appeal\t urged that  the high  Court was not<br \/>\njustified in  setting  aside  the  well\t reasoned  order  of<br \/>\nacquittal. The\tview taken  by the trial court, in the facts<br \/>\nand circumstances  of the case was a reasonable and probable<br \/>\none. He urged that the judgment of the sessions court cannot<br \/>\nhe termed as perverse or based on no evidence and if this be<br \/>\nso the\tHigh Court  ought not  to have\tinterfered with\t the<br \/>\norder of  acquittal. he,  therefore, urged that the order of<br \/>\nconviction and\tsentence passed\t by the\t High Court  be\t set<br \/>\naside and the order of Trial Court be restored.\n<\/p>\n<p>12.  We have  carefully gone  through the  judgments of\t the<br \/>\ncourts below  as  also\tthe  materials\ton  record.  In\t our<br \/>\nconsidered view,  the High  Court  was\tfully  justified  in<br \/>\nreversing the  order of\t acquittal since  it  was  based  on<br \/>\nperverse reasoning.  The Trial\tCourt discarded the evidence<br \/>\nof the eye witnesses merely on the ground that they happened<br \/>\nto be  the close  relations of\tthe deceased  and it was not<br \/>\nsafe to base conviction on such evidence.\n<\/p>\n<p>13.  Mr.  Hegde,  the  learned\tcounsel\t appearing  for\t the<br \/>\nappellants urged  that the  evidence of Velu (PW 1) does not<br \/>\ninspire confidence  inasmuch as\t he night  not be  with\t the<br \/>\ndeceased at  the time  of incident.  Velu (PW  1)  was\tonly<br \/>\nsixteen years  old at the time of incident and being the son<br \/>\nof the\tdeceased is  highly interested witness. The evidence<br \/>\nof Palani (PW 2) who being the elder brother of the deceased<br \/>\nalso suffers  from the\tsame infirmity.\t He although  stated<br \/>\nthat he\t was present  at the  time of  incident but  without<br \/>\ndisclosing the purpose for which he had gone to the place of<br \/>\noccurrence, the\t evidence of  such   a chance witness be not<br \/>\naccepted as  credible. Mr.  Hegde then urged that if accused<br \/>\npersons has  really killed  Vellaikutty in  the presence  of<br \/>\nVelu (PW  1) and  palani (PW  2), they would not have spared<br \/>\nthese eye  witnesses which  cold help in detecting the crime<br \/>\nand criminals.\n<\/p>\n<p>14.  After  going   through  the   evidence  of\t both  these<br \/>\nwitnesses, we  find that  none of  the contentions raised on<br \/>\nbehalf of  the appellants is sustainable. Velu (PW 1) in his<br \/>\nevidence has  stated that  he alongwith\t had purchased kochi<br \/>\nstring, betel leaves  and other items. While returning, they<br \/>\nhad gone to the cycle shop of Paramaswami (PW 8) to fill the<br \/>\nair in\this cycle  tube.  Thereafter,  they  came  near\t the<br \/>\nculvert, from  where the  accused persons  suddenly came and<br \/>\nassaulted  his\t father\t (Vellaikutty).\t  The  investigating<br \/>\nofficer during\tthe spot Panchnama seized the Kochai string,<br \/>\nbetel leaves  and other\t items that  were purchased  by\t the<br \/>\ndeceased  from\tthe  bazar.  This  Panchnama,  which  stands<br \/>\nproved, lends  assurance to  the credibility of the evidence<br \/>\nof velu\t (PW 1). In addition to this, Paramaswami (PW 8) has<br \/>\nalso stated on, oath that at about 5.00 P.M. accused and the<br \/>\ndeceased came  to his shop to fill the air in the cycle tube<br \/>\nand thereafter\tthey  proceeded\t towards  the  culvert.\t His<br \/>\nevidence also  corroborates the\t presence of Velu (PW 1) has<br \/>\nstated that  A-2 has  given a blow with knife on the back of<br \/>\nfather and  thereafter chased  him for\tsome distance and in<br \/>\nthe meantime  A-1,  A-3\t and  also  A-2\t had  assaulted\t the<br \/>\ndeceased.\n<\/p>\n<p>15.  The evidence  of Palani  (PW 2)  is also  to  the\tsame<br \/>\neffect who  had stated\ton oath\t that  he  saw\tthe  accused<br \/>\nassaulting Vellaikutty at the culvert. The appellants cross-<br \/>\nexamined all  these witnesses  at great\t length but there is<br \/>\nnothing to discredit  their evidence.\n<\/p>\n<p>16.  Dr.  Thirumalaisami   (PW\t3),   the  Asstt.   Surgeon,<br \/>\nGovernment Hospital,  Nilakottai,  on  18-12-1976  held\t the<br \/>\nautopsy on  the dead body of Vellaikutty and had reported as<br \/>\nmany as eighteen anti mortem incised and stab injuries. This<br \/>\nassault could not have been made by a single accused.\n<\/p>\n<p>17.  It may  also be  stated that this incident was reported<br \/>\nto the\tvillage Munsiff Subbiah Gounder (PW 9) by Palani (PW\n<\/p>\n<p>2) vide\t his report  Ex.P1 without  any loss  of  time.\t The<br \/>\nvillage munsiff\t (PW 9)\t then recorded the statement of both<br \/>\nthese witnesses\t namely, Velu (PW 1) and Palani (PW 2) (Ex.6<br \/>\nand Ex.P7) respectively and forwarded the same to the police<br \/>\nstation for  appropriate action. Both these witnesses at the<br \/>\nearliest appellants  as assailants. This circumstance in our<br \/>\nopinion again  lends corroboration  to the  evidence of both<br \/>\nthe eye witnesses.\n<\/p>\n<p>18.  After going  through  the\tocular\tevidence  and  other<br \/>\nmaterials on record, we are of the considered  view that A-2<br \/>\nwas rightly  convicted under section 302 of the Indian penal<br \/>\nCode. The  conviction of A-1 and A-3 under Section 302\/34 of<br \/>\nthe Indian penal Code in the facts and circumstances of this<br \/>\ncase is\t legal and  valid. The\tlearned High Court was fully<br \/>\njustified in  convicting the appellants for the offences for<br \/>\nwhich they  were tried,\t and there  is no  substance in this<br \/>\nappeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>19.  In\t the   result,\tappeal\t to  stand   dismissed.\t The<br \/>\nappellants  who\t are  in  bail,\t shall\tsurrender  to  their<br \/>\nbailbonds forthwith  to serve  out the\tremaining period  of<br \/>\ntheir respective sentences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Velleli And Others vs State Of Tamil Nadu on 10 September, 1996 Bench: M.K. Mukherjee, S.P. 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