{"id":193815,"date":"2008-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-c-chaithra-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-27-march-2008"},"modified":"2018-07-06T09:39:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T04:09:25","slug":"m-c-chaithra-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-27-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-c-chaithra-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-27-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"M C Chaithra vs State Of Karnataka on 27 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
M C Chaithra vs State Of Karnataka on 27 March, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: R.B.Naik<\/div>\n
\/>'\\\n\n1   ( -;2:\\\n\n\\~.\/'\n\nIN THE HIGH comm' 01:' KARNATAKA A-'I' BANe,a;LDRE I\nDATED THIS THE 27TH DAY 01?. V. A\n\nB .\n\"H --  *:*-  \"u'm:'1'-'E \n' 'I \"II\nJ.\n\nB EE :\n\n1 M c CI.-IAITHRA  L  \nAGED ABOUT 25* YE1'&RS-,-- 1' A \n\n0 I.-HIE K \"37''?'''''*-''*'' '\n\nY l'.'>;I,\"\"'l-1\" .A \n\nRIM' 450, mm  D \n I  \n       DD \n\nK S1.;\"v'\u00a7iR;unum v'1~_ A\n\n\n w\/0 m.'r1s; 2'1? cHANANmH,\nR,IA'r\u00bb45o; DD .1~';:'-1'*f'\"'=M_1'\u00bb%.1L\u00a3.~I'~,-\nI'3'FAGE,V_BABIAE*-HAFHCRI\n\nB A\" Ar n.  \n\nIND\n\n   \n ABQLIT .3-:1 *;*1.i'...A.1-2:3,:\n\n\"T CHANANIAH,\n\nD   \n\nI STAGE, BANASHANKRI\nfaANGALoRE 50.\n\n  = :4 % c CHANDAN\n\n AGEDD A303'? 23 YEARS,\ns\/0 LATE\" '1' \nR\/AT 450,167\" MAIN.\n\n1 cairn r1E.~' \ufb01hIA'\ufb01H'A'1\\IIFDl'-\n\n5 'pr 1 A 51-! .IJ,I{l.LJl. .l.rIal.I.l!.l.\\l\n\n{BY SR1. C.V.NACvE8H, ADV.)\n\n. .. FETITIONERS:\n\n,9: 2J>..\u00abz~..\u00bb.-.:u2_..\n\n\n\nuq.--.\n\nAg' 1):\n\nSTATE OF \nB'! THE S'I-'ATIt')N- HOUSE'- C1F'F'ICE'7F',\n POLICE S'I'A'I'ION,\nEANGALORE RURAL.DIS'I'RlCT  \nBANGAL-JQR_E= 1\n\n$17 SRI.HGI\u20acNAP?\ufb01, HCG771\n\nTHIS CRIMINAL. REVTSION PETITION Ts FILED\nu;e=..9'z R,\".1.' 491    FOR\nTHE PETTITONERS  PRA',YIrsIG' T THIS I-'ION'BLE\nco'-Hm  'BE PLEAS'EDf* To REVERSE AN-D em'\nASIDE THE ORDER DA'_I':!\u00a713D..  'S.C.N0..362,'G2\nON THE 91122:' or THE  AJ3D;1;TIcwNAL DISTRICT 85\nSESQIQIE-S  =  DISTRICT,\n\nT BANGAL()RE;,V T \n\nm:s;aR1mgNA;gmgm  :9. co ENG\non @012 HEARING TH'ISi._D_AYI THE coum' MADE THE\n\n  \n\n  T T  '__Q\u00a7_<5R TR\n   one deeeased Mohan Kumar get\n\n    No.1-Chaitra.   .m.eL'ri.qgc,\n\nIQ.\n\n .v::'r.i1_.t:s' was net ..eimu.s "f  E  in B;\n\n jeint  itlsisteci that her husband should arrange\n\n' "ii separate living. She hardly stayed. in the\nT   home for a period-of two--weeks. She-left\n\nthe house of her 11usba,11c,l and e\u00bb!:9..v*.erJ.. li'u"L1" in the\n\n-...!.-..% 9. ..er par.-;nt= .. The parents; of Iviohan--Kumar, to\n\n_ ..\n\n the me of the newly married couple, organised- a\n; A_'QQ.,\\,e)_,a-Ira'-----'\n\n\n\nseparate house for and in the said \n\naccused No.1-Chaitra and her husband A' a\n\nperiod of  tuohdh. Ihere\ufb02r,    \n\n \ufb02ied" the house. is}   '  \n\nhusband Mohan  is \ufb02u a jjosition to a.\n\nbungalow and lead a 1- 'oan:-\ufb01do so or\n\n \n\notherwise he  also stated that he-\n\nhang    and \nit ou__ %   her parent's house.\nmegsamt  arm consulting his father-the\n   legal notice to Chaitra \n\n i*'|.Q'I'l {-11 V_' _ __ TIA _\nI-I-.EJ!4-sf}-I-' - " ~\n\n  edmgivnotioe at all. The deceased Mohan Kumar\n\n   had been to the house of Chaitra and\n\n 'request that she should join Mohan Kumar.\n\n2 \u00bb AA  demanded t_h._a.t t_.e p.e-,n.ert1,r st.d:1.di.r:g in the\n\n_.'I_ ,4 1 ,1\n\nf Iviohan   be transferred to her\n\nV R name and only then she would join Mohan Kumar or\n\notherwise she willoontinue to live in her parent's house.\n\nShe also said that Mohan. Kumar should not make\n?'-Q\\~I.\/\\-\u00a3Lo:LL\/\n\n\n\nfrequent visits to her house and. trouble \n\nabused him saying that a man \n\nfrequent to the house and make   K  \n\n1.<\/pre>\n
.1.-_….rn..4….a }vi..}..,.,i ‘K’….._… .._ rm…_ 4-l’….; .’.’.-…-A…<\/p>\n
1111: Gl.’.I_i.!5l.”:v\ufb02i1Vu’\\.il.l’.\ufb02||I.’.”rLt”-“.’_’l <\/p>\n
namely S-uva111adevi\u00bbmother__of   ,<\/p>\n
the brother of accused mid  another
\nbrother of    Mehan<\/p>\n
  ga.;._uim by the<\/p>\n
V.\n<\/p>\n
 1. is   ;..1…\n<\/p>\n
     note  it is not
\nstated__     eomplaint was lodged
\nwith   meident either-r by the Mohan
\n   in the instant case. It is<\/p>\n
 ti ‘-.f Muiw  wee mi:-.3 teelcw em-an<\/p>\n
\u00bb jupoir:  parents-in\ufb01law and his wife. He was<\/p>\n
  and that he -felt that he should<\/p>\n
ehti  When he informed the complainant he was-<\/p>\n
VV V’ V.  by the com-piainant and his family <\/p>\n
2. That on 24.3.2002,  the afternoon, Mohan _<\/p>\n
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\n1101.188. OI  [O IILHKC El. nzqu I. id’!.’.lU. HIS. 11 1′ IL! U-unuc<\/p>\n
and join him. But he did– not return at all. till 11.30<\/p>\n
or . _r_o_.pLe_i1:ie_nt  is m to the –<\/p>\n
PM. One Chandra Shekel: who was the relativeof the<\/p>\n
complainant gave a phone. call and  <\/p>\n
complainant that Mohan Kumar had   <\/p>\n
4-a–0<\/p>\n
Ill<\/p>\n
in the l.\u00a2.=.nded.. nrepeertj of the 3 i_ ii.-1 ‘<\/p>\n
Hanumanthegowdana Pal\u00a7;a,: near .  Fariit  land ” .<\/p>\n
immediately Mohan  Wes   to the
\nHospital. The  to the
\nHospital and   the D:.v.:tors-\n<\/p>\n
and \"'1    Holman Kumar\n\nbreathed     day i.e. trorn the\n<\/pre>\n
dateief the tngmusnt  of the complaint, the
\nfamily   and as such according to the<\/p>\n
cet;a,r\u00a7l.\u00a3:.i11.r=.nt”-he ledge-3. me complaint on 29.3.2w-z.<\/p>\n
   a case and after investigation filed<\/p>\n
  against. the petitioners–accused herein<\/p>\n
  punishable under Section 306 read with<\/p>\n
   34 IPC. and when the matter was set down. fer<\/p>\n
VV  “persons sought for clischaxge. The trial Judge, by order<\/p>\n
dated 13.6.2005 rejected the claim of the petitioners for<\/p>\n
discharge and directed to \ufb02ame charges against the
\n\u00bbQ2uAcLiU’—\n<\/p>\n
petitioners for an offence punishable under  306<\/p>\n
I’\/W 34 IPC.\n<\/p>\n
3.D’unn’ g the course of  ltd  ht<\/p>\n
Chandrashekar, who saw the  h<\/p>\n
when h_;!!l.d. r:_1:I.s:.I..In…-. m n..en’gave s.\u00bb.me1.'”3e  to ma<\/p>\n
campiairni\ufb02t and vagtmitted 1:  to the
\nhosllita-1. K.Kumar C\u00a7W_;4   of the Farm
\nhouse.   son-in-law of the<\/p>\n
 ”   h,x_a.\\.re mt_a_.e<\/p>\n
  0. are ugul.-J.’ 1 in<\/p>\n
. teat;-n1\u00a2_i-‘:.*2-sin <\/p>\n
  was marri- ed to the first<\/p>\n
 A’I:’h\u00e9i;e was no COII1.patibiliI;y’- between<\/p>\n
   stid-“‘h?lfe and first petitioner stayed with<\/p>\n
    two weeks 11.1   house.\n<\/p>\n
‘I”t5f*r\u20ac\ufb01-‘t’fi.”:i’.:s’\u00a3 -‘-‘mate Iwuse was set up even  they<\/p>\n
  make a living. for one week. The first<\/p>\n
  rctmned; to the pan-,nt’s house. The<\/p>\n
 ….tIvitnesses have stated that Moha-I1 Kumar was<\/p>\n
repeatedly going to the -.eu.w of mdmnmehe.-*e”a and<\/p>\n
 the first petitioner to join  as his wife and .<\/p>\n
make a  with him which was being net’-used by the<\/p>\n
\ufb01rst petitioner. The statements of all these witnesses<\/p>\n
which are referred-to above were  the<\/p>\n
tissue o, ;_on_st  %   <\/p>\n
reeo\ufb01ieri would o\ufb01iy’    ‘was no ‘<\/p>\n
compatibility between the     ,<\/p>\n
because of the said fact     The
\nstatement of  of Kumar would<\/p>\n
i “use of ti”\n<\/p>\n
3:\n<\/p>\n
ii
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is
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2%
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 to him when he
\nhad  They claim that he
\nexpl.-‘essedx am: he was not desirous of\n<\/p>\n
  -1′ the sts._..m….nt.. …nd. t..e<\/p>\n
avemient” *1 =m= cssmpiaint  ail go to estabiish<\/p>\n
   petitioner No.1 was-not willing to make a<\/p>\n
   Kumar he was persistently making<\/p>\n
    house of the petitioner No.1\/accused and<\/p>\n
~ s\u00a7.s’ki._;ug her it. join him. The cs-tspiaint reveais<\/p>\n
 a r*”ee ‘Ms sent  ugn\u00bb ‘ an advocate caumg”‘<\/p>\n
it “upon the \ufb01rst petitioner to join her husband, according<\/p>\n
to the prosecution Mohan Kumar consumed poison on<\/p>\n
24-3-2002, he died on 25-3-2002  till: (_3t_lm,DlBi.J1t 1..
\n53Q\ufb01vLc2JL,L<\/p>\n
\ufb01led on 29-3-2002. Immediately aiter the deatiifiriquest
\nproeeedings were held and during the course<\/p>\n
the complainant was 31– e_m____mL.ed .  as <\/p>\n
feund  the “-“inrniaint  do i<\/p>\n
not find a place in the state1;t1ent’et;   ;
\nthe inquest.  it it I 1<\/p>\n
4. The leaxnediomiseiwi  petitioners relied<\/p>\n
 __ it  Singh Sengar Vs. State of
\ni     gzooagsg so 559;.\n<\/p>\n
V  i,i’er1.L.J 2104), and
\nt     das vs. Kartar Singh (AIR 2007 so
\niii”2o45)<\/p>\n
-5-Iv-u-r<\/p>\n
V. tam: s-ubniitted. t1.+I..s.t the “em ‘instigate’ (Emotes<\/p>\n
“.irr=iten3ent or ‘urgi\ufb02g to ‘o some drastic or unarivisabie<\/p>\n
it it “action or to stimulate or insight. Presence of mense rea J<\/p>\n
is necessary concomitant of instigation. It is- common<\/p>\n
knowledge that the words uttered in la  or m e<\/p>\n
1’   and  were not expected to<\/p>\n
   individ= 1.131 in a given<\/p>\n
spur of the moment cannot:-be taken to. be utte:?ede.with<\/p>\n
mans rea. In a \ufb01t of anger and in <\/p>\n
words used were to the effect “to gas  V   _<\/p>\n
wemd no.-T sI.tt.r.’n…ct Section 306 are ‘<\/p>\n
uttered during a. quarrel or  a ‘1’\u00a3.1;Jef    s,
\nargued- – – harassm’ = ent per se      Sectlond ‘ 306
\nBead with Section   and discards<\/p>\n
{V A.\n<\/p>\n
in the matrimex\ufb01al  w.it_%.I_evi:tv  t.*=.i.-1″ m’-‘aw it<\/p>\n
dee net uttt   with Section 107<\/p>\n
IPC). it   a victim committing
\nsuicide, it’:   to.  petulancc
\ndiscord’  di\ufb01’:=:ire:1ee:’i;:tdomes\ufb01c life quite eemm-rI_ L.<\/p>\n
the;  ‘i_e.._Vs.vr-..ic-.\u00a7;.|’1 t..e v-w..i.’.r-. wlnngeu *1 such<\/p>\n
1  t<\/p>\n
1<\/span><\/p>\n
  suicide, conscience of the Court |<\/p>\n
V.   she1uJ1dT’ not be satis\ufb01ed for  s. __r1d-L.ge- ..hs.t me<\/p>\n
Ill’ <\/p>\n
~  e.h…r~g-eds sf awttirig ts”-‘ *x”1″e”ee of suicide<\/p>\n
L ‘mshouid be fbund guilty.<\/p>\n
.-..-… .__._’I<\/p>\n
5. TIE 1ea:i’ned= euunsex for petitioners submitted<\/p>\n
 the  on record would disclose the fact of
\n\u00a7{Q,._v\\a.o:u__.\n<\/p>\n
10<\/span><\/p>\n
Mohan Kumar going to the house of <\/p>\n
despite he being asked by them not to do <\/p>\n
he continued his repealzed actions,   <\/p>\n
I.I.rhethe” he M”-**~* *=–“5: shazneper  the<\/p>\n
has been  = e,<\/p>\n
that the iii’-st petitioner is   a living
\nwith him, he  .npaetHa.nd decided<\/p>\n
to end his life. __’I’h_i:3    0.. -he
\n‘aeing a V’  He was not
\n  He was -not
\n b\u00bb”I-ie-.vvwa.s’not dependent upon them.<\/p>\n
_ Except    attached to the \ufb01rst<\/p>\n
nI=\u00a7t\u00a7’%.-ti’V- rner and th *  “.’.’a\u00a3’. we: ..=.-1e’=..~.a.*.=nd,e there was ‘-*5”<\/p>\n
h   m   visits to the house of<\/p>\n
  despite the -petitloners- objecting. for the-<\/p>\n
sanae,  particularly even after issuing at lcgalenotice<\/p>\n
   in the complaint.  _.-I1 t_.1.1.ie’yr-.n_1…r.-1<\/p>\n
I an: nv-1::\n<\/p>\n
_.._..A._..___l_1 __.lI LI,<\/p>\n
D CI.’ FYI KI L1 lb J’|””‘ . “”
\n:.guu.:–::uu uuuniawsl   ti t \ufb02u   DI U16<\/p>\n
‘V  “prosecution placed in the form of a charge sheet even<\/p>\n
accepted at its face value without controversy, the same<\/p>\n
would not make out su\ufb02ieient. grotmds for framing of a
\nJ’: JQ.u;cu2\\J\u00bb’—-\n<\/p>\n
11<\/span><\/p>\n
Charge. It may only  out a prima, facie  for<\/p>\n
issue of process which stage is. already <\/p>\n
basis of which process was Ls-ue;L But. Vhaeei zi.?.i-as <\/p>\n
,1._<\/p>\n
remannhw a stage of \ufb01ndmg  out   are<\/p>\n
sufficient grounds to \ufb02ame<\/p>\n
6.Per contra, the    for the<\/p>\n
respondent submits_.”:’*ttiai.  a stage for<\/p>\n
 the acso.ssed;,j:V.  m set d”-“‘1
\nfor  .   should not be
\n  since there was a
\n  were summon before
\nthe  *   of the  ;;2e.rsor1..s for<\/p>\n
  taken through the contents in the<\/p>\n
J    statements of the witnesses. they all-<\/p>\n
 there was no compatibility between husband<\/p>\n
2  bang} wife. The  petitioner was .-..–1-‘-.–..i..g to as a<\/p>\n
‘”1 A _:a.’I..\n<\/p>\n
.i1vu’-“”- Winn }vi*i-“1 K-‘-“*7 “- her husband for -reasons best<\/p>\n
V’ uiiknown to her or for the reasons as stated in the<\/p>\n
complaint. If such refusal is taken serious “by Mohan<\/p>\n
Kumar and he takes a drastic step of committing
\n};0.Lv\\c4,Qu—-\n<\/p>\n
s\ufb01icide, the petitioners cannot be held mspem-\ufb01ble for<\/p>\n
the same. with to he going to the<\/p>\n
accused persons immediately prior to.  <\/p>\n
poison,.it is stated. by the he ‘<\/p>\n
about the sarne only heeause– ._ Mshan-‘ ‘: v<\/p>\n
ixlformed him that he   ’31. is
\nplaced on record to  Kumar <\/p>\n
the house of the  * he csnumtr”.-<\/p>\n
psisuart Th,ss\u00a7h’_Vs.vfh-t-.i’5′?i11fij.s  of the materials<\/p>\n
of th’    at the stage of
\n of   a. cursory reading of the<\/p>\n
smtcznents  the complaint wag… gr.\u00bb ts<\/p>\n
CI’<\/p>\n
.”~ the pr\ufb01seeution<\/p>\n
estegbiish   made out<\/p>\n
‘V ”    held  a   be \ufb02amed<\/p>\n
   for the offences punishable under<\/p>\n
 IPC for abatement of suicide as de\ufb01ned<\/p>\n
_, under Section 107 IPC. The  CoI.J_rt h…s 1.|’.’.4.=.*.l.-..’-. to<\/p>\n
.  “spreciete this asgt of the ..’sat'”*’*. ‘<\/p>\n
\ufb01n<\/p>\n
‘hm at this stage<\/p>\n
[ ~ “‘it~*1f t..’\u00ab”<-e  no su\ufb02icient grounds. made out to frame<\/p>\n
a change, the very purpose of  would not be of any<\/p>\n
consequence as held by the Supt-'eme~ tin  197.7<\/p>\n
13<\/span><\/p>\n
SC 1489 Where under it is held for the  of<\/p>\n
determination whether there is  for<\/p>\n
proceeding against an accused the  :_<\/p>\n
-_m.-p;a=_r..t.ivo1\u00a7,r wider  iI1_t1’i”f  –.*f, in<\/p>\n
it can determine  question    .<\/p>\n
record if un-mbuttod, is suc1a”_donk%med  ofwmch the<\/p>\n
conviction can be  posoiblc.<\/p>\n
8. In tho   of the<\/p>\n
  is no possibiiity
\nof the”  to be held guilty of
\nthe -‘may are charged. Hence the-<\/p>\n
\n\nX\u00bb d.v\"d npnnn\n\n\\J\u00a3\\\u00a5# L\\\n\n   of    dated 13-6-2005\n\n<\/pre>\n
 __S;;C\u00a3No-.362\/2002 is set aside. The revision<\/p>\n
 is\ufb01ia\ufb02owcd. The accused are discharged of the<\/p>\n
 ., “om:-;1c\u00e9s for which they are  The ha… wads<\/p>\n
‘;f”..-..”.”.ish.-=3.-3′. by the petiti’–‘nei’\ufb01 sum; sum ssoivod.<\/p>\n
gvq\/-% Page Nos. 1 to 5. 5d]-
\nShh] – Page Nos.6 to 14. judge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court M C Chaithra vs State Of Karnataka on 27 March, 2008 Author: R.B.Naik \/>’\\ 1 ( -;2:\\ \\~.\/’ IN THE HIGH comm’ 01:’ KARNATAKA A-‘I’ BANe,a;LDRE I DATED THIS THE 27TH DAY 01?. V. A B . “H — *:*- “u’m:’1′-‘E ‘ ‘I “II J. 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