{"id":202484,"date":"2008-08-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-karnataka-by-the-sub-vs-lakshmana-on-27-august-2008"},"modified":"2018-05-11T12:43:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T07:13:55","slug":"state-of-karnataka-by-the-sub-vs-lakshmana-on-27-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-karnataka-by-the-sub-vs-lakshmana-on-27-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"State Of Karnataka By The Sub … vs Lakshmana on 27 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
State Of Karnataka By The Sub … vs Lakshmana on 27 August, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: V.Jagannathan<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
<\/pre>\n
” V”  Lsik\u00e9haiana<\/p>\n
  ’39.  ” A’<\/p>\n
    Driver, Nidoda<\/p>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT 0}? KARNATAKA;~~  L’
\nCIRCUYI’ BENCH, GULBARGA M      %
\nmzrmz Tms THE: 27m my   2-:\u00a7.”I(:-sx T
\nBEFORE %  .     \u00e9 %
\nTHE HONBLE MR.JUsT1c\u00a3\u00e9:v.. JAG1\u00abyr\u00e9A’r1i;\u00a7N”‘
\nCRL. APPEAL N9;La\u00a7a2″:g0c4  <\/p>\n
BETVVEEN:<\/p>\n
State of   _ 1:\n<\/p>\n
By the Sub I:;s*;3eci;b;_ of :~ _ _<\/p>\n
Police, Ku$11?r1ec;i”w1?bIicae.\n<\/p>\n
       .,;…APPELLANT<\/p>\n
(By Sm:’Anmzrad1\u00a7a;%.%A$~\u00a7sa;{;{%&;g;\u00a2;g1:;S.RP)
\nAND:  . ‘ J <\/p>\n
A S! 0 ~Fa1*\u00a2p:pa=%
\n~D’river’;\n<\/p>\n
AL14raciVB
\nBidaf Dist.\n<\/p>\n
, Heiglamantfla<\/p>\n
‘  o}$Axj12z1a
\n35 Wars,<\/p>\n
with the said Bayamma and were assaulting ~ V.<\/p>\n
were aiso abusing her with vulgar words T’   <\/p>\n
accused being the very close re1a’\u00a7ives o\u00a3.vthe-I <\/p>\n
used to abuse the deeeasedgajd g4ivee”*her   ‘V<\/p>\n
physical harassment and on  the
\nonce again harassed ‘else to bear
\nthe menta}  phye\u00a7_\u00a2;;1\u00a71A..VV  gven, the
\n   by pouring
\nkerosene    later died in the
\nhospitai\u00e9r me’  went to the<\/p>\n
hospital   ‘flue incident and came to<\/p>\n
V know’ .their”denghter had committed suicide unable<\/p>\n
    fiiarassment gven to her by the accused<\/p>\n
 77’\u00ab_.ff1ie’-“statement given by the deceased<\/p>\n
V V’ _BayaCi:meV:wi1:iie she wee in the hospital was recorded by<\/p>\n
 exit? based on the said statement cum<\/p>\n
jeoir;V1i)}a’iAint cum dying declaration, a case was regstered<\/p>\n
T  F.I.R was sent as per EX.P9 to the court. On<\/p>\n
$7<\/p>\n
completion of the investigation, the charge sheet <\/p>\n
submitted against the accused pemens.<\/p>\n
3. On pleading not guilty to the ‘e1′::–mfgej,’   <\/p>\n
perscns were pui; on trial and  lie\u00e9 <\/p>\n
evidence by examining PWs
\nEx.P1 to P10 were markeg aloiig   aekeeosene
\ncan. The accused    which was
\nagainst them,     to lead any
\ndefence ”    trial judge after<\/p>\n
appreeie;tjng–  __ on record, came to the<\/p>\n
e0:nc1usioh”w–t\u00a71at the  had failed to prove the<\/p>\n
 _ case”  tEie..V_,\u00e9\u00a7ecu$ed beyond all reasonabie doubt<\/p>\n
 acquitted them of all the offences and<\/p>\n
  the State to prefer this appeal.<\/p>\n
V -4.  hafe the learned Add}. S.P.P for the State<\/p>\n
‘A counsel Sri\ufb01azlgappa Seuie for the<\/p>\n
–..T.’.–ree;’i(5:iidents\/ accused and perused the entire material<\/p>\n
 “<_\u20aci\ufb01 reeerd. }z<\/p>\n
5. Learned Add}. 3.13.? for the State  <\/p>\n
trial court was $33 error in acquitting the    ‘ <\/p>\n
and though the prosecution   ‘1 ”  <\/p>\n
declaration of the deceased which”is_”Spoke;i7-‘to  V’<\/p>\n
doctor examined as WV 18,  being
\nsupported by the   ‘of the
\ndeceased, the    the
\naccused    recorded is
\nagairzst the   interference by
\nthis  ”  leoooed counsel took me<\/p>\n
through the’ and in particular to that<\/p>\n
of the doctor   WV– 18.\n<\/p>\n
   _   hand, leashed counsel for the<\/p>\n
 o’*A..V.v.Vrespo11:\u00a7onto  that the tria} CO’\u00a31I’\u00a5i has considered<\/p>\n
 ovidenvoe-‘: iaz\ufb01gvory angle and has found that the<\/p>\n
  witnesses have not supported the case of<\/p>\n
h   \ufb01rosecution and the parents anti husband of ‘mo<\/p>\n
 .(i\u00a7:ceased have also depvose\u00e9 in their evidence that the<\/p>\n
” deceased never informed anybociy about the physical<\/p>\n
>,.\n<\/p>\n
arid mental harassment given to her by the A4<\/p>\n
mrsene. The dying deeiaxatien produeeatr bye  ”<\/p>\n
prosecution is also net free frem deiiht ae  ‘e\ufb01:}};~fa <\/p>\n
xerox. copy and the elector has adxiiittesrt fiieAtevidei\u00a7;eeAV”‘–.<\/p>\n
that he signed it on the day””2;:e*~.gaxete
\neeurt. Under the said the  taken by
\nthe trial court is a    \ufb01nm the
\nevicienee on  Letiet3,A\u00ab:TItd~iIiterterenee by this<\/p>\n
court in    K<\/p>\n
7.   submission made, i<\/p>\n
have  ex\u00e9i1t:xi13:,et\u00a7..ti1e evidence on record. Of the<\/p>\n
 – ._proee\u00a7:ution_winiee:3es,v the material witnesses are P’W-:5 5<\/p>\n
 6   the parents of the deceased and WV 8<\/p>\n
the ht ‘ the deceased and WV 18 the doctor.<\/p>\n
  ‘  5 and 6 depose in their evidence about the<\/p>\n
  “:fu\u00a7,1:a sfsment given by the accused to the deceased, but<\/p>\n
.    the cross examination these witnesses have stated<\/p>\n
 V  that deceased did not inform anybo\u00e9y in the village<\/p>\n
abeut the accused having abused her and giving her ill-<\/p>\n
3*:\n<\/p>\n
treatment both ghysically and menta\ufb02y. The husband<\/p>\n
of the deceased who was examined as <\/p>\n
Ma\ufb02ikarjtma has also deposed in the  _<\/p>\n
evidence that the accused did not ,abuse_.—-  <\/p>\n
they did not give any  <\/p>\n
deceased. The rest of the prosec11ztionAwiVt11essiess<\/p>\n
9, \u00a31 and 12 do not     aecused
\npersons with regard to  abused by
\nthem or being s11:\u00a3i_\u00a7ectefj””t{,  The panch
\nWitnesses    the<\/p>\n
prosecution   spot panchanamakwe<\/p>\n
are now leftwith tI1e”e\u00a7i{1ei_;3.ee of the doctor examined as<\/p>\n
 _PW- 1.85′: in tlxiev-.c:o_urs:e of his evidence, the doctor has<\/p>\n
 *.$ta\u00a7eriVVL’tat.t\ufb01etflying declaration was recorded by the<\/p>\n
 pei’ Ex.P10, but in the cross examination,<\/p>\n
 the  hes admitted that the Tahsildar was not<\/p>\n
  “s;1yV”i11struCtien by this doctor to record statement<\/p>\n
  certificate was issued by P\u00b0W- 18. Further, the<\/p>\n
7.a:i.octor has stated in his cross exemieatiexz that for the<\/p>\n
3\/<\/p>\n
, \u00a2<\/p>\n
first time he is seeing the dying ~ 2<\/p>\n
which is not the orignal and aiso admits;    i<\/p>\n
signed Ex.P10 oniy on that daty:V'(oii1i_’ti1e’*’da1;ss  <\/p>\n
evidence). In the light of the _aferes;aid evideiaee or\u00bb i<\/p>\n
doctor, the trial court did  it   the
\ndying declaration t_    is
\ntaken out of consideretioii, i  only the
\nevidence of     and her
\nhusband.   not stated about
\nthe acegjeetl or abusing her in<\/p>\n
the maiziiegj alle   – ipr\u00e9secu\ufb01on.<\/p>\n
   the e’\u00a7;o’s:e.eiI’cumstances, the View taken by<\/p>\n
‘cannot be termed as an unreasonabie<\/p>\n
View V ef ‘j__e*i?idence on record or the \ufb01nding as<\/p>\n
   ‘\u00ab;_’Iiherefere, in my view, interference by this<\/p>\n
  “~:_aga3’I1st the order of aequittai does not arise<\/p>\n
 ‘iiaifiiilg regard to the nature of evidence placed on<\/p>\n
V   Eecord. The View taken by the trial court appears to be<\/p>\n
a possible View and therefere this court cannot interfere<\/p>\n
%<\/p>\n
with the said view taken. by the learned trial <\/p>\n
tllis connection, it is also necessary to keep  _<\/p>\n
law laid down by the Apex     etwo   <\/p>\n
imerference against the order ‘-of   mes 11;:<\/p>\n
Appellate C-011I\u00b0t3oII}. the 2 ”\\j:’sAVwliSt_ate.V’3ef %<\/p>\n
U31’ 2005 s.e.c (Cri) 1’33 th\u00a2%sA15}ex1:as@o:\u00a7sewed
\nthus: A ‘4 V l’
\n” There is    court<\/p>\n
“e_viden{;e neon  an order<\/p>\n
of    the order of
\naeqxliitalsi”:al1::r19t”1\ufb01\u00a7e’v\u00abin’terfered with because
\nthe  <::_if"\u00abi:i:_i1';ecence of the accused
\n  stfe\ufb01gt\ufb01ehed by acquittal. The
\n verluch runs through the web of<\/p>\n
 ~ .Vad@;in;isfration of justice in criminal cases is
\nviews are possible on the evidence
\n the case, one pointing to the
\ngujlt:. of the accused should be adepted. The<\/p>\n
x 'T ~paremour1t consideration of the court is to
\n 'ensure that miscarriage of justice is
\nprevented. A miscarriage of justice which
\nmay arise from acquittal of the guilty is no<\/p>\n
less than {rem the eenvietien of an innocent.<\/p>\n
lv<\/p>\n
\/-\n<\/p>\n
18<\/span><\/p>\n
In a case where admissible evidence is<\/p>\n
ignored, a duty is cast up\ufb01ri the a1313eI1??1.t..\u00a2e’: “e ‘\u00bb ‘<\/p>\n
ceurt ta reappreciate the evidence WhCF\u20ac; ‘(:I}fj     A<\/p>\n
accuse\u00e9 has been acquitted, :TQ1’_'{}f}\u20ac  V’
\nof ascertaining as to whether
\naccused really committed _anyV4(zffe:1ee of .if1(\u00a7t; ‘ V ‘
\n(See Bhagwan Singh  ef MP-..V}:
\nprinciple to be f9\ufb02owed_…_f3fy._ the
\ncourt considering  the
\njudgment of   only
\nwhen thegre ‘ i   ” sfdt\ufb01stantjal<\/p>\n
reasengs  iizzzqf  ”  the impugned<\/p>\n
ju<?igmeii:;Ve.7v_.vie73,e1ee;:1y unieasonable and
\nrelevant a'\u00a31dV materiajis have been<\/p>\n
unjuefif1xai:%,1yVV"e1ii11_ii1e:1;ifed in the process, it is<\/p>\n
 eompelli\ufb02greasen for iilterfererme." …….. ..<\/p>\n
 "    of the aforesaid reasoning, I do not<\/p>\n
 this appeal and accordingly, it is<\/p>\n
V _dismiesec';\u00a7 ' u <\/p>\n
T .. Bvfz<\/p>\n
Sd\/~
\nJudge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court State Of Karnataka By The Sub … vs Lakshmana on 27 August, 2008 Author: V.Jagannathan ” V” Lsik\u00e9haiana ’39. ” A’ Driver, Nidoda IN THE HIGH COURT 0}? KARNATAKA;~~ L’ CIRCUYI’ BENCH, GULBARGA M % mzrmz Tms THE: 27m my 2-:\u00a7.”I(:-sx T BEFORE % . \u00e9 % THE HONBLE MR.JUsT1c\u00a3\u00e9:v.. JAG1\u00abyr\u00e9A’r1i;\u00a7N”‘ CRL. 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