{"id":204126,"date":"2008-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/basavarajappa-raja-vs-state-by-range-forest-officer-on-10-march-2008"},"modified":"2014-11-07T23:20:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T17:50:30","slug":"basavarajappa-raja-vs-state-by-range-forest-officer-on-10-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/basavarajappa-raja-vs-state-by-range-forest-officer-on-10-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"Basavarajappa @ Raja vs State By Range Forest Officer … on 10 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Basavarajappa @ Raja vs State By Range Forest Officer … on 10 March, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: R.B.Naik<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH comm' 01? KAR-NATAKA. BANGALQRE\nDATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF' MARc11200g  0 '\nBEFORE '  0  '\n\nTHE HON? E MR. J\"uf%\ufb01*'E   0 _\n\n \n\nBETWEEN\n\nBagsavaxdiappa @ Raja,\nS\/0 Shivalingappa, V \nAged abitzut 30 years, * *  '--   }\nOcc: Agriculture and Q9'o.,1_i_s,. ; - .  ._ \nResiding At Mailiger\u00e9v\ufb02iage,  3 ~ '\nC311.a11_IIs=Ioir'i:'I'r_a_1*:1!\u00ab:-  ='   A V \n\n.\/tr' ._  3 .V ' Z. '_ ._ ' .\nDavanagdre       Peuuoner\n\n(By   Advocate)\n\nState by' Range FoI*0St\u00ab Cimcer,\nc1a_m-mgm,   \"   0\n\n '  __ Bairaxdagcre Dist\ufb01ct; : Respondent<\/pre>\n
   0.  , HCGP)<\/p>\n
 * ‘If’t1i\u00e9.V.\u00a22:ii-in1i11a1 Revision Petition is \ufb01led under Section
\n39? 85401 Cr.P. C. praying to set aside the Judgment and<\/p>\n
‘V . ‘ I
\nsentemse cf the District Ea Bass “:13 Judga-, .*3.’_.’.%-‘”1.-2-.gere in<\/p>\n
 ‘0C1:1.A.VNo.15\/2005 dated 13.04.2005 -and Judgment and
\n* _ ‘.sc1itcncc of the Pr1., C.J.(Jr.Dn.] Ba JMF’C.’1., C , in
\n C.C.No.411]2000 dated 14.12.2004 and acquit the<\/p>\n
d ”  ‘\ufb01pctitioncr of all the charges.<\/p>\n
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This petition coming on for hearing, t11is*”‘day the
\nCourt, made the following:\n<\/p>\n
_ he neti one!’<\/p>\n
C’;’nandrappa who was airayed asa-“i\u00ab was for
\noffence punishable under Sectioii   (a) of the<\/p>\n
K.F.Act and senteiicaed-%..to months and to pay a<\/p>\n
\ufb01ne of Rs.2,0QO_\/-   for a period of<\/p>\n
4-.\n<\/p>\n
three meiims. }i’he pietiiiciieraat steed ‘”-“s c uitued ‘f ”<\/p>\n
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\ncharge under’ as not proved. As they
\nwere’.he1_d  the”‘oi_Te11ces punishable under Section
\n24  Section  ‘the Karnataka Forest Act, they<\/p>\n
were not sepai’ate1y’s_.nt_.ne_.d _,r .11 o..ene… punisha..1e<\/p>\n
‘I”‘|!’\\’I_<\/p>\n
9 In, uecause of the sentence imposed<\/p>\n
 ,f\u00bboi’–.Vthe  punishable under Section 104 (a) and 24<\/p>\n
of Forest Act, by an order of conviction and<\/p>\n
  “sentence dated 14-12-2004 passed by the Principal Civil<\/p>\n
, ..go ,-.Ir.Dn} and JIMIFIN (}l1annMi”i in C.C.41l,’2(}02,<\/p>\n
it the said order of conviction and seritencewas chaiienged<\/p>\n
A-2 .-.;.1..ng  with *  ce:accus.eu <\/p>\n
by petitioner Accused No.2, in Cr1.A.15:\/2O05\u00bbT””‘and the
\nappeal was dismissed by an order dated  the
\nDistrict and Session 3 Judge, DavaI1gere:.~-.:.VV ‘ <\/p>\n
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“tttlti\ufb02\ufb02er n- to 1.133 “‘1. \\..1u1 1. .
\n1” .\n<\/p>\n
challenging the order of convic\ufb02on scntertee}  <\/p>\n
2 Th- ‘crrf facts. of ~\ufb01  that on
\n31-12-1999 at about8_9_’a,i1a;’wher1-i.}?,W._1 and P.w.2 and<\/p>\n
other Forest \u00ab  ‘_he9.ttii1ty in Kukwada<\/p>\n
Ubrani Piz\u00e9inziigudda lake, petitioner<\/p>\n
. ..,  “::,_.    ,
\n“along w1L.;.Vc9o-aoeueede No.1 withou. any permit or “sense<\/p>\n
were i’onn.d’cai5r3?ii1g:’..i9eete iogw tn 5.750\/’ .<\/p>\n
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 1915a-etei1c};\u00a21a11?1iM.0.2 axe.<\/p>\n
1’  P.W.1 Satlwanarayana, in his evidence has<\/p>\n
 that on 13-12-1999 himself and other forest<\/p>\n
xiguards had been on beat duty and when they were near<\/p>\n
ggametiu.\n<\/p>\n
Handigudda forest, they found A- 1 and petitioner’ \u00bb”ca1*Iyi11g<\/p>\n
beete log and an axe and on seeing the  <\/p>\n
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Chandrappa but liowever this’ ‘petitioner”V’-it-.2_v  fa\u00bb-ay.
\nA-1 was taken to the o\ufb02iceufiaioizg  iieeteifiog and the
\naxe. They made  Aairid; that they had no<\/p>\n
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\npermit or 116611.66 forAeo..m’1″f,’1115,J,_ the a…md,1og. A-1 confessed,<\/p>\n
himself a;1Iii..v_11e39eii11wjrereV  g the same having
\ncut   _  near Malligekere area.<\/p>\n
Theyi\ufb01seizedivtuhe-.\u00bb Forest officials on seizure of<\/p>\n
bee e 1 “g.___a”nd  gave distinct identi\ufb01cation marks<\/p>\n
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_’y’ Luci . u _’y d1’f’:’<\/p>\n
1 per Ex.P.2; seized the property and forwarded<\/p>\n
H   to the jurisdictional Magistrate. They<\/p>\n
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\nV=f|Gl<\/p>\n
1′]. I<\/p>\n
forwarded a report to the RFC and produced M.O.1 and<\/p>\n
H 1″ T+”-;P1andP-\n<\/p>\n
H’ .\n<\/p>\n
ulavas\ufb01 Iv LI.-LL J44 – – 4. owe<\/p>\n
5.P.’W.2 was working as\ufb01ange Forest Officer. He in<\/p>\n
his evidence has deposed that on 31-12-1999 P.W.1 and<\/p>\n
)U2nu~U–‘:’&–\n<\/p>\n
(1 ~ <\/p>\n
other Forest Guards had produced A-I before  along<\/p>\n
with M.Os.1 and 2 and Ex:-3.P.1 -and 13.2.  the<\/p>\n
before the Court along With.4___reniat_1_d’  he has
\nissued a certi\ufb01cate as per    the log is
\na forest yroduce. A   A  <\/p>\n
6.   ‘.has__V}ieposed that he had
\narrested   A-2 who ran away from
\nbeen ‘held  agency to get identi\ufb01ed<\/p>\n
petitioneiiaeeusedA’No}’\u00a7. His implication in the case is on<\/p>\n
 V’  –  basis’ of theV”vo1t1nta1’y statement of A-1 Chandrappa.<\/p>\n
P’.-.’._v’v’.1_.’ ‘Except the voluntary statement of it-1_in1pIicati11g<\/p>\n
 do the ee-‘accused i.e., the petitioner-accusegl _h_erei_n_, there is<\/p>\n
 \/,,V_”ne:”other material to establish that it was petitioner A-2<\/p>\n
~-iwho was also involved in the commission of the offence<\/p>\n
j;L,Q,.mcL3Ll\/_._<\/p>\n
and was present and was carrying the beats 192 81013;; with<\/p>\n
A-1. The Courts below have erroneously relie.<t1_.Vthe<\/p>\n
ve..int….r3r sta..en . t of the co-accused heidi the ' <\/p>\n
petitioneriaeensed guilty cf the eifenees, tor-Iw11.jieti.i1ie" <\/p>\n
been convicted and sentenced. 'A_s'~- such,.–".i.t11.e \u00b0o1'<iei*< of<\/p>\n
conviction and sentence reijnii-es interfenenie in this
\nrevision petition. Hence Q tl1e–'_Vfo1i1ovvi.ng:' " \u00ab _
\niQRnRR\\)'"'<\/p>\n
The revisisjn petition is iaiiovieti and we order of<\/p>\n
+
\n3'<\/p>\n
conviction  ~  the petitioner for
\noffences _  Section 24 and 104(a} of the<\/p>\n
a kn F'ore's_t\u00b0 sentencing him for the said<\/p>\n
off toes is set" aside, The accused petitioner is acquitted<\/p>\n
 ' of"the–vciiarges__level1ed against him. "i"'ne fne ii'  paid by<\/p>\n
H  be refunded to him. The bail bonds<\/p>\n
 executed the petitioner shall stand dissolved.<\/p>\n
i Sbb\/-\n<\/p>\n
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\nIudg\ufb01<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Basavarajappa @ Raja vs State By Range Forest Officer … on 10 March, 2008 Author: R.B.Naik IN THE HIGH comm’ 01? KAR-NATAKA. BANGALQRE DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF’ MARc11200g 0 ‘ BEFORE ‘ 0 ‘ THE HON? E MR. J”uf%\ufb01*’E 0 _ BETWEEN Bagsavaxdiappa @ Raja, S\/0 Shivalingappa, V Aged abitzut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nBasavarajappa @ Raja vs State By Range Forest Officer ... on 10 March, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/basavarajappa-raja-vs-state-by-range-forest-officer-on-10-march-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Basavarajappa @ Raja vs State By Range Forest Officer ... on 10 March, 2008 - 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