{"id":204520,"date":"2008-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-rep-by-the-ulsoor-police-vs-balakrishna-so-pothraj-on-26-march-2008"},"modified":"2014-01-28T04:40:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T23:10:45","slug":"state-rep-by-the-ulsoor-police-vs-balakrishna-so-pothraj-on-26-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-rep-by-the-ulsoor-police-vs-balakrishna-so-pothraj-on-26-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"State Rep By The Ulsoor Police … vs Balakrishna S\/O Pothraj on 26 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
State Rep By The Ulsoor Police … vs Balakrishna S\/O Pothraj on 26 March, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: V.G.Sabhahit & B.V.Nagarathna<\/div>\n
 \n\n-1-\n\nIN THE HIGH CGURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALQRE\n\nDA?ED THIS THE 26\"':mx 09 MARCR 29oef\u00a2 3\n\nP R E S E N T\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICQMV,G.SEBHR\u00a7iT V =\n\nTHE HON'BLE MRS:Q@$TiC\ufb01 B \u00a7VmAGARATHNA\ncR:M:gAL A9EEAL\"N\u00a7\u00a7i41%k2oo:\n\nBETWEEN\n\n.-r-.-r.---....--_-...-.\n\n8TATE REERESENTEE_\u00a71TV\nULSOOR'POLZCE_STETIQN\"r\"\n*L'% ' a~p'= ...APPELLANT\n\n_V (BY,$RI=MAQB0eL AHMED, HCGP}\n\n~ -...'u..\u00bb-cum ,_\n\nB$L\u00a7KRISHN\u00a7 S\/O 90THRAJ\n\nV. AGED 33 YEARS\n-~,\"NO.4,\"\u00a7G\" l5\"'STREET\n*,Jo\u00a7u4PALyA, ULSOOR\n\n'\"-.'QA3saLoRE--8\n\n...RESPON9ENT\n\nT\u00a7 \"rBY sax K L SRINIVAS, AMICUS CURIAE\n\nV\/O DT. 5.2.2008)\n\n\n\n-10..\n\nAmicus Curiae to present_ the CaSe*@of\u00b0.the_V\n\nrespondent ~accused No.l[g by\" order raatgai<\/pre>\n
5.2.2008.\n<\/p>\n
4. Having regard 1&0 “the _contentions
\nurged, the r’9ointe”‘ftha\u00a7._ arise for our<\/p>\n
determinatien5\u00a7re:e\ufb02!Iu 5 {v .\n<\/p>\n
1. 3Whether%.th\u00a7a’finding of the trial<\/p>\n
“”” H Ce@rt”\u00a7 teat” the” prosecution has
\n‘\u00a3a11\u00a2&ft\u00a7.\u00a7r\u00a7ve the guilt of accused
\nLNe;1.j;r\u00a2r”* having committed the<\/p>\n
Voffenees” punishable under Sections<\/p>\n
tmDe\u00a7\u00e9\ufb01;t 427, 324 and 307 r\/w’ Sec. 34<\/p>\n
. f C is justified or calls for<\/p>\n
interference in this appeal?\n<\/p>\n
\ufb02~.g_2\u00a7”. What order?\n<\/p>\n
\\\u00a7t\u00a7<\/p>\n
-14..\n<\/p>\n
?. P.W.lO is the complainantgl He 5ha5f’<\/p>\n
deposed in his examination5ih=chief the\u00a3_\u00a7;W.2g<\/p>\n
is his brother. P.W.3 is his \ufb01;Aot’her”.eI’sd <\/p>\n
is the son of his uncle; allt o\u00a3”,the\ufb01” are V<\/p>\n
living together in Jogupelye st \ufb01lsoor; the
\naccused persons are hhoen to himcand the house
\nof acc\ufb01sed NoEl_is heer \ufb01g eheir house. He
\nhas deposed ,the\u00a7 ‘o$e73f5,l99? Wat about 9.30
\np.m.,,wheh he was eieeping inside the house,
\naccused_’Nos;i ‘end i?” came to their house<\/p>\n
holding choppers} P,\ufb01s.2 and 3 and his father<\/p>\n
.g were also in the house; the accused persons<\/p>\n
V7 abused him in_filthy language asking as to why<\/p>\n
he had ebused their younger sister; accused<\/p>\n
‘VNo.lueseaolted on his head with chopper twice;’<\/p>\n
‘ilja\u00a2cu$ed”No.2 assaulted on his left palm with<\/p>\n
o\ufb01chopoer and both the accused assaulted on his<\/p>\n
“ddlegs with chopper. He has further’ deposed<\/p>\n
\\L\u00a7<\/p>\n
-19..\n<\/p>\n
‘ he intervened, accused No.1 assaulted him with “\u00bb<\/p>\n
chopper and he sustained ihjuey on his rightg<\/p>\n
little finger; accused ho;2 assaulted ah his
\nleft leg with chopeer; accused ho;i assaulted
\nC.W.4 with choppet en the head}.accused No.1
\nassaulted on the \ufb02eet Of his eother with the
\nhind pottiohiiof\ufb02 the l\u00e9hohheti there was
\nelecttiqityriight is eheit house at the time
\nof the incident ahd after assaulting them, the
\naccused ~ee;ec\u00a7\u00e9[ tea \ufb01away. He has further<\/p>\n
depesed.thata\u00a7X.P;l is the mahazar in respect<\/p>\n
V_ of the scene of offence and police seized the<\/p>\n
hchoppet {toe the spot and M.0.2 is the chopper<\/p>\n
whichteas in the hands of accused No.1 which<\/p>\n
i7 was lying at the spot and seized under Ex.P.l.<\/p>\n
“It is elicited in his crosswexamination that<\/p>\n
Vh”he does not remember the type of clothes<\/p>\n
accused No.1 was wearing at the time of<\/p>\n
\\%$<\/p>\n
-21..\n<\/p>\n
that en the date of incident, at about 9 gan;,mn<\/p>\n
accused Nos.1 and 2 came to their h\u00a2use}.at \u00bb.\u00b0<\/p>\n
that time, c.w.1 {P.W.10) :=_was..rLta’1::;L’%ag’—-.<\/p>\n
P.W.2 was also taking meais; soon after coming
\nto their house, without tai\ufb01ingianfthind, both
\nthe accused persons {;aaagi\ufb01\u00a7a_ C.\u00a7.i with
\nchopper; first accused.\ufb01o;gt\u00a7%$%eited’on the
\nface Of &\u00bbW:\u00a3:K\u00a7{W:iCi{ when she intervened,
\naccused \ufb01oiisaeeauited on her leg with a crow
\nbar; accgsed’wo;\u00e9a\ufb01\u00a2\u00a7$aif had brought the crow<\/p>\n
bar; she could net nake out whether P.W.2 was<\/p>\n
\u00b0a;ae assaulted he the accused or not; C.W.4<\/p>\n
dwas_aiso present at the time of incident; he<\/p>\n
was also assaulted on the hind portion of his<\/p>\n
.”xThead;h\u00bbbut she cannot say which accused<\/p>\n
d.dasean1ted him; after assaulting, the accused<\/p>\n
.i*Hpersons ran away; she cannot identify the<\/p>\n
\\g&\u00a7<\/p>\n
-23..\n<\/p>\n
was not present at that time; the_re’fo.re:;i.:”<\/p>\n
did not witness that incide;nt;_AA4e:;c\u00abep1t’accuseg;i_ <\/p>\n
Nos.II. and 2, nobody e}.swe_’ ca1\ufb01e ‘”co  houe\u00e9si<\/p>\n
at the time of inc:ic;ient;”V”i’i:;:oon  to
\nthe house, without._  the
\naccused persons   both the
\naccused  on the head
\nand faces .’.;;,>;s’s\u00a7t;2ljil.ted P.W.4 from
\nthe   chopper; several
\n;::ersons”\u00abIhacVi \u00abbut, they were at a.<\/p>\n
distance;  egss\u00e9sulting C.W.l and 9.w.4,<\/p>\n
“”‘the”W”a<;,Cus–ed persons went away; there was<\/p>\n
iigiijzt inside the house so also<\/p>\n
outs4'ic3eV..\u00a7;ah;ci'iV. the police came to their house<\/p>\n
ii."'~'\u00ab.___V'e1urin<j\ufb02ihe night of the incident. She has<\/p>\n
   the suggestion that they have foisted a<\/p>\n
false case against the accused persons<\/p>\n
Ifthinkihg that they may give complaint with<\/p>\n
\\.'K-9'<\/p>\n
…24_<\/p>\n
regard to assault. on the _sieter;hef"\u00a73eeueedgxh<\/p>\n
No.1. She has also denied the eugg\u00e9stieh thafc<\/p>\n
accused No.1 did not aeeault anybody age that<\/p>\n
she has given falee evadehce to euepeft her
\nson c.w.1 (e.w.1@)aVh".i '. .\n<\/p>\n
10. e.W,4hgNa\u00a7a\u00e91\u00a7h\u00a7.gaahae\u00a7eaed in his
\nexaminatiene;h;ehi\u00e9\u00a3 that he ea residing in a
\ndifferent_Teett\u00a7onLheta\ufb02the house in the
\noccepaiish at \u00a7}hs;igE,2 and 3; on 3.6.1997 at<\/p>\n
about 9.3Qhp,\ufb01.,7wheh he was sleeping in his<\/p>\n
.\u00abahouee, he heard \u00a70me galata in the house of<\/p>\n
VH1C{W;;;,uwheh*_he went there, he saw accused<\/p>\n
$oe;1 aha Zein that house; both the accused<\/p>\n
‘gpereeheha\ufb01ere assaulting C.W.1 with chopper;<\/p>\n
uh’geach_of them were holding a chopper; accused<\/p>\n
Wfhqlih assaulted on the head of C.W.l and<\/p>\n
uviaecused No.2 assaulted on the face of C.W.l;<\/p>\n
Uni<\/p>\n
-25..\n<\/p>\n
accused No.2 also assaulted on the left pelmu ‘<\/p>\n
of C.W.l with chopper; accused Ne.2.essaultedf<\/p>\n
on leg of P.W.Z with. choppef;: accused \u00bbNe.2
\nkicked 9.W.3 with legs and eccused Noll_\u00a7uehed
\nher; when he vihtezfehed;iERaccused No.1
\nassaulted on his head”eith,hihd eottion of the
\nchopper; the ehoepe;Le\ufb01.\u00a7[Q eae in the hands
\nof accused soil; accused So:2 did not assault
\nhin1 ahd uaiterflessaelti\ufb01g, both the accused<\/p>\n
persons tan aweylzlt is elicited in his cross\u00ab<\/p>\n
._ examination that he saw accused Nos.l and 2<\/span><\/p>\n
d{_geing to the house of C.W.1. However, he again<\/p>\n
states that he did not see it. It is further<\/p>\n
— elicited that by the time he went to the house<\/p>\n
d”k3of*C,Wil, the accused persons had not come out<\/p>\n
Wgof the house; when he went inside the house,<\/p>\n
“shhe saw accused No.2 assaulting C.W.l out;<\/p>\n
C.W.l was inside the room; soon thereafter,<\/p>\n
W51<\/p>\n
-25..\n<\/p>\n
C.W.i came out of the room; seeing th\u00e9fgcousedgul<\/p>\n
petsons holding chopper, he’ sent out” oi fth\u00e9j<\/p>\n
house and came to thVe”‘~….V’roa\u20aci;V:’ A”\u00ab:s’C–<:1.1sed
\npersons also ran a\ufb01ter his} fitst acoasea No.2
\nassaulted on the head of Qi\ufb01iii aocused No.1
\nassaulted on "the ifaced of jQ;hiii7 ehen C.W.l
\ntried to oatoh hold oi ohoo\ufb01et in the hands of
\naccused \ufb02oili he agstained injury on the left
\npalm; sthe oeoole of entire locality numbering<\/p>\n
about 30 were witnessing the incident from a<\/p>\n
'_ distance and soon after assaulting C.W.l, the<\/p>\n
da_aooused. persons ran away. It is further<\/p>\n
,eiicit\u00e9d ein "his oross\u00abexamination that the<\/p>\n
V. knife veas" seized during the previous night<\/p>\n
"* Hitself and therefore, nothing was seized at<\/p>\n
l}the" time of mahazar. He has denied the<\/p>\n
ai"soggestion that a false complaint has been<\/p>\n
V given against the accused persons thinking<\/p>\n
U3<\/p>\n
-27..\n<\/p>\n
that the sister of accused _No,l “m\u00a7\u00a5 ,file u’<\/p>\n
complaint regarding the q\ufb01arrel; betw\u00a7e5’it\u00a2a;<\/p>\n
sister Qf accused No.1 aha C;W\u00a31.a\ufb01$ that he
\nis deposing’ falsely” to _s\ufb01ppe;t C;Wg;,J\u00a7P.WL2<\/p>\n
and P.W.3 whe are reigned to him;;\n<\/p>\n
11. P.W.5 *ShiVappa,,aeee;dihg to the<\/p>\n
prosecutionr’is an eyesita\u00e9as, \ufb01e has deposed
\nin his e2amQhation\u00a2ih\u00a7Chie\u00a7 that on 3.6.1997
\nat ahbst*x\u00a7y30\u00a7’pQm;; he” had gone to the<\/p>\n
workshim> near? the nhease of C.W.l as he had<\/p>\n
left his autc there {hr repair; he saw accused<\/p>\n
\u00bbu.Nos@i’;\ufb01hda 2 Kgoing to the house of C.W.l,<\/p>\n
tI\ufb01uafrei1iag\u00a5there and coming out of the house;<\/p>\n
c;w;1 ha\ufb01as\ufb01stained injury and he had become<\/p>\n
‘rgnconseious; P.W.3 had sustained bleeding<\/p>\n
jgnj\ufb01ry; P.W}4 had also sustained injury;<\/p>\n
V”-\ufb01haecused Nos.l and 2 had assaulted C.W.l with<\/p>\n
U%8<\/p>\n
-28..\n<\/p>\n
chopper; he saw’ a chopper in the _hehdsflof_o<\/p>\n
accused No.2; there is a passage in iro\ufb01t oi v<\/p>\n
the house of C.W.l and C.Wll was as\u00e9guitesllgf<\/p>\n
the passage. He .canhot\ufb01esayz shat assaulted
\nP.Ws.3 and 4. At this,steqe} this witness was
\ntreated as hostile ehd he see oer\ufb01itted to be
\ncross–exemihe&; It \ufb02keielieited i11 his cross-
\nexamihstionrh\ufb01\ufb02the’learheq Public Prosecutor
\nthat he dis hot notice’the incident that took
\nplace  it is not true to<\/p>\n
suggesta thatch he saw’ both the accused<\/p>\n
He. s3seulting7P.W.4 with chopper; it is not true<\/p>\n
itohSUq\u00a7eet’thet he saw accused No.1 assaulting<\/p>\n
V. P.W}2 eith chopper: he has not before police<\/p>\n
hht’,ee per Ex.P.2; it is not true to suggest that<\/p>\n
:j_helhsd witnessed the incident that took place<\/p>\n
‘h”ihside the house of C.W.l and that he has<\/p>\n
deposed falsely. It is elicited in his cross\u00bb<\/p>\n
\\%\u00a7<\/p>\n
M29-\n<\/p>\n
examination. by ‘the learned counsel ffctgtthehv<\/p>\n
accused that he saw the accused  and” <\/p>\n
the injured when they came out cfgtheahousefd<\/p>\n
It is clear from the evidence of e;w{5 that he
\nhas not witnessed the ihcident and he has only
\nseen the accused and the injetedxeching out of
\nthe house;~hisieyidence is hot helpful to the
\ncase oi the pfesecetion eo_erove the guilt of
\naccused Neath 3% he Isawt the chopper in the<\/p>\n
hands of accesed $0-? and as he has not spoken<\/p>\n
_ about the assamlt on other witnesses.<\/p>\n
haxi2.hdftP;Wi6 mMuralidharan is also an<\/p>\n
.eyewitness according to the prosecution. His<\/p>\n
\u00e9uddhevidence is not helpful to prove the guilt of<\/p>\n
f;a\u00a2\u00a2es\u00e9d No.1 as he has stated in his<\/p>\n
“du\u00e9xamination\u00abin–chief that. accused bkx}. tried<\/p>\n
“to assault on the head of C.W.1 with a chopper<\/p>\n
UQE<\/p>\n
-30-<\/span><\/p>\n
and that he did not notice whethet \u00a7f\ufb01;\u00a7”nad\ufb01dV<\/p>\n
sustained injuries or not. gTnis witness~\u00a7sse<\/p>\n
treated as hostile and _nothing_ hae”~been<\/p>\n
elicited 311 his c;oss~exa\ufb01inat;on \ufb02it support
\nof the case of the p$\u00a2seggtg\u00a75T?5g\u00a2 he saw the
\naccused No.1 @asseult\ufb02ho,\ufb02tne. injured and
\ntherefore\ufb02vtheie\ufb01idenoe ote\ufb01t\ufb01td is also not
\nhelpful tq*:\u00a7eEg;\u00a2sg\u00a7sti\u00a7a to prove the guilt<\/p>\n
of accused’ No’.\u00bb1f-.._f  <\/p>\n
.f}3;~ P.W;j:isla witness to the mahazar –<\/p>\n
ea_Ex;Etlgoe–\ufb01owever, he has not supported the<\/p>\n
ease of the ptoseeution and was permitted to<\/p>\n
V .be crossee\ufb01amined by the Public Prosecutor and<\/p>\n
“nothing” has been elicited in his cross-<\/p>\n
t;examination to supeort the case of the<\/p>\n
-dugrosecution.\n<\/p>\n
k\ufb01\ufb01<\/p>\n
-31..\n<\/p>\n
14. P.W.8 —Venkatesh is a <\/p>\n
mahazar -Ex.P.4 regarding reooyery of \ufb01;\u00a2}3 one ‘<\/p>\n
the basis of the voluntary state\ufb01e\ufb01t*giv\u00e9\ufb01zP\u00a7g<\/p>\n
accused No.1. This ‘\ufb01itpeeea has qel\u00a70_ not
\nsupported the case of the egoeeoetioe e\ufb01d was
\ntreated as hostile _aed\u00a7’\ufb01oteihg’ has been
\nelicited 3}} his ctosefexeeioetioe ix: support<\/p>\n
the case ofithewnpz=o\u00a3~3et:1,1ti_or1–.Vi <\/p>\n
L5. iP}W.9 is the me\ufb01ioal officer who has
\nexamined_P.Ws-iC;a3Q 2 and issued certificates<\/p>\n
Ex.P\u00a25,u 6uuahd*o7.e i\ufb01ccording to him, P.W.10<\/p>\n
\ufb01sustai\ufb01ed”z3 injeries and injury No.3 was<\/p>\n
1grieVoue.i\ufb01fnature and P.Ws.4 and 2 sustained<\/p>\n
simple \u00bbi\ufb01\u00a7uries. P.W.9 has further deposed<\/p>\n
i”2 that the injury noted in Ex.P.5 can be caused<\/p>\n
“*j%yw_ehoppers like M.Os.2 and 3, injuries<\/p>\n
R”vume\ufb01tioned in Ex.P.6 can. be caused by” blunt<\/p>\n
tax<\/p>\n
..33..\n<\/p>\n
inwchief that accused assaulted his fi\ufb01st’and\ufb02VV<\/p>\n
when his mother intervened,Vshe”wasasssauite&e<\/p>\n
and he became unconscic\u00a7;:$.4,.\u00a2_thefeeftueti
\nnot know as 1×3 what hapeenei thereafter and
\nhad gained conscio\ufb01sness is the hospital. It
\nis averred in the gemp:\u00a7i\u00a7t;\u00a3t%\u00a7\u00a7\u00a25\u00a7 P.W.lO as
\nper Ex.P.\u00a7”thetjsCcased:$ofi first assaulted
\nhis mothet she theseeftet, essaulted him and
\ntherefore; the fae\ufb01s spoken to by P.W.lG in<\/p>\n
his examinatiohrtinrchief is contrary to the<\/p>\n
_.aver\u00a7ent made in his complaint. Further, he<\/p>\n
V_has clearly admitted in his cross–examination<\/p>\n
that, he xbecame unconscious after he was<\/p>\n
sassatitedthy the accused. Therefore, it is<\/p>\n
h”‘}clea; vthat he could. not have witnessed ‘the<\/p>\n
. incident further and could not have seen the<\/p>\n
“o accused assaulting P.Ws.2, 3 and 4. However,<\/p>\n
: the evidence of P.Ws.2, 3 and 4 is otherwise.<\/p>\n
\\;LR<\/p>\n
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matter, though the seized choppers”we:eVsenti<\/p>\n
for chemical examination;_ ;no3 1:eportV}_is~A<\/p>\n
produced to Show as to’ehether there gaze ah\u00a7
\nbloodstains on the chopoet\u00a5– _F\ufb01::5\u00a7r, it is
\nalso clear from.vthe.A\ufb01a\u00a7\u00a5%u%%iipited ‘in the
\ncross–examination of”\u00a7\u00a7Wil that %{W}2 narrated
\nthe statamehf;   he did not go
\nthrough _\ufb01x,%e\u00a7;l Thetefoteag having regard to
\nthe above isaidW\ufb01aterial on records and the
\ninconsistencies in the evidence of P.Ws.lO, 2,<\/p>\n
3 a\ufb01dv\u00e9 and the facts elicited in the crossw<\/p>\n
A\\_aexaoihation_of P.W.2 that he was not assaulted<\/p>\n
hey accased{No.l and also the facts spoken to<\/p>\n
by P.W;3*in her examination~in–chief that she<\/p>\n
*7 was assaulted by accused No.2 against whom,<\/p>\n
3<\/span><\/p>\n
lthe case is split up and, it is clear that the<\/p>\n
l””\u00a7rosecution has not been. able to prove the<\/p>\n
guilt of accused No.1 beyond reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n
K\ufb01tg<\/p>\n
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The assistance render\u00e9d :by* the ~ie\u00e9\ufb01\ufb01e\ufb01? <\/p>\n
counsel who is appoint\u00e9d as Pmdcus1Cu:iae–is
\nplaced onT record _and hi$* fag is _fix\u00e9d at<\/p>\n
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