{"id":209625,"date":"2007-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-31T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sasidharan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-1-january-2007"},"modified":"2014-08-17T08:43:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T03:13:50","slug":"sasidharan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-1-january-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sasidharan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-1-january-2007","title":{"rendered":"Sasidharan vs State Of Kerala on 1 January, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Sasidharan vs State Of Kerala on 1 January, 2007<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCRL A No. 1128 of 2006(B)\n\n\n1. SASIDHARAN,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :ADV.LIJU V STEEPHAN(STATE BRIEF)\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.RAMKUMAR\n\n Dated :01\/01\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n
                                  V. RAMKUMAR, J.\n<\/p>\n
                       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/p>\n
                        CRL. APPEAL NO. 1128 OF 2006<\/p>\n
                      * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/p>\n
                 Dated, this the   Ist day of January  2007<\/p>\n
                                          JUDGMEN
\n                                                     T<\/p>\n
       In   this   appeal                preferred   from   the   Central   Prison,<\/p>\n
Thiruvananthapuram, the appellant who was the sole accused in S.C.<\/p>\n
No.   787\/2001     on   the   file   of   the   Addl.     Sessions   Judge,   Fast   Track<\/p>\n
Court (Adhoc) No.  I, Thiruvananthapuram,   challenges  the conviction<\/p>\n
entered   and   the   sentence   passed   against   him   for     an   offences<\/p>\n
punishable under Section 55 (a)   of the Abkari Act.<\/p>\n
       2.       The   case   of   the   prosecution   is   that     on   15-05-1998   at   5<\/p>\n
p.m.   while   the   Excise     Preventive   Officer   (P.W.5)   attached   to   the<\/p>\n
Excise   Office,   Kazhakuttom     was   proceeding   on   patrol   duty     along<\/p>\n
the   Panachamoodu-Murukkumpuzhakadavu   road     they   came   across<\/p>\n
the accused carrying a black plastic can having a capacity of 2 =  litres<\/p>\n
containing  two litres  of illicit arrack and that the  accused has thereby<\/p>\n
committed     offences   punishable   under   Sections   8(1)   and   58   of   the<\/p>\n
Abkari Act.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       3.     On   the   accused   pleading   not   guilty   to   the     charge   framed<\/p>\n
against   him   by   the   court   below   for     an       offence   punishable   under<\/p>\n
CRL. APPEAL NO. 1128 OF 2006                  -:2:-<\/span><\/p>\n
Section 55(a)       of the Abkari Act, the prosecution   was permitted to<\/p>\n
adduce   evidence   in   support   of   its   case.   The     prosecution   altogether<\/p>\n
examined   6 witnesses as P.Ws 1 to 6 and got marked   5 documents<\/p>\n
as  Exts. P1 to 5  and  one material objects as Mo 1.<\/p>\n
       4.       After  the close    of the prosecution    evidence  the accused<\/p>\n
was   questioned under Section   313 (1)(b) Cr.P.C. with regard to the<\/p>\n
incriminating circumstances appearing against him in the evidence for<\/p>\n
the   prosecution.     He   denied   those   circumstances   and   maintained   his<\/p>\n
innocence.   He submitted before  Court that he was running a mobile<\/p>\n
tea   stall   in   the   Murukkumpuzhakadavu   and   was   falsely   implicated   in<\/p>\n
this  case   on   account   of   the  enmity  between     his   family   and     that   of<\/p>\n
P.W.5.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       5.       Since   the   trial   court   did   not   consider   this   a     fit   case   for<\/p>\n
recording an  order of acquittal under Section 232 Cr.P.C., the accused<\/p>\n
was called upon to enter on his defence and to adduce any evidence<\/p>\n
which he might have in support thereof.   The accused did not adduce<\/p>\n
any defence evidence.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       6.       The   learned   Addl.     Sessions   Judge,   after   trial,     as   per<\/p>\n
judgment dated 13-2-2006 found the appellant guilty of the offences<\/p>\n
charged   against   him     and   sentenced     him   to   undergo     rigorous<\/p>\n
imprisonment for 1 =  years  and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,00,000\/- and<\/p>\n
CRL. APPEAL NO. 1128 OF 2006              -:3:-<\/span><\/p>\n
on     default   to   pay   the   fine,   to   suffer   rigorous   imprisonment   for   a<\/p>\n
further period of six months.  It is the said judgment which is assailed<\/p>\n
in this appeal by the sole accused.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       7.       I heard  Advocate Sri. Liju V. Stephen, the learned counsel<\/p>\n
who   defended   the   appellant     on   State   Brief   and   Advocate   Sri.<\/p>\n
Sivakumar, the learned Public Prosecutor  who defended the State.<\/p>\n
       8.       The only point which arises for consideration in this appeal<\/p>\n
is   as   to     whether   the   conviction   entered   and   the   sentence   passed<\/p>\n
against the appellant are sustainable or not ?<\/p>\n
THE POINT:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       9.       P.Ws 1 and 6     are the two independent witnesses to the<\/p>\n
arrest,   search   and   seizure.   Both   of   them   turned   hostile   to   the<\/p>\n
prosecution.     While   P.W.1   admitted   the   signature         in   Ext.P1<\/p>\n
contemporaneous   mahazar   prepared   by   the   detecting   officer,   P.W.6<\/p>\n
denied   his   signature     appearing   thereon.     P.W.2   is   the   Excise   Guard<\/p>\n
who   accompanied   the     the   detecting   officer.     P.W.3     who   was     the<\/p>\n
Excise   Inspector   of   Kazhakkoottam   Excise   Range,   registered   Ext.P2<\/p>\n
report.  P.W.4 is the successor in office of P.W.3 and it was P.W.4  who<\/p>\n
filed final report  before  court.       Ext.P3 Chemical Examination report<\/p>\n
dated  19-06-1999  to the effect that the sample in question contained<\/p>\n
13.26   percent   by     volume   of   Ethyl     Alcohol   was   proved     through<\/p>\n
CRL. APPEAL NO. 1128 OF 2006                 -:4:-<\/span><\/p>\n
P.W.4.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       10.      After hearing both sides and after   bestowing my   anxious<\/p>\n
consideration to the oral and documentary evidence, I am not satisfied<\/p>\n
that the prosecution has succeeded in bringing home   the guilt of the<\/p>\n
accused  beyond reasonable doubt.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       11.          It   is   true   that   P.Ws.1   and     6   who   are   the   independent<\/p>\n
witnesses to the   arrest, search   and seizure turned unfriendly to the<\/p>\n
prosecution.     But   that   does   not   in   any   way   affect   the   core   of   the<\/p>\n
prosecution case regarding the  arrest, search and seizure  in the light<\/p>\n
of  the credible testimonies of P.Ws 2 and 5.  Moreover courts are not<\/p>\n
unfamiliar     with   such   independent   witnesses   turning   disloyal   to   the<\/p>\n
prosecution.     If   the   evidence   of   the   detecting   officer   is   free   from<\/p>\n
blemishes   and     is   otherwise     trustworthy,     his     evidence   can   be<\/p>\n
believed and acted upon notwithstanding the  hostility shown by  such<\/p>\n
independent   witnesses.      (See     Sivaraman   v.   State   of   Kerala<\/a>   –<\/p>\n
1981 KLT (SN) 9).   But merely   by proving the arrest  and seizure,<\/p>\n
the   prosecution   cannot     expect   a   conviction   for   the     alleged   offence<\/p>\n
unless   it   is   proved     beyond   doubt   that   the   liquid   in   the   jerry   can<\/p>\n
allegedly   seized   from   the   possession   of   the   accused   contained   illicit<\/p>\n
arrack   Even though the properties seized by P.W.5 from the accused<\/p>\n
reached   the   court     on   16-5-1998,   admittedly,   P.W.5   had   not   drawn<\/p>\n
CRL. APPEAL NO. 1128 OF 2006                -:5:-<\/span><\/p>\n
any sample from the  alleged contraband liquor  contained in the jerry<\/p>\n
can said to have been carried by the accused.   Neither P.W1  nor P.Ws<\/p>\n
3   and   4       who   were   in-charge   of   the   investigation   had   made   any<\/p>\n
requisition to the court to draw samples from the jerry can   produced<\/p>\n
in this case   on 16-5-1998.   No forwarding note also   was submitted<\/p>\n
before court   requesting the Magistrate to take sample from the jerry<\/p>\n
can   and   forward   it   to   the   chemical   examiner   for   analysis.     It   is   not<\/p>\n
known whether the committal Magistrate was taking sample suo moto<\/p>\n
without any request by the prosecuting agency  and  was despatching<\/p>\n
the   same   to   the   chemical   examiner.     Ext.   P3   chemical   examination<\/p>\n
report   shows   that   a   sample   containing   about   200   ml.   of   a   clear   and<\/p>\n
colourless   liquid   was   despatched   from   J.F.C.M.   –   II,   Attingal   as   per<\/p>\n
letter   dated   25-9-1998.     It   is   not     known   as   to   whether   the   said<\/p>\n
sample was drawn  from the  said jerry can,  allegedly seized from the<\/p>\n
accused   and   produced   before   court.         Even   if   the   said   sample   was<\/p>\n
drawn from the jerry can there is no evidence to show who drew the<\/p>\n
sample and on what date.   There is also no evidence before court to<\/p>\n
show the  date of despatch of the sample .    In a case of this nature<\/p>\n
the   prosecution   can   succeed   only   if   it   establishes   that   the   sample<\/p>\n
which had   changed several   hands had ultimately reached the hands<\/p>\n
of the chemical examiner in a tamper proof   condition and that it was<\/p>\n
CRL. APPEAL NO. 1128 OF 2006               -:6:-<\/span><\/p>\n
the   same   sample   which   was   drawn   from   the   contraband   liquor<\/p>\n
allegedly     seized   from   the   accused.      (Vide  State   of   Rajasthan   v.<\/p>\n
Daulat Ram<\/a> – AIR 1980 SC 1314 and Valsala V. State of Kerala<\/a><\/p>\n
– 1993 (2) KLT 550 SC).\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       11.  In this case there  is absolutely  no link evidence to establish<\/p>\n
that a sample was drawn from the jerry can allegedly seized from the<\/p>\n
accused   and   that   the   said   sample   reached   the   hands   of       of   the<\/p>\n
chemical analyst in a tamper proof condition.                           The   conviction<\/p>\n
recorded and the  sentence  passed by the   court below     overlooking<\/p>\n
the   above     vital   aspects     cannot   be   sustained   and   are   accordingly<\/p>\n
dislodged.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       12.      The   appellant   is   found   not     guilty   of   the   offence<\/p>\n
punishable   under   Sec.   55(a)       of   the   Abakri   Act   and   is     acquitted<\/p>\n
thereunder.     He   is   set   at   liberty.     He   shall   be   released   from   prison<\/p>\n
forthwith unless his continued detention is  needed  in connection with<\/p>\n
any other case.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
        In the result,  this  Criminal Appeal is allowed as above.<\/p>\n
                                                            V. RAMKUMAR,<\/p>\n
                                                                 (JUDGE)<\/p>\n
ani<\/p>\n
CRL. APPEAL NO. 1128 OF 2006    -:7:-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                                 V. RAMKUMAR, J.\n<\/p>\n
\n                                * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/p>\n
                                   CRL. APPEAL NO. 1128 OF 2006<\/p>\n
                                * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/p>\n
                                                  Dated, this the<\/p>\n
                                         1st day of January  2007<\/p>\n
                                                        JUDGMENT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court Sasidharan vs State Of Kerala on 1 January, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM CRL A No. 1128 of 2006(B) 1. SASIDHARAN, … Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, … Respondent For Petitioner :ADV.LIJU V STEEPHAN(STATE BRIEF) For Respondent :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Hon’ble MR. 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