{"id":216462,"date":"2011-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-karnataka-by-lokayukta-vs-nashi-shekarappa-karedappa-on-25-may-2011"},"modified":"2018-01-17T03:25:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T21:55:40","slug":"state-of-karnataka-by-lokayukta-vs-nashi-shekarappa-karedappa-on-25-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-karnataka-by-lokayukta-vs-nashi-shekarappa-karedappa-on-25-may-2011","title":{"rendered":"State Of Karnataka By Lokayukta … vs Nashi Shekarappa Karedappa on 25 May, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
State Of Karnataka By Lokayukta … vs Nashi Shekarappa Karedappa on 25 May, 2011<\/div>\n
Author: V.Jagannathan<\/div>\n
Em.)\n\nTrue 5%? ?E.%L {\":OMB\\&'(} ON FOR HEARING \n\nBAY, THE COURT DELIVERED Tm: FOLLQWINC}; f f   .\n\nJUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
This criminal appeal   \u00ab.Vt’h_e <\/p>\n
Lokayukta police eaiiing in quesi’i–Q\u00a7i’V–the of<\/p>\n
acquittal passed by the  Vf5es*s\u00a7ioi1s. ‘:\u00a7Judge<\/p>\n
acquitting the respo\ufb01\ufb01ent the effenees<\/p>\n
punishable under S\u20acAC:ti:<T\u00a7g:*1s *V"r\/W section<\/p>\n
13(2) of the  eo\u00a74mp7::on Act, 1988<\/p>\n
('P.C.Aei' in_se:%1}:;;:t<\/p>\n
23. ” ‘ ‘I’h,e’ ~\u00e9;’ase~..< )f.nth_e prosecution in short is<\/p>\n
that, the"-\u00aba;<:euee_d?:es}\u00a7endent while working as a<\/p>\n
 Vi}1'\u00e9\u00a7geAg:c0u\ufb01tan–\u00a7\u00ab' at Halehalli relvenue Circle?<\/p>\n
 dVen1e.r1(i;edV"'eV.e;:'Qribe amount of Rs,1,5()O\/~ from the<\/p>\n
eo;:'iVpEa\u00a7:jaf1t}:i:1 order to effect change eff Katha in<\/p>\n
 favou~r <;;f the Complainant' The cempiainant, after<\/p>\n
A "ii  severe} attempts is get the kaiha changed by<\/p>\n
 e\u00a7\u00a7p1*'{3a{,%i':}::1g' the aeezieeci, fiI"}3.\u00a7}? wen: is ihe<\/p>\n
Lz:21\u00ab:ayL1ki;22 p<}\u00a7,i{:e aizd Ee\u00e9gge\u00e9  :::i::pEeirr: as per<\/p>\n
5%:\n<\/p>\n
EXJP4. Thereafierwards, the entrustmem nxahazar<\/p>\n
was Conducted as per EX.P1 and the e0mp}*’:ii:\ufb01’\u00e9:’:j;f,”<\/p>\n
accompanied by the shadow witness PX?\\7~f>i{.”‘ V’<\/p>\n
the office of the accused and accused   <\/p>\n
bribe and it was given by $0 <\/p>\n
accused. Thereafterwarde,’Sigma}
\nLokayukta poiiee who’ .(;ameAee9z\ufb01:<.\u00a7._:';ffei1:\u00bb.ped \ufb02the aeeused.
\nT he trap mahazar V\u00e9 per EX.P2.\n<\/p>\n
On C0fHp1\u20ac’\u00a7[.iO’;$4 ;:’0f  included
\ngetting   from PWA4 and
\nthe s{an’\u00a2:1.\u00a7\u00a7:,    as per EX..P10, the<\/p>\n
charge’ Sheet was $;a;b’mi’tted.<\/p>\n
  Feih\ufb01xfingithe accused not pleading guilty<\/p>\n
.\ufb01o.,1heV_chx\u00e9:-rge, the prosecution examined seven<\/p>\n
“of whom, PW\u00bb-I was the Complainant<\/p>\n
anei” was the shadow witness. E:><;.P1 iie P10<\/p>\n
\u00bb;m::;\u00a7 rearked and $1.03.: to 8 were alse producted\u00e9<\/p>\n
'E}2::*iI1g triai, accused statement wag reeerrjed and<\/p>\n
.ma{Tf{?EE,$\u20ac*\u00a7 di\ufb01 net feed arzy \u00abiefenee evidenee.<\/p>\n
3%<\/p>\n
5?;\n<\/p>\n
5%<\/p>\n
4. The learned trial judge after apprec\u00a7\u00e9\u00a7:\u00a7::g<\/p>\n
the evidence an recsrd, wok the Vi\u20ac1\u00a5  .<\/p>\n
prosecutian has faiied to estab\ufb01sh thus” \u00a3:}j1<:u  <\/p>\n
actcuse\ufb01 beyand ail reasonable '=s:i0ub.f a\ufb01{i. <\/p>\n
at this eonclusiori, 1\u20acame\u00e9i'4itria}j*.;~3_.dgeV re\ufb01zt\u00e9fde\ufb01 ii\u00a7t1e%<\/p>\n
finding that there was 2  the
\naccused and secondI:y 'fhe1\u00a7;c\u00a7 ~-;:j:c;A:'\u00a7:Cz;"r0boratien in
\nthe evidence efv  'Jthe shadcrw
\nwitness   i;\u00ae ' ue\ufb01fitsience indicating
\n V Unless there was
\ndemaig\ufb02d ._tE':\u00e9 question cf pr0s:3cuf;io11
\nestab1i$H\u00a71\u00e9g    the accused does not<\/p>\n
 it is of:  rezasoning that the benefit of doubt<\/p>\n
.A  the accused and the judgment of<\/p>\n
' 3,\u00e9'q1:\u00a7ti"ai".':wias; j\ufb01ass\u00e9d.<\/p>\n
 I have haard iearrzed \u00e9aungei Sri.<\/p>\n
V'_'A;'\u00a7\u00bb._{?'.r ;E?,a.\u00a73'\u00ab:3r1s:i2'3b Redciy for the Lokayukta golice and<\/p>\n
Wafisa S:'i.Vi}ay Kumar fer :*e3p\u00a3:\u00a5:Ad\u20ac::t\u00bb~a\u00a3:us\u20ac\u00e9 and<\/p>\n
E"\n<\/p>\n
534?\n<\/p>\n
‘5<\/p>\n
perused the judgment of the trial Court as <\/p>\n
records of this Case.\n<\/p>\n
6. Submission of  <\/p>\n
learned eeunse} for the apgje\ufb02arzt is }easi:i:;1e1f’:’\u00a7ee <\/p>\n
of E3’W~1 and PW12 would go   aeeused
\nhad accepted the   from
\nthe eornplainaet  5’the accused
\nwas also  trial court
\ncould not\u20ac.Tr:;at.vfe’ that there was no
\ndemanii”‘e’b\u00a7;f’:j;the*ft.\u00a7ar:e’ae’ed. “””‘IviCi:1*eoVer, by virtue of
\nseCtio f:_2\u00a7   once there is evidence<\/p>\n
indicating\u00ab…aeee1:\u00a7t.ari::e  the amount by the accused,<\/p>\n
 the’\u00a7’\u00ab:.pres1;m;\u00a7t’i&)n,._.wi11 have to be drawn that the<\/p>\n
‘  ._aeeepted the gratification. Therefore,<\/p>\n
‘:h,.e*-.triai \u00e9fea1:A::{was in error in holding that there was<\/p>\n
no \u00e9iemaiiii by the aeeueed.\n<\/p>\n
 7. As far as the V\\9’OI’k is concerned, {earned<\/p>\n
_’v__ur:ee\u00a7 fer the appeiiant referred :0 the eemgla\u00e9nt<\/p>\n
{:{}i’:’\u20ac,\u20ac}7\u00a7*:$ \ufb01e firzei eat \u00e9:i’1a’: ‘\u00e9\/he :;:s:3r::;3ia\u00a7r1a:3: me: the<\/p>\n
 W<\/p>\n
\u00a7 1<\/p>\n
6<\/span><\/p>\n
accused number cf times and {he accused was<\/p>\n
demandeing certain amount which was origm\ufb01lyz<\/p>\n
Rs.6\u00a7OOO\/– and brought: dawn to <\/p>\n
\ufb01nally Rs.1\u00a7500\/~.   –\n<\/p>\n
8. AS far as iack of e’orr0boratio13,o’f ‘Vex\u00e9idexigeey\u00e9<\/p>\n
between PW~1 and PW~2 eonee’i’f1_1 \u20acd’:, fearned
\ncounsel referred to tI1e “:%evia:5i_:eniCe” (3f:’ffi’ese witnesses to
\n\ufb01% out that the 5.130 present<\/p>\n
when the   :th’e’ a’r\ufb01ount from the<\/p>\n
comp1ainar1t.’5~.  b<\/p>\n
 ” ._ TE1efef”Qre’,v\u00ab,\u00a7he4 itfeasoning of the trial court<\/p>\n
is Contrary” .t0″the’V-eV1–:1e:siCe on record and as such, the<\/p>\n
 ;_}:;f V._aequ’ift’ai””requires to be set aside and<\/p>\n
_ .r:\u20ac:kr}viete(i of the Qffenees with which he<\/p>\n
xvasw eha11g$je:\u00a7i;TV<\/p>\n
   On the eiher hand, submissien of<\/p>\n
 A;:\u00a71*i.Vi}a}g Eiumar, leame\u00e9 eeuzzssei fer the reeperiderm<\/p>\n
m\u00e9zgiitzzse\u00e9 23 {E233 the {tie} sstozz\ufb02i eemizlified as \u20acI’\u00a7’OI” in<\/p>\n
2;?\/”\n<\/p>\n
age
\n)5′ %<\/p>\n
*7<\/p>\n
aequitting the aeeused because the1~e*..’:.”w:\u00bb1e’ V’<\/p>\n
evidence indicating demand ma’de–_by-  the”e-e;eeVuvse.d<\/p>\n
and seeendiyz PW\u00bb1’s evidenee 1’e1i{f3A_’Tfi[otT S:\u00a7Ap-peife<\/p>\n
evicienee of P’W\u00bb2 bec3.useT._V:I3*W~2 Wee near’
\nthe scene when the _alleged_4_L:ih.e_ident    have
\ntaken place and  e:_mL it;i.A_r10*: “hear the
\nconversation Aijetweegxe “\u00ab\u20ach\u00e9j'””  and the<\/p>\n
accused.\n<\/p>\n
V11,’    ._\\%a0’1’k___isf concerned, learned
\ncounsel f0rx’LLh_~e.eeeue.eCi._po_iI1ied out that no work was
\npending’ With’  and the application had<\/p>\n
bee;*–:e,\ufb02Vef1 ‘ the ei3rrV1f)..1aiI1ant to the Taluk office and<\/p>\n
 At1’1ie’ s;1id ‘epplieefieri had not been forwarded to the<\/p>\n
  “‘J:1’Iag:e\u00ab._}%veC.<}.1:;3ta11t and as such. the question of<\/p>\n
e::e:1se\u00a7i."Ee*:i;frfing some work ef the eemplainant to be<\/p>\n
done, \ufb02ees not arise.\n<\/p>\n
32% The trial court had taken mete of 2111 these<\/p>\n
\u00e9elaiiere 32:16; has rifghiiy given the benefit ef \u00e9eubi te<\/p>\n
the accused. The ereier of aequittaj there\u00a7ere_”” <\/p>\n
net eel} fer iaterferenee.\n<\/p>\n
13. Having thus heard7.’be’\u00a7h*~’;eie{eS\u00a7;’ <\/p>\n
the erder of aequitial req11i\u00a7fe’3..’\u00a30 Lie:\u00a71:e:1;:~;\u00a5e;:1em::1:\u00a5or%<\/p>\n
not is the point for L =the””efde;*v..e\u00a7f acquittal does
\n:10′: cal} fer i2%iie1;fei*er1ee.’ja’E’theee hjaiids of the appellate
\n eeee      .  .\n<\/p>\n
court and ‘seeeonc\ufb02y, _tI1e anew taken by the tnal court
\nis a pfe};*,a?;;le’*.\u00a7ie::\u00a7f~ef’ evidence on reeerd and the
\nsaidyiew \ufb02<":2.e:f:VI1et'.'be"vdie;\ufb01urbed by the appellate Court.<\/p>\n
 –,:Vi\u00bbf’i:h the aforesaid principles being kept in<\/p>\n
view, I.’ h;axre’T;;eXa1nined the evidence on record and S0<\/p>\n
fay ae..__”ti1e” demand 13 ceneerned, P\\3’V~1 whe is the<\/p>\n
 Aeemeiginani, has staie\u00e9 eaiegeriealiy in his<\/p>\n
  e;:a$%ni:1e.:ie:1~i::~eheief that, fer effeeiizzg change ef<\/p>\n
Eieihe, eeeuee\u00e9 eiiei nee cjemand any meney frem him.<\/p>\n
Despite this evidence of PW~1, proseeu*;ior1H_cii,dV”net”-.<\/p>\n
declare him hostile, but went on to eXan1ine.’:furthe1;’.”h —  h<\/p>\n
15. As far as the e{:_i’de:hee5 <\/p>\n
concerned, who is said tovhe the’ehecdoxx?eV\u00a5.r\u00e9i{nees, <\/p>\n
does not say in his evid’eh’ee thee  eee\ufb01sed
\ndemanded amount fiforh  the
\nother hand, PWAZ haeshh   standing
\nnear the dcj*~o’1′:..~g \u00e9’rid   office of the
\naccused.   is contradicted by
\nPWN   other hand that, he<\/p>\n
 5 ‘ . V~.’   ,1 ‘(V 1 (‘$1 , .m~ r)
\nwent. 11:\u00abs:d_e the c-.\ufb01Eeeev\u00abe-i thy: aeeuaeo along \\ Eco r vv-42.<\/p>\n
It iefor  ‘I’eaVS-0f:*–._’eh5i1f the learned trial judge held<\/p>\n
  ithere  corroboration between the<\/p>\n
\u00bb \u00a7:’erhp1,a1neu; t’~va.:1ci the shadow witness and reiying on<\/p>\n
H :1}\u00a3\u00e9.ee’.:i\u00a7’;en;\u00a7:\u00a7f ‘this Court reported in 2004(2) KCCR<\/p>\n
12133.’,  Eearned iriak judge has held that<\/p>\n
2 eemjobor3.tion ef evidence of eomplainami by a<\/p>\n
shadow wimese is a must and the: if there is no<\/p>\n
\u00a7’?:\u00ab\u00bbV*””\n<\/p>\n
K :2 1*”\n<\/p>\n
H} <\/p>\n
corroboration, it is not safe to convict i:h’e7 ‘<\/p>\n
person.\n<\/p>\n
16. As far as the work isA:eV0\ufb01eernee\u00a3,.VMP’.\u00a5~\u00ab1 <\/p>\n
depesed in his evidence dafifxeg\/{v_t11eA’eress_fe\u00a7:aI\u00a7j111Vati’\u00a33n
\nthat he gave an app}ig:atieaafeeA”ehanLge 52*  to the
\nTaluk office and  that as
\nsoon as ihe a.pp1ieatienaiiareaehesh”.:hei\/bw\ufb01eeused. the
\nwerk of  This itself
\nshows that’  ieith the accused as
\non     evidence of PW~1 is
\n fact that in the erossa<\/p>\n
examinatieii: V_sf’P.\\.;V~;E*}., vii: has been brought out that in<\/p>\n
 2,.A*-e,w1’~1i.<:h Es" "" the application, there was no<\/p>\n
  "either of the Taluk office or of the<\/p>\n
Revenue 'hjs;\u00a7eetor's office:\n<\/p>\n
 Thus, it is clear from the afsresaid<\/p>\n
igzaeerial an reeerd that the triai eourt ‘Leek the View<\/p>\n
  _i?hat, first ef ah ihere was no eiernand by ihe accused<\/p>\n
ans? the prsseeuiies has rzei; sreved iihat {he aeeease\u00e9<\/p>\n
is<\/p>\n
257’?\n<\/p>\n
In<\/p>\n
11<\/span><\/p>\n
did demand Rs.1,500\/~ from the co:\ufb02.\u00a7bia;;:1a;%it.e\u00bb <\/p>\n
Secondly, the finding’ that no v\u00bb3efk”v.:as’,ApendVi1*:g Witt} ‘
\nthe accused is 5350 borne euteffortx th’e.,eafe1:efS:\u00a7{id.VV”‘<\/p>\n
evidence ef PW~1 anci PW43,<\/p>\n
18. As far as ;eerrot5era:ti<\u00a7t1.yte-.eoneetned, PW?
\nYe evidence that he wt'~e;f1tt'v"it1eiC3e:tV"tbez__'_effi<:e of the
\naccused a1or}glWti.th  I\ufb01ll\ufb01tifi\u00e9d  P\\7V~2 himself<\/p>\n
who ea}\/s5.'t'h"a1t  ge tt_1eid\u00bbe the office of the<\/p>\n
accused but   <\/p>\n
 .  aforesaid reasons, the<\/p>\n
View takefxxby  triai~~–e0urt cannot be said to be an<\/p>\n
   " . . e-R3;\n<\/p>\n
‘  u1.1rea;:\u00bbQnab1e v*1e’e:~\u00ab0f the exndenee on record er’ the<\/p>\n
‘ fi11<:ij1:–g'1*ee.efd_ed Cannot be termed as perverse in the<\/p>\n
H  et"AVth.eVA'eei}tdenee of PW-\u00bb1 the eemplainant that<\/p>\n
ae'e:1se_<:i' bever demanded any mesney from the<\/p>\n
 eemb1a.ibant. I therefore see no case made eat by the<\/p>\n
A' -..VSt3te for this court to interfere with the order of<\/p>\n
K  __:a\u00e9.equitt,ai paeeeti by the trig} eetzrt,<\/p>\n
\u00a7's
\n\u00bb.3<\/p>\n
'WM
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Karnataka High Court State Of Karnataka By Lokayukta … vs Nashi Shekarappa Karedappa on 25 May, 2011 Author: V.Jagannathan Em.) True 5%? ?E.%L {“:OMB\\&'(} ON FOR HEARING BAY, THE COURT DELIVERED Tm: FOLLQWINC}; f f . JUDGMENT This criminal appeal \u00ab.Vt’h_e Lokayukta police eaiiing in quesi’i–Q\u00a7i’V–the of acquittal passed by the Vf5es*s\u00a7ioi1s. ‘:\u00a7Judge acquitting the […]<\/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-216462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nState Of Karnataka By Lokayukta ... vs Nashi Shekarappa Karedappa on 25 May, 2011 - 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\/state-of-karnataka-by-lokayukta-vs-nashi-shekarappa-karedappa-on-25-may-2011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State Of Karnataka By Lokayukta ... vs Nashi Shekarappa Karedappa on 25 May, 2011 - 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