{"id":218817,"date":"2008-01-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/umesan-vs-c-i-of-police-on-22-january-2008"},"modified":"2014-04-01T11:35:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T06:05:06","slug":"umesan-vs-c-i-of-police-on-22-january-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/umesan-vs-c-i-of-police-on-22-january-2008","title":{"rendered":"Umesan vs C.I. Of Police on 22 January, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Umesan vs C.I. Of Police on 22 January, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl.Rev.Pet.No. 895 of 2000()\n\n\n\n1. UMESAN\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n1. C.I. OF POLICE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.M.RAMESH CHANDER\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice A.K.BASHEER\n\n Dated :22\/01\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                               A.K.BASHEER, J.\n              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                          Crl.R.P.No.895 OF 2000\n              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n               Dated this the 22nd day of January 2008\n\n                                       ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>     Petitioner who has been concurrently found guilty under<\/p>\n<p>Section 498(A) IPC, by the trial court as well as the appellate<\/p>\n<p>court, has preferred this revision petition challenging the above<\/p>\n<p>order of conviction and sentence.\n<\/p>\n<p>     2. Trial court convicted and sentenced the petitioner under<\/p>\n<p>Section 498 (A) of the IPC to suffer rigorous imprisonment for<\/p>\n<p>one year and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000\/- and in default to suffer<\/p>\n<p>rigorous imprisonment for three months. The appellate court had<\/p>\n<p>confirmed the above order of conviction and sentence and<\/p>\n<p>dismissed the appeal preferred by the petitioner.                            Hence this<\/p>\n<p>revision petition.\n<\/p>\n<p>     3. The prosecution case in a nut shell was that Reetha, wife<\/p>\n<p>of the petitioner, aged 30 years, had committed suicide by<\/p>\n<p>hanging in the bed room of her matrimonial home because of the<\/p>\n<p>persistent cruel treatment meted out to her by the petitioner she<\/p>\n<p>ended her life between 8.00 p.m. and 9 a.m. on January 8-9, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Crl.R.P.No.895 OF 2000<br \/>\n                               :: 2 ::\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>     4. The prosecution had examined PWs 1 to 11 and Exts.P1<\/p>\n<p>to P9 were also marked on its side.        There was no oral or<\/p>\n<p>documentary evidence on the side of the defence. The learned<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate, primarily relying on the evidence of PWs 3 and 5, the<\/p>\n<p>son of the petitioner and mother of the deceased respectively,<\/p>\n<p>found that the prosecution had succeeded in establishing the<\/p>\n<p>charge levelled against the petitioner.     Accordingly, he was<\/p>\n<p>convicted and sentenced as mentioned earlier.<\/p>\n<p>     5. The short question that arises for consideration in this<\/p>\n<p>revision petition is whether any interference is warranted in the<\/p>\n<p>concurrent order of conviction and sentence.<\/p>\n<p>     6. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that<\/p>\n<p>the courts below had committed serious illegality and irregularity<\/p>\n<p>in relying on the oral testimony of PW3 to find the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>guilty. It is pertinent to note that PW3, the son of the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>and the deceased, aged 11 years, who was studying in standard 5<\/p>\n<p>in a school at Azhikkal had deposed before the court that he used<\/p>\n<p>to come to stay with his parents at the rented quarters at<\/p>\n<p>Thrikkaripur every week end. As usual he had come to join his<\/p>\n<p>Crl.R.P.No.895 OF 2000<br \/>\n                             :: 3 ::\n<\/p>\n<p>\nparents on the fateful day, January 8, 1995.  The child stated<\/p>\n<p>before the court that his father had assaulted and beaten his<\/p>\n<p>mother on that evening while she was cooking food in the<\/p>\n<p>kitchen. His father had scolded her in abusive language. His<\/p>\n<p>mother had gone to the bed room from the kitchen. The accused<\/p>\n<p>had followed and beaten her while she was in the bed room.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter, the deceased had gone inside the nearby room and<\/p>\n<p>closed the door from inside. Though the accused had knocked<\/p>\n<p>on the door for sometime, his mother refused to open the door<\/p>\n<p>and his father had gone inside the bed room. Seeing that his<\/p>\n<p>mother was scolded and beaten by the accused, his younger<\/p>\n<p>brother cried. Then the accused had given a piece of pineapple<\/p>\n<p>to his brother which he refused to accept.   At that time, the<\/p>\n<p>accused had switched on the T.V. for his younger brother. PW3<\/p>\n<p>further stated that his mother had not opened the door, even<\/p>\n<p>when he woke up in the morning. Though he knocked at the<\/p>\n<p>door, it was not opened. Then he cried aloud and informed the<\/p>\n<p>muslim lady who was residing near their quarters. The muslim<\/p>\n<p>lady called some people who were going through the road. They<\/p>\n<p>Crl.R.P.No.895 OF 2000<br \/>\n                              :: 4 ::\n<\/p>\n<p>\nopened the window and looked inside, his mother was found<\/p>\n<p>hanging from the ceiling. PW3 had asserted before the court that<\/p>\n<p>the petitioner used to beat his mother after consuming liquor and<\/p>\n<p>it was therefore that she had committed suicide. The specific<\/p>\n<p>case of PW3 was that his father had been doing this prior to his<\/p>\n<p>mother&#8217;s death.\n<\/p>\n<p>     7. I have carefully gone through the deposition of PW3. In<\/p>\n<p>my view, the evidence of PW3 in this case is quite natural, credit<\/p>\n<p>worthy and entirely acceptable.      This witness with all the<\/p>\n<p>innocence of a boy of such a tender age had spoken about the<\/p>\n<p>cruel treatment meted out by his father just prior to the death of<\/p>\n<p>his mother. I do not find any reason to disbelieve this young<\/p>\n<p>child. In my view, courts below were justified in accepting the<\/p>\n<p>version given by PW3 to hold that the petitioner had treated the<\/p>\n<p>deceased cruelly just before her death and such cruel treatment<\/p>\n<p>might have led her to suicide. PW5, the mother of the deceased<\/p>\n<p>had deposed before the court that the petitioner used to treat her<\/p>\n<p>daughter cruelly after consuming liquor. She had seen this on<\/p>\n<p>several occasions when her daughter and the petitioner had been<\/p>\n<p>Crl.R.P.No.895 OF 2000<br \/>\n                               :: 5 ::\n<\/p>\n<p>\nstaying with her.   The testimony of this witness also inspires<\/p>\n<p>confidence.\n<\/p>\n<p>     In the peculiar facts and circumstances, the evidence of<\/p>\n<p>PW3 and 5 would clinch the issue in favour of the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>The courts below had rightly accepted the testimonies of these<\/p>\n<p>two witnesses and found the petitioner guilty under Section 498A<\/p>\n<p>IPC.   There is no illegality or irregularity in the concurrent<\/p>\n<p>finding. There is no merit in any of the contentions raised by the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner. Revision petition fails and it is accordingly dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>                                           (A.K.BASHEER, JUDGE)<br \/>\njes<\/p>\n<p>Crl.R.P.No.895 OF 2000<br \/>\n                         :: 6 ::\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                                        A.K.BASHEER, J.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                                &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<br \/>\n                                  Crl.R.P.No.895 OF 2000\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                                &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                                                ORDER<\/p>\n<p>                                      Dated 22nd Jan. 2008<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Umesan vs C.I. Of Police on 22 January, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 895 of 2000() 1. UMESAN &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. C.I. OF POLICE &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.M.RAMESH CHANDER For Respondent :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Hon&#8217;ble MR. Justice A.K.BASHEER Dated :22\/01\/2008 O R D E R [&hellip;]<\/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":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Umesan vs C.I. 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