{"id":229372,"date":"2008-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kamalasanan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-18-december-2008"},"modified":"2017-03-21T07:37:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T02:07:42","slug":"kamalasanan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-18-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kamalasanan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-18-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Kamalasanan vs State Of Kerala on 18 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Kamalasanan vs State Of Kerala on 18 December, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCRL.A.No. 2363 of 2008()\n\n\n1. KAMALASANAN, C.NO.2884,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :PREATHA P.S.(STATE BRIEF)\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.K.MOHANAN\n\n Dated :18\/12\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                         V.K. MOHANAN, J.\n                       ------------------------------\n                       Crl. A. No. 2363 of 2008\n                    ------------------------------------\n               Dated this the 18th day of December, 2008\n\n                             JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
      This is an appeal preferred by the sole accused in Sessions Case<\/p>\n
No.396\/2002 from the jail, where he is undergoing imprisonment in<\/p>\n
pursuance of the impugned judgment. As per the impugned judgment,<\/p>\n
the accused was convicted under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act and<\/p>\n
accordingly, he was sentenced to undergo Simple imprisonment for<\/p>\n
two years and to pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000\/-.\n<\/p>\n
      2.    The prosecution case is that on 22\/06\/1999 at about 6.30<\/p>\n
P.M, the accused was found in possession and engaged in the sale of 3<\/p>\n
liters of arrack in a Jerry Can and accordingly, the accused was<\/p>\n
arrested from the spot with contraband article, the container and also<\/p>\n
with a drinking glass. Thus according to the Police, the accused has<\/p>\n
committed the offence under Sections 55(a) and (i) of Abkari Act. On<\/p>\n
the basis of the above allegation, Crime No.218\/1999 was registered in<\/p>\n
the Ehzhukone Police Station and investigation was undertaken and<\/p>\n
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\n                                    2<\/span><\/p>\n
the final report was filed in the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court at<\/p>\n
Kottarakkara, thereupon C.P. No.59\/2001 was instituted. As per order<\/p>\n
dated 25\/06\/2001 in C.P. No.59\/2001, the learned magistrate<\/p>\n
committed the case to the Sessions Court and the Sessions Case made<\/p>\n
over it to the Assistant Sessions Court, Kottarakara. Thereafter, the<\/p>\n
case was transferred to the trial court for disposal. When the accused<\/p>\n
appeared, after hearing him and the Public Prosecutor, a formal charge<\/p>\n
was framed under Sections 55(a) & (i) of the Abkari Act, which read<\/p>\n
over and explained to the accused and he pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n
Thereafter, the prosecution adduced evidence consists of oral evidence<\/p>\n
of PWs 1 to 3 and documentary evidence such as Exhibits P1 to P5.<\/p>\n
M.Os.1 to 3 were identified and marked as material objects. There<\/p>\n
was no evidence, either oral or documentary from the side of the<\/p>\n
defence. After completion of prosecution evidence, the accused was<\/p>\n
questioned under Section 313 of the Cr. P.C. and put to him all the<\/p>\n
incriminating evidence brought out by the prosecution, and he denied<\/p>\n
the same. The accused took the stand of total denial. After hearing the<\/p>\n
case on merit, the trial court found that the accused is guilty under<\/p>\n
Crl. A.No. 2363\/2008
\n                                   3<\/span><\/p>\n
Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act and accordingly he was sentenced to<\/p>\n
undergo Simple Imprisonment for a period of two years and to pay a<\/p>\n
fine of Rs.1,00,000\/-. He was further directed to undergo Simple<\/p>\n
Imprisonment for 6 months more, in case of default in the payment of<\/p>\n
fine amount. It is the above conviction and sentence challenged in this<\/p>\n
appeal.\n<\/p>\n
       3.    As the appellant\/accused is undergoing imprisonment and<\/p>\n
the appeal is preferred from the jail. State Brief was appointed and I<\/p>\n
heard the counsel appointed as State Brief and also the learned Public<\/p>\n
Prosecutor.\n<\/p>\n
       4.    PW3 is the Sub Inspector of Police, the officer who<\/p>\n
detected the offence and PW2 is          the Police Constable, who<\/p>\n
accompanied PW3 at that time. According to PW3, that on 22\/06\/1999,<\/p>\n
while he was travelling on patrol duty along with the police party, he<\/p>\n
got information that the accused engaged in the sale of arrack by<\/p>\n
standing in the Sugarcane plantation owned by one Janardhana Pillai.<\/p>\n
When they reached the Sugarcane plantation,        found the accused<\/p>\n
standing there by holding M.O.1 Jerry Can and M.O.3 drinking glass.<\/p>\n
Crl. A.No. 2363\/2008
\n                                    4<\/span><\/p>\n
Thus, PW3 deposed that         the accused was intercepted and on<\/p>\n
questioning him in the presence of witnesses, he found that the Can<\/p>\n
contained about 3 litres of arrack. Accordingly, the illicit arrack was<\/p>\n
seized as per Exhibit P1 Mahazar and accused was arrested at 6.30<\/p>\n
P.M. Exhibit P2 is the arrest memo. He returned to the Police station<\/p>\n
and registered Crime No.218\/1999 of Exhukone Police station for the<\/p>\n
offence under Sections 55(a) and (i) of the Abkari Act. Exhibit P3 is<\/p>\n
the F.I.R.. The accused and the contraband articles were produced<\/p>\n
before the Court. Exhibit P4 is the 151 A form prepared and proved by<\/p>\n
PW3. Since there was no sufficient space in the court, the articles<\/p>\n
returned to the     police for the safe custody. Subsequently, PW3<\/p>\n
submitted requisition before the court below for sending the sample for<\/p>\n
chemical analysis and accordingly, obtained Exhibit P5 report. He had<\/p>\n
questioned the witnesses and recorded their statements. During the<\/p>\n
trial, he had identified M.Os. 1 to 3. PW2 also deposed in terms of<\/p>\n
prosecution case as that of PW3. The independent witness PW1 is an<\/p>\n
attestator to Exhibit P1, mahazar and on his examination he had<\/p>\n
deposed that he did not know the accused but he has admitted his<\/p>\n
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\n                                     5<\/span><\/p>\n
signature in Exhibit P1.       On the basis of      above evidence of<\/p>\n
prosecution, the trial court found that the accused is guilty under<\/p>\n
Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act.\n<\/p>\n
       5.    Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the accused<\/p>\n
was falsely implicated in the crime and the scene of occurrence is not<\/p>\n
properly proved by the prosecution. It is pointed out that though the<\/p>\n
articles were seized on 22\/06\/1999, the same were produced before the<\/p>\n
court only on 28\/07\/1999 and hence there is an unexplained delay,<\/p>\n
during which the evidence have been tampered. Therefore, according to<\/p>\n
defence and learned counsel for the appellant, the prosecution has<\/p>\n
failed to establish and prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n
       6.    Learned Public Prosecutor submitted that the prosecution<\/p>\n
has established the case with sufficient materials and evidence. It is his<\/p>\n
submission that testimony of PWs 2 and 3 together with Exhibits P1,<\/p>\n
P4 and P5 would reveal that the sample was collected from the spot<\/p>\n
itself and the same was sent for chemical analysis and obtained Exhibit<\/p>\n
P5 report, which would show that the sample contained Ethyl Alcohol<\/p>\n
at 45.63% by volume and according to the Prosecutor, the prosecution<\/p>\n
Crl. A.No. 2363\/2008
\n                                    6<\/span><\/p>\n
has thus correctly proved that the accused was in possession of the<\/p>\n
contraband article.\n<\/p>\n
       7.     I have carefully gone though the evidence of PWs 2 and 3<\/p>\n
and also documentary evidence such as Exhibits P1, P4 and P5. The<\/p>\n
only case put forward by the accused is to the effect that there was a<\/p>\n
delay in reaching the contraband articles in the court. It is also the case<\/p>\n
of the defence that the accused was implicated in the crime falsely at<\/p>\n
the instance of his employer, where the accused was employed and<\/p>\n
crime was registered at the instance of the said employer. Though,<\/p>\n
such a plea was taken, no evidence was adduced by the defence and no<\/p>\n
attempt was made to make out the case from the prosecution evidence<\/p>\n
also. Regarding the delay in reaching the articles before the trial court,<\/p>\n
it is to be noted that as per prosecution case, the accused was found in<\/p>\n
possession of the contraband articles and the articles were seized then<\/p>\n
and there. Subsequently, the sample was taken from the M.O.1 Can,<\/p>\n
which contained the contraband article. Such sample was sent for<\/p>\n
chemical analysis through the court and thereafter obtained Exhibit P5<\/p>\n
report. So the seizure is proved beyond doubt and also proved that<\/p>\n
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\n                                      7<\/span><\/p>\n
what seized from the possession of the accused is the contraband<\/p>\n
article, namely, the illicit arrack. It is true that there is some delay in<\/p>\n
reaching the article in the court. The said delay in no way can be<\/p>\n
described as a culpable delay. Though the accused has challenged the<\/p>\n
delay, nothing has brought on record to show that the delay was<\/p>\n
caused any prejudice to the accused.           Every delay need not be<\/p>\n
prejudicial, unless it is proved that such delay caused prejudice to the<\/p>\n
accused. Therefore, the contention based upon the delayed receipt of<\/p>\n
contraband articles is devoid of any merit. It is to be noted that all these<\/p>\n
points were elaborately considered by the court below and all these<\/p>\n
contentions rejected by the court below by assigning cogent reasons.<\/p>\n
No ground is made out to take a different view from that of the trial<\/p>\n
court. Consequently, the conviction is confirmed.<\/p>\n
       8.    With respect to the sentence, it is submitted that the<\/p>\n
quantity involved is only three liters of illicit arrack, but the sentence<\/p>\n
imposed is disproportionate and exorbitant. It is also submitted that the<\/p>\n
appellant\/accused is not involved in any other similar crime and<\/p>\n
therefore a lenient view may be taken.\n<\/p>\n
Crl. A.No. 2363\/2008
\n                                     8<\/span><\/p>\n
       9.    I have carefully considered the above submission. In view<\/p>\n
of the particular facts and circumstances involved in this case, I am of<\/p>\n
the opinion that certain modification can be made with respect to the<\/p>\n
sentence. In the result, the sentence of imprisonment of two years<\/p>\n
awarded is reduced to six months for the offence under Section 55(a) of<\/p>\n
the Abkari Act. With respect to the sentence of fine, no interference is<\/p>\n
called for, because only the minimum amount fixed by the statute is<\/p>\n
imposed against the accused. But the default sentence according to me<\/p>\n
can also be reduced from six months to two months. Set off is allowed<\/p>\n
under Section 428 of Cr.P.C.\n<\/p>\n
       10.   As per the records, it is seen that the accused had been in<\/p>\n
custody for 38 days as under trial prisoner, from the date of his arrest<\/p>\n
till the release on bail. After the impugned judgment also that is from<\/p>\n
3\/05\/2008 onwards he is undergoing imprisonment. As the sentence<\/p>\n
has already modified and reduced and set off allowed under Section<\/p>\n
428 of Cr.P.C., the appellant\/accused is entitled to get released from the<\/p>\n
jail. Therefore, there will be a direction to release the appellant\/accused<\/p>\n
forthwith, if he is not required in any other case.<\/p>\n
Crl. A.No. 2363\/2008
\n                                      9<\/span><\/p>\n
       In the result, the appeal is disposed of confirming the conviction<\/p>\n
and reducing the sentence as indicated above and directing to release<\/p>\n
the appellant forthwith as he had already undergone the modified<\/p>\n
sentence.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                      V.K. MOHANAN, JUDGE<\/p>\n
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