{"id":229920,"date":"2009-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-k-sreenivasamurthy-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-10-november-2009"},"modified":"2018-07-30T12:45:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T07:15:21","slug":"v-k-sreenivasamurthy-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-10-november-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-k-sreenivasamurthy-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-10-november-2009","title":{"rendered":"V K Sreenivasamurthy vs State Of Karnataka on 10 November, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
V K Sreenivasamurthy vs State Of Karnataka on 10 November, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: Arali Nagaraj<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BAN GALORE\n\nDated this the 1051 day of November, 200:?\n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HONBLE MR.JUST}C13AARALIV_4VI\u00a7}\u00a7G;r\u00a7\u00a7P;AJ~V.T.  \nCRIMINAL PETITION N':n.3!12;~6\/2aQs.sV'%   \n\nBETWEEN\n\n1.\n\nShri V K SreeniV--asamurth.y;. V\nM.sc.,s.L.{1>h.11,)*\u00bb '_ I   \nRetd. Professor and_sAd'uoVV'cate_,V   -.\nAged about 64 ye.a.rs,,\\   H' --- \nS\/olats V:AK3fis11f_Vr1a.i.al\"1..:Slj1\u00e9~t.V'1'_j;z_, s \"\nR\/0.M3\u00a3,rut.}E1i_E2xt'enL3ibn,<_V  V' \nMa1u;rVV--VV;363"1.30'-{KQIa1jDist.  A\n\n E}    V  \nM .A_. ,* LLB r,\u00bb _VAdVVoQVa'te, ' -\n30years,~ 'V   "\n\ns \/OZV K Sreefii\ufb01\/a1sV\u00e9i}T:iurt,hy,\n\nV . 1f\/ 0 . MVa3ju'thiV.'-Ex'teI1"sion,\nV, . Ma1ur--5b"3.  30 '\u00a3K01ar Dist.)\n\n 2  'Papanna, B.A., B.Ed.\n\n V *\u00a3\\ge_d" b0u_t.. 66 years.\n\n-- A  (s\/'oV;_'1faie Muniswamy)\n Rea'd with Section 149 {PC against\nthe petitioners' _\u00e9:nd=_ order for stoppage of further\nproceedings. \"\n\nThis --C\"r-iminal Petition coming on for argument\n\n l,_t}x1:is '\u00a3'._(l_l1I't passed the following:\n\nORDER\n<\/pre>\n
T present petition under Section 482 of Cr.PC is<\/p>\n
   the petitioners No.1 to 7, who are respectively<\/p>\n
.ll””l;l_ga__ecused Nos.1 to 7_ in PCR No.11\/2001 (CC<\/p>\n
\u00a3 <\/p>\n
4<\/span>
\nNo.194\/2005] on the file of the learned Principal Civil<\/p>\n
Judge (Jr.Dn.) and JMFC, Malur {hereinafter referred to<\/p>\n
as ‘Trial Court’ for short}. The petitioners have<\/p>\n
for quashing of the order dated 6.7.2005  H<\/p>\n
passed in the said case issuing process ag’ain.st= them’ for ”<\/p>\n
the offences under Sections 302;’-130:5′ <\/p>\n
Section 149 of IPC on the of resp:orw1iden.t. No.02 <\/p>\n
herein.   _ ._\n<\/p>\n
2. Stated in brief   .lle~a_d.ing_ to the present
\npetition are as under:   ‘<\/p>\n
(\ufb01g) ._   complainant filed her
\n 1\/2001 on the file of the<\/p>\n
_ _learned  against. the petitioners No.1
\n herein, ….. alleging that they committed the<\/p>\n
   under Sections 302, 306 and 506 read<\/p>\n
Section 149 of IPC. Learned Magistrate
\n referredl the said complaint to the police<\/p>\n
concerned. The police submitted ‘B’ report.<\/p>\n
00 ‘0″u._Lelarned Magistrate, by his order dated 30.712002<\/p>\n
0’ accepted the ‘B’ report.\n<\/p>\n
A—-{“‘V’\\,…..,___,,,<\/p>\n
b) Thereafter. on 14.8.2002, the complainant
\n\ufb01led an application before the Learned Magistiate<\/p>\n
seeking recalling of the order dated<\/p>\n
passed in the said case accepting  <\/p>\n
The said application was..all.oWed_l  0′
\norder dated 30.7.2002 ca.rne;ftoi’ l:5\u20ac_Vrec,aIied..po1\u00e9.1:
\n14.8.2002. TheI1,,th_e eerdpiaieenittvp.fried} hisif<\/p>\n
objections to the ‘B’ repdrr. Onlsworn
\nstatement of the,—-compplainap_ntcame to’be~recorded.
\nOn 18. 10.2002  \u00abtjaollwitnesses for the
\ncomplainant  on 4.2.2003,
\nthe lear’neri:.1″J3\/Ia\u00e9istaratle  order directing
\nthe   the case and<\/p>\n
S01 ibrnit’  iinal ; -~  .  V<\/p>\n
 it The V0  was challenged by the
\npetitioners} aectised in Cr.RP No.31\/2003. The<\/p>\n
 revision petition was allowed by the Sessions<\/p>\n
 .C”0ftirt,*~.,_._by order dated 17.1.2004 allowed the<\/p>\n
  remitted the matter to the Trial<\/p>\n
 3}’ hereafter, the complainant got examined<\/p>\n
 folraher two more witnesses. Learned Magistrate, by<\/p>\n
 A.  his impugned order dated 6.7.2008, directed to<\/p>\n
 Eisstae of process against the petitioners No.1 to 7.<\/p>\n
The correctness of this order issuing process is<\/p>\n
.\u00bb–f”””‘”‘<\/p>\n
6<\/span>
\nchallenged by the accused — petitioners in this<\/p>\n
petition. During the pendency of this petition. the
\npetitioner No.7 died. Therefore. the case against<\/p>\n
him has been abated.\n<\/p>\n
3. Sri K Manjunath, the learned coun4s:elVl,:lforl”<\/p>\n
petitioners No.1 to 6 strongly~~’csnte:nded’lfthtatv4.:jthe. <\/p>\n
learned Magistrate committed sieriotisl error’ in <\/p>\n
process against these petitioners for the.ipsaid~-ivlolfences. it<\/p>\n
inasmuch as the averrnzentsp..in  complaint, the sworn<\/p>\n
statements of the complaina’ntl5and_:he’r.jivitnesses do not<\/p>\n
Sections  306\u00bb read with Section 149 of {PC
\nand thereforev  impiigned order issuing process<\/p>\n
against itheselpetitioners for the said offences deserves<\/p>\n
 \u00bbto’~h_e set.pas:i’de and all further proceedings in the said<\/p>\n
case.tdese~r_ve’t:o be quashed.\n<\/p>\n
 Pg\u00a7r:. contra, Sri R Shariff, the learned counsel for<\/p>\n
xthel2;””i respondent complainant strongly contended that<\/p>\n
 the averments in the complaint and also the sworn<\/p>\n
<–\u00ab….(~""'_""'"\n<\/p>\n
statements of complainant, and her witnesses viz. (_3__Ws.2<\/p>\n
to 7 prima facie establish that the petitioners m.\u00ab<\/p>\n
committed the said offences and therefore tl*;’e*–  ”<\/p>\n
order does not call for any int.erfere’nce in thi4’s”;V:e”\u00a5iiti0i1. <\/p>\n
5. Learned counsel for tI1e__petiti,oriers 1″:’asvAp4rodii1ced <\/p>\n
the foilowing decisions in   his”eor1tfentions:<\/p>\n
(a) 1977 soC.t_”i:{cr;j ,1,3’2~:._;\u00bb.\/rorfsharda Prasad<\/p>\n
Sinha vs. State o’i’~-_?i\u00a5iIf1ar_).  -.  \u00bb <\/p>\n
{b} ILR C; -_- r1998 1.’ M or 2296: , (M\/s.Shre1
\nin-tergrational  Financve Ltd. Vs. Mr.M G
\ni’Narayar1%.1),  ” ”\n<\/p>\n
(C) T’     P Bobati and others
\n ._ -vs; M’ahac1ev_TVVirupaxappa Latti)<\/p>\n
{d)’ ‘*–__iLR i’9is’9.’i:.\u00a7\u00a7~_,r.iis35: (smwiemaiatha Ramesh
\n‘vs._ ‘Sri Vii N Muddu Krishna)<\/p>\n
”  (e-3’. \u00abLLR i’99’s”Kar. 3599: [Pepsi Foods Ltd. And
\n wa_r1r,_ Vs. Special Judicial magistrate and ors.)<\/p>\n
Ax”hr.’Leariiecizhytteounsel for the 21″? respondent has<\/p>\n
‘V protuitueesl the following decisions in support of his<\/p>\n
A ..\ufb02.eor’1i:entions as under:\n<\/p>\n
H 1. ILR 2003 Kart}: (Anthony D’Souza and
\nothers vs. State of Kamataka)<\/p>\n
(–…..\u00a3””””-**–\n<\/p>\n
9<\/span>
\npetitioners, forming themselves into unlawful<\/p>\n
assembly. forcibly administered poisori to the
\ndeceased. Immediately thereafter the deceased
\nwas taken to Venkateshwara Nursing Home at<\/p>\n
Malur. but he died as a result of poisoning. <\/p>\n
(1)) Then the petitioners carnef’-to’….l_l’the\u00bb.<\/p>\n
Complainant and told that they all  K V’ <\/p>\n
her son by administering poison   that.’<\/p>\n
time. the petitioners — :’acCi’1sAeVd 0’tthreateiik,the:<\/p>\n
Corriplainant that if she-werelltodlile  <\/p>\n
as to the death of herll”sori, the’_lyrV.wo’ulid not leave<\/p>\n
her life.\n<\/p>\n
8.   got herself examined as
\nCW1.  \u00abstated’.fii1_:l1\u00abe_ri”-eizidence that on 6.12.2000 at<\/p>\n
about  oiiefsriiiiivas, the son of her elder sister,<\/p>\n
  t:O”‘.l1\u20ac*Yx and informed that the deceased Manjuriath<\/p>\n
 .__’v(\/asl Verikateshwara Hospital at Malur as he<\/p>\n
had4_Consu_\ufb01;eld poison. Immediately on coming to know<\/p>\n
 the same, she went to the said hospital and saw her<\/p>\n
 son Manjunath in the said hospital. She has<\/p>\n
it   ..,_fdrther stated in her statement that when she enquired<\/p>\n
.\u00bb~r’-~<\/p>\n
with him, he told her t.h3.t. since he was beaten by the<\/p>\n
accused alleging that he committed theft of ~<\/p>\n
in the school, he consumed poison. This .s’tatenient <\/p>\n
CW1 complainant is quite cont1*ar*y’Ato–‘_ hef”taivefm.enfs<\/p>\n
made in the eompiaint. that   ‘<\/p>\n
and told her that they hadiifoteiblyAn\u00e9tdminijstewfeelt’poison’V’ V<\/p>\n
to the deceased. This;–})zei11g’..so,\u00bb.theu ‘eomp1’e1i1’1-an’t has not<\/p>\n
made out against the p’e:mon;:rs  for the offence<\/p>\n
under Section   i <\/p>\n
9. CW2    his sworn statement
\nthat xiafhen  theT’d._ece’ased in the hospital, the
\ndeceaseclwais not i.nA’a\u00bb– ]5C\u00a7sSl;?ZiOI1 to speak, but he came to<\/p>\n
 that thiewievcessed had consumed poison. CW3<\/p>\n
 .ASrin_ivasuhas”~stated in his sworn statement that one H<\/p>\n
“i\\72A1vAi’.ay2iVnz;ipp21’T;;.”etnd Shashi informed him that the<\/p>\n
–V deceuaseid hhtianjunath had consumed poison in the<\/p>\n
  of Vivekananda High School in Malur Village<\/p>\n
‘   therefore he Went to the said school and took the<\/p>\n
 $<\/p>\n
H
\ndeceased with the help of his friend Shabbeer and got<\/p>\n
him admitted at Venkateshwara Nursing Home at Malur
\nvillage and thereafter he informed the same…to44_:’ithe<\/p>\n
complainant.\n<\/p>\n
10. CW5 Smtsaroja has stated her sWo1\u00b0n::stateme13,t ”<\/p>\n
that on the date of incident,whii’e she <\/p>\n
the Vivekananda schoo1,”0_she heard.  No.1\u00bb 0′<\/p>\n
abusing the deceased in thevV:A”c_o’m_Vpotin’d.of said
\nschool saying that  \\4.’t3::’>’inii1itted theft of
\nRs.20,000\/M and the ide’c’easede\u00ab.ife_pi_tfinft:f’that he did not<\/p>\n
commit any0vVtiii3fti_:f’  further deposed that she<\/p>\n
also heard’ acctise’d:’J.\\.\u00a5oI’*.isaying the deceased that he<\/p>\n
should tconsii’m_eA poison and, thereafter, she came to<\/p>\n
   deceased was admitted in the<\/p>\n
‘V\u00a2fi\u00a7iatesh’wara’V Hospital as he had consurned poison.<\/p>\n
 11.   Anjanappa has stated in his sworn<\/p>\n
0′ iijfstatement that at about 5.00 or 6.00 p.rn. on that date,<\/p>\n
‘   saw the deceased in the said hospitai and at that<\/p>\n
\ufb02,……{“‘\\~””‘\\4″‘\\a-v<\/p>\n
12<\/span><\/p>\n
time. the deceased was not in a position to speak. He
\nhas further stated therein that at that time A1<\/p>\n
Srinivasamurthy and A2 Shaiiesh Kumar came to-..>the<\/p>\n
hospital and when he enquired with <\/p>\n
informed that the deceased had   K it<\/p>\n
Rs.20,000\/~ in the school and <\/p>\n
the deceased that they would file’ieoinpiaint-“Ia\u00a7Vainst’: <\/p>\n
deceased in respect of theu”i’s.a’id theft.,.  consumed
\npoison. _ V V _ VA\n<\/p>\n
12. CW7 Venkateshappdag   in his sworn<\/p>\n
staterrient ‘1–.2.–()0 or 1.00 pm. on the said
\ndate, white he Vwasyxnearby the said schooi, he<\/p>\n
heard ‘cry frofr1– pteniises of the school. and he also<\/p>\n
     _ deceased Manjunath saying<\/p>\n
 He has further deposed<\/p>\n
–V that  heard the accused No.1 questioning the<\/p>\n
 dxgdeceased Manjunath as to where he had kept the money<\/p>\n
—   that on seeing him (CW7) through the window, the<\/p>\n
‘\u00a2”‘*”-=—–Iv’~”\\'”‘-.\n<\/p>\n
“\\<\/p>\n
\u00a33<\/p>\n
said accused asked him to go away and therefore he left
\nthe said place. He has further stated that by about 5.00
\nor 6.00 p.m., he came to know that the deceased was<\/p>\n
admitted in Venkateshwara Hospital as heetlligid<\/p>\n
consumed poison and the deceased died <\/p>\n
day.\n<\/p>\n
13. It is crystal clear that  3;-.l\u00a7o’*;}e .<\/p>\n
CWs.2 to 7, the  Ae’2:aIninVe;:;1  the <\/p>\n
complainant. do riot,.disc1o-s–e…”Lthat_ thell”pet.i.tioners –<\/p>\n
accused forcibly adminishteredlfllpoiso:f;.uto–Vthe deceased.<\/p>\n
The   _ downot disclose that they
\nthreaten; uthe  “Smt.Radhabai either on the<\/p>\n
said;date olf’lincide1”:tl’orvat. any time thereafter that they<\/p>\n
lldxvonrild Elrtilljvlllaer if  were to lodge complaint against<\/p>\n
*the1_n11e.’:i*evspect”of the death of her deceased son. Even<\/p>\n
if itvis acceidted that the accused threaten the deceased<\/p>\n
 their would file complaint. against him for the<\/p>\n
e~__l”all1eged theft of Rs.20.000\/~ from the school and<\/p>\n
 “therefore he consumed poison and died consequently,<\/p>\n
 u*\u00a21<\/p>\n
 pf A lithe E”i’L::”)etitiAone1’s  1 to ES<\/p>\n
_ 14
\nthat itself could not be sufficient to hold that the<\/p>\n
accused abetted the commission of suicide by the<\/p>\n
deceased.\n<\/p>\n
14. It is the settled principle that the   .<\/p>\n
exercise of its inherent power LEI_1_dfiI_’_ Sec_:tion’ K”<\/p>\n
may quash a criminal proceedingif  ‘iallegationis <\/p>\n
in the complaint petition  swor:1_Vstate:m’ents of <\/p>\n
the Complainant and, his witr1e’sse’s._ read’ ‘together and
\ntaken at their face Val1,te   :disc}o_s.ei commission of a<\/p>\n
cognizable offeriltie, ‘”;L”herei’.o;’e;”~.\/i’-am “F3-i\ufb02v the considered<\/p>\n
View that thei.5*av_erirnents_’inthe complainant and sworn
\nstatements’ of  c’o;_ripiair1ant and her witnesses<\/p>\n
respectiyelgriaws”CW5.ll” to 7 do not make ougagainst any<\/p>\n
any of the<\/p>\n
 under Sections 302, 306 and 506<\/p>\n
reati Wi.th Election 1459 of IPC. This being so, I am of the<\/p>\n
.3″furtheropinion that the learned Magistrate committed<\/p>\n
_  “S-.er”ioi,1s error in issuing process against petitioners No.1<\/p>\n
‘  “to 6 for all the said offences.\n<\/p>\n
 ..4–“‘\u20ac<\/p>\n
I5<\/p>\n
15. Learned Advocates for both the sides have
\nproduced quite a number of decisions as listed supra in<\/p>\n
support of their respective contentions. I haveiip\u00e9one<\/p>\n
through all the said decisions. Suffice it <\/p>\n
having regard to the facts and circums,ta.,n’c.es’fof_ the  <\/p>\n
case, as found from the avermenzts inthe’cornp1air1t__and.’<\/p>\n
the sworn statements of -the v”c.or”nplai:1it.’  her <\/p>\n
Witnesses, as observed supragi .need.”no_t discuss in<\/p>\n
length each of the said u  <\/p>\n
For the reasonsfAaforesaicigfthe present petition is<\/p>\n
hereb3:r,V_allovred.”=._fI’h\u00bbe”-.irnpugr1ed order dated 6.7.2005
\npassed by   4i\\\/Iagisiirate issuing process<\/p>\n
aga\ufb01gsvt i’~petitiVo11.e:rs No.1 to 8 herein for the offences<\/p>\n
 \u00bb1ipr1d\u00a21-.sei;ts\u00a7&~;.s 302, 306 and 506 read with Section 149<\/p>\n
‘.OffIPC   quashed. No order as to cost.<\/p>\n
Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
IUDGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court V K Sreenivasamurthy vs State Of Karnataka on 10 November, 2009 Author: Arali Nagaraj IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BAN GALORE Dated this the 1051 day of November, 200:? BEFORE THE HONBLE MR.JUST}C13AARALIV_4VI\u00a7}\u00a7G;r\u00a7\u00a7P;AJ~V.T. CRIMINAL PETITION N’:n.3!12;~6\/2aQs.sV’% BETWEEN 1. Shri V K SreeniV–asamurth.y;. V M.sc.,s.L.{1>h.11,)*\u00bb ‘_ I Retd. Professor and_sAd’uoVV’cate_,V -. 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