{"id":258875,"date":"2010-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kullaiah-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-11-january-2010"},"modified":"2016-06-28T11:00:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T05:30:45","slug":"kullaiah-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-11-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kullaiah-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-11-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"Kullaiah vs The State Of Karnataka on 11 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Kullaiah vs The State Of Karnataka on 11 January, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: K.Sreedhar Rao B.Adi<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">on\n\nCONVICTING THE APPELLANT\/ACCUSED No.2 FOR THE\nOFFENCE P\/U\/S 302 8: 201 R\/W SEC34 OF <a href=\"\/doc\/1569253\/\" id=\"a_1\">IPC<\/a> AND\nSENTENCING HIM TO UNDERGO R.I. FOR LIFE (3.: TO PAY A\nFINE OF RS.5,o00\/- FOR THE OFFENCE P\/U\/S 3022*-R\/W\nOF IPc AND FURTHER SENTENCING HIM TO UND_E.RC~..O'~R.1\nFOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS &amp; TO PAY A... FI_NE'--.oF\n\nRs.2,000\/-- AND LI) TO UNDERGO S.1 FOR A PERIOFJ---.oFr-._6' \n\nMONTHS FOR THE OFFENCE P\/..U\/S 201 R\/W\". 34% OF\n\n<a href=\"\/doc\/1569253\/\" id=\"a_1\">IPC<\/a>. BOTH THE SENTENCES IMPOSED ON~AC'CU_SflD\"\" \n\nSHALL RUN CONCURRENTLY.  THE 1SENTIf3NCES= IN\nDEFAULT TO PAY FINE SHALL RUN SIBPARATELY; ''  'V = A\n\nTHESE APPEALS COMING ON.,_F'OR IiE}\"IRl.NG _f;1\"1L-ilsdj\n\nDAY, KSREEDHAR RAO J. DEL_W\"ERED 'mE..F'QLLoWINo:\n.3UDGMEN_'I*_  I A \n\nT he material facts}-of the.'-pdfo.se,ci1tion case disclose\n\nthat done  the deceased. One\nSri \u00abthe husband of the deceased.\n\nOne_--Sri. ShiIra:U;dFa~?W2 is the son of the deceased.\n\n\" '~ ..,.,A1:$pe11a'nt \"1'~.lo.l(A  Appellant No.2 [A2] are friends.\n\n relationship with the deceased and he had\n\nb1\"o~ugh_t '11e.I' a cow and also lent some amount by Way of\n\nloan. \"The deceased was also attending to the\n\n\"\"ag1'icultural work of Al. A1 insisted the deceased to\n\n  '*\"1*eturn the loan amount. The deceased refused to repay\n\nthe amount. A1 bearing grouse against deceased with\n\n\n\nthe assistance of A2, on 25.01.2004 at about 11 pm.\ncaused murder of the deceased by strangulation\"-,and\n\ndropped the dead body in a dry weil.\n\n\" 2. The dead body was noticed  on\n\n27.01.2004<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\"> at 8.00 am, who <\/p>\n<p>police registered a case under Secti_or1  <\/p>\n<p>accused is shown as &#8216;not ieriowri&#8217;. &#8220;-Indtheyg inquest<br \/>\nproceedings Al is sh.\u00a2wn idtoi-be&#8221;~&#8211;asp &#8216;suspect&#8217;. In the<br \/>\ncourse of investigationwitreveais &#8216;thatthe deceased left<\/p>\n<p>home around   the accused<\/p>\n<p>and  around lO.30 p.m. on<br \/>\n25.01.0&#8217;004-  she was found to be dead.<\/p>\n<p>The {dead  subjected to post mortem. The post<\/p>\n<p>  that the death is due to asphyxia<\/p>\n<p> to&#8221;sti&#8217;ar1g&#8217;u.l:ation. The death is homicidal.<\/p>\n<p>  A1 is arrested on 05.02.2004. The<\/p>\n<p> .rVui.11brelia belonging to deceased was recovered. A2 was<\/p>\n<p>0  &#8220;produced before the CPI on the same day. On the basis<\/p>\n<p>  his voluntary statement, M09; 12 and 13 used for<\/p>\n<p>dropping the dead body in the Well were recovered. The<\/p>\n<p>Q\ufb01&#8221;\/,0<\/p>\n<p>accused are charged for committing offences under<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/doc\/1560742\/\" id=\"a_2\">Sections 302<\/a>, <a href=\"\/doc\/386021\/\" id=\"a_3\">201<\/a> r\/w 34 of<a href=\"\/doc\/1569253\/\" id=\"a_4\">IPC<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">4. PW&#8211;3 who is supposed to testify <\/p>\n<p>seen circumstance of the accused and deceased <\/p>\n<p>together on 25.01.2004 ar0und\u00bb:&#8217;1&#8243;O&#8230;3p0  if<\/p>\n<p>hostile and does not support  &#8216;easel <\/p>\n<p>6, the husband of the decVeas.e*d&#8217;, te.stifies.,t_&#8217;o t}2Ve&#8217;VV\ufb011otive.&#8217;V&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The medical evidence. ditsclors_e:sVV&#8221;&#8221;that the &#8220;death is<br \/>\nhomicidal. The trial court  the evidence<\/p>\n<p>regarding mo&#8217;tiv.ef&#8217;,&#8217;- recovery&#8217;, coiipled___vvith post mortem<\/p>\n<p>reporfffvhas&#8217; arid.  for the above offences.<\/p>\n<p>Accused are in .app&#8217;e.al&#8217;;&#8217; -. &#8221; = <\/p>\n<p>  RA fth&#8217;or.Q&#8217;.tJgh consideration of the evidence<\/p>\n<p> &#8216; \u00a3llS\u20ac1QSve:S&#8221;T;i&#8217;i.a.f -the prosecution tried to establish the guilt<\/p>\n<p>by&#8221;&#8221;lcircu&#8217;injstantia1 evidences like motive, last seen<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">&#8212; &#8216;  circumstance, recovery, homicidal death and<\/p>\n<p>aloscondence of accused. PW~3 who is supposed to<\/p>\n<p> testify the last seen circumstance has turned hostile.<\/p>\n<p>The recovery evidence adduced by the prosecution is<\/p>\n<p>fragile and frivolous. The evidence of PW~2 does not<\/p>\n<p>corroborate the fact that the deceased on 25.01.2004,<br \/>\nwent out from house around 9.45 pm. taking umbrella<\/p>\n<p>with her. The rope MO&#8217;s l2 and 13 recovered fat\u00bbsthe<\/p>\n<p>incidence of A2 does not have any incriminatinlg;rriai\ufb01\ufb01s.<\/p>\n<p>or material to show that it was  -..\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">dropping the dead body in the  <\/p>\n<p>strangulation was Well intact around  oi? <\/p>\n<p>deceased at the time when  vvasilnciticed. The<br \/>\nprosecution on record_xhas&#8217;l&#8211;_onjly&#8221; esltahlished the motive<\/p>\n<p>and the circumstanceof -IE1&#8217;0rVr1ic&#8217;i,dalV&#8217;_dea.th. There is no<\/p>\n<p>clinching l&#8217;evidenc.el .tlo~,1&#8217;prove&#8221; the complicity of the<br \/>\naccused uwith &#8216;thefjevidence. The recovery evidence is<\/p>\n<p>incredible. &#8216;V<\/p>\n<p>V   In that &#8216;v&#8217;i&#8217;e&#8217;vv of the matter there is no credible<\/p>\n<p> tdipirove the guilt of the accused. The<\/p>\n<p>convictions-f the accused is bad in law.<\/p>\n<p>it   The appeals are allowed. Accused are set free<\/p>\n<p> uforthwith, if not required to be detained in any other<\/p>\n<p>wk<\/p>\n<p>case. The \ufb01ne amount deposited by A2 shall be<\/p>\n<p>refunded to A2.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_4\">The fee of Sri. Somashekar  1<\/p>\n<p>Amicus Curiae, is \ufb01xed at Rs.7,000:[&#8211;.  A&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>the fee to the Amicus Curiae.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_5\">\n<p>e JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>1&#8217;8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Kullaiah vs The State Of Karnataka on 11 January, 2010 Author: K.Sreedhar Rao B.Adi on CONVICTING THE APPELLANT\/ACCUSED No.2 FOR THE OFFENCE P\/U\/S 302 8: 201 R\/W SEC34 OF IPC AND SENTENCING HIM TO UNDERGO R.I. 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