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Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n
Prithu @ Priti Chand & Anr vs State Of H.P on 18 February, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: . A Pasayat<\/div>\n
Bench: Arijit Pasayat, Asok Kumar Ganguly<\/div>\n
                                                                      REPORTABLE\n\n\n\n                  IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA\n\n                CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\n                CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 330             OF 2009\n                (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 7557 of 2008)\n\n\nPrithu @ Prithi Chand and Anr.                          ..Appellants\n\n\n\n                                  Versus\n\nState of H.P.                                                  ..\nRespondent\n\n\n\n\n                                   JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.\n<\/p>\n
\n
1.    Leave granted.\n<\/p>\n
2.    Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of a Division Bench of the<\/p>\n
Himachal Pradesh High Court setting aside the acquittal recorded by learned<\/p>\n
Additional Sessions Judge, Kangra, Dharamshala. Three accused persons,<\/p>\n
Bhola, Pruthu and Dharmu faced trial for alleged commission of offence<\/p>\n
punishable under Sections 302 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code<\/a>, 1860<\/p>\n
(in short the `IPC<\/a>‘). The High Court by the impugned judgment set aside<\/p>\n
the order of acquittal and directed each of the accused persons guilty of<\/p>\n
offence punishable under Section 304 Part I, IPC<\/a> read with Section 34<\/a> IPC<\/p>\n
and sentenced each to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years and<\/p>\n
to pay a fine of Rs.5,000\/-.\n<\/p>\n
\n
2.    Background facts in a nutshell are as follows:\n<\/p>\n
\n
      Fandi Ram (hereinafter referred to as the `deceased’) owed certain<\/p>\n
amount to Prehlad Chand (PW-10), merchant of village Boh on account of<\/p>\n
purchases made on credit. Appellant is son of PW-10. On 14.2.1992 at 8.00<\/p>\n
a.m. the accused appellant visited house of Fandi Ram and demanded<\/p>\n
payment due to his father. Fandi Ram told Bhola that he had to take loan<\/p>\n
from the society and would make payment. Bhola who was carrying a bottle<\/p>\n
of liquor asked Fandi Ram to go to society shop after visiting the house of<\/p>\n
                                    2<\/span>
\naccused Prithu. Both of them went to the house of Prithu located in the<\/p>\n
village of Fandi Ram. All the three sat in the house and started consuming<\/p>\n
liquor in which his brother Dharmu also joined. At about 2 p.m. Singhu<\/p>\n
(PW-4) son of deceased was sent by his widow Kailasho Devi (PW-3) to see<\/p>\n
if Fandi Ram had gone to society shop. Singho reminded his father, but all<\/p>\n
the three accused told that they would accompany him to society shop.<\/p>\n
Singho then came and left for village Kathla and Sardair Lal (PW-5) another<\/p>\n
son of deceased went to water mill (Gharat).\n<\/p>\n
\n
      At about 3.30 p.m Kailasho and her son Jagdish from their house<\/p>\n
noticed all the three accused giving fist blows to Fandi Ram near the school,<\/p>\n
located in front of their house, separated by a drain from the school.<\/p>\n
Kailasho shouted why her husband was being beaten and she accompanied<\/p>\n
by Jagdish rushed to the place of occurrence where her husband was being<\/p>\n
given a beating. Bhola accused in her presence gave a stone blow on the<\/p>\n
head of Fandi Ram and ran away. Remaining accused also hit him with the<\/p>\n
stone on the head. Jagdish (PW-2) intervened but the accused Dharamu and<\/p>\n
Prithu also gave beatings to him. The sleeve of the shirt of Jagdish got torn<\/p>\n
and one sleeve was left on the spot. Jagdish tied a cloth around the head of<\/p>\n
his father, which was bleeding due to injuries. They took Fandi Ram to the<\/p>\n
                                    3<\/span>
\nshop of Prehlad Chand (PW-10). On the way Sardari Lal (PW-5) who was<\/p>\n
coming from water mill met them. He inquired about the cause of injuries<\/p>\n
from his father. Fandi Ram told him of the accused beating him with stones<\/p>\n
with all the other accused due to the enmity of Panchayat elections. Then on<\/p>\n
the way to the shop of Prehlad Chand, Janam Singh, Nambardar (PW-6)<\/p>\n
met them who was also told by the deceased that he was beaten by the<\/p>\n
accused with stones due to Panchayat elections. Prehlad Chand was also<\/p>\n
told by the deceased that he was beaten by the accused, who then tried to get<\/p>\n
the matter compounded and settled for Rs.600\/-. But accused did not agree<\/p>\n
to make payment. Thereafter in the shop of Prehlad Chand, Fandi Ram fell<\/p>\n
unconscious. On way a Compounder Desh Raj (PW -12) provided him first<\/p>\n
aid.\n<\/p>\n
\n
       Fandi Ram at about 11.00 p.m. succumbed to the injuries. Further<\/p>\n
case revealed is that during night due to distance, injured could not be taken<\/p>\n
to hospital at Shahpur located at a distance of 25 Kilometers, nor police<\/p>\n
could be informed. In the morning of 15th February, 1992, Sardari Lal came<\/p>\n
to Shahpur to lodge report but when he reached village Darini, the bus had<\/p>\n
already left.   Therefore, Darini informed police station Shahpur on<\/p>\n
telephone about the occurrence upon which information A.S.1. Feru Ram<\/p>\n
                                     4<\/span>
\n(PW-15) recorded Rapat Ex.P.19 and proceeded to the spot. In village of the<\/p>\n
deceased he recorded statement Ex.P-5 of Jagdish Singh (PW-2), sent the<\/p>\n
same for registration of a. case. Prepared inquest report Ex. P. 2 and took<\/p>\n
Parna Ex. P. 10 vide memo Ex. P. 8 in possession. Investigation was<\/p>\n
undertaken. After completion of investigation charge sheet was filed.<\/p>\n
      Trial Court did not accept the evidence to be credible and directed<\/p>\n
acquittal. State questioned the acquittal.\n<\/p>\n
\n
      The High Court found that the trial Court has over looked the<\/p>\n
evidence of the eye witnesses, more particularly, PWs 2 to 5. It was also<\/p>\n
noted that PW-10 the father of accused Bhola accepted that Kailasho Devi<\/p>\n
accompanied by her son and the deceased in injured condition came to his<\/p>\n
shop and on enquiry Fandi Ram and his wife informed him that he was<\/p>\n
beaten by accused Dharmu and Fundi Ram also nodded his head supporting<\/p>\n
the version of his wife. The High Court noted that the evidence clearly<\/p>\n
established that the accused persons took liquor with the deceased in the<\/p>\n
house of accused Bhola. There was election dispute. PW-10 who was<\/p>\n
Pradhan proclaimed that he did not vote for a winning party and this was the<\/p>\n
bone of contention between the accused persons and the deceased. The<\/p>\n
                                     5<\/span>
\naccused persons were also drunk. They started quarreling with the deceased<\/p>\n
and gave him a fist blow and assaulted him with some stones which was<\/p>\n
witnessed by Kailasho Devi and her son Jagdish Singh from their house.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the order of acquittal was set aside.\n<\/p>\n
\n
3.    In support of the appeal, learned counsel for the appellant submitted<\/p>\n
that the evidence of the eye witnesses was not reliable and, therefore, the<\/p>\n
order of acquittal should not have been set aside.\n<\/p>\n
\n
4.    Learned counsel for the State on the other hand submitted that the<\/p>\n
High Court had rightly held that in course of sudden quarrel the occurrence<\/p>\n
took place and, therefore, had convicted the accused persons in terms of<\/p>\n
Exception 4 to Section 300<\/a> IPC by altering the conviction to Section 304<\/a><\/p>\n
Part I IPC.\n<\/p>\n
\n
5.    It is to be noted that the accused persons pleaded that the evidence of<\/p>\n
the eye witnesses cannot be accepted as there were omissions,<\/p>\n
contradictions and discrepancies in the evidence of most of the prosecution<\/p>\n
witnesses. In the effort to false implication prosecution made introduction<\/p>\n
of PW-9 an eye witness. It is fairly settled position in law that even if there<\/p>\n
                                     6<\/span>
\nare some omissions, contradictions and discrepancies the entire evidence<\/p>\n
cannot be discarded. After exercising care and caution and sifting the<\/p>\n
evidence to separate the truth from untruth, exaggeration, embellishments<\/p>\n
and improvements the court can come to a conclusion as to whether the<\/p>\n
residual evidence is sufficient to convict the accused. (See Sohrab and Anr.<\/p>\n
V. The State of M.P<\/a>. (AIR 1972 SC 2020) and State of U.P. v. M.K.<\/p>\n
Anthony<\/a> (AIR 1985 SC 48).\n<\/p>\n
\n
6.    In Bharwada Bhoginbhai Hirjibhai v. State of Gujarat<\/a> (AIR 1983 SC<\/p>\n
753), it was observed that undue importance should not be attached to<\/p>\n
omissions, contradictions and discrepancies which do not go to the root of<\/p>\n
the matter and shake the basic version of the prosecution witnesses. A<\/p>\n
witness cannot be accepted to possess a photographic memory and to recall<\/p>\n
the deals of an incident verbatim. Ordinarily, it so happens that a witness is<\/p>\n
overtaken by events. A witness could not have been anticipated the<\/p>\n
occurrence which very often has an element of surprise.          The mental<\/p>\n
faculties cannot, therefore, be expected to be attuned to absorb all the<\/p>\n
details. Thus, minor discrepancies were bound to occur in the statement of<\/p>\n
witnesses.\n<\/p>\n
\n
                                     7<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
7.    The High Court has analysed the evidence in the aforesaid<\/p>\n
background and has rightly come to the conclusion that the guilt of the<\/p>\n
accused persons has been established.\n<\/p>\n
\n
8.    The appeal is, therefore, dismissed.\n<\/p>\n
\n
                                        ………………………………….J.\n<\/p>\n
                                        (Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT)<\/p>\n
                                        ………………………………….J.\n<\/p>\n
                                        (ASOK KUMAR GANGULY)
\nNew Delhi,
\nFebruary 18, 2009<\/p>\n
                                    8<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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