{"id":37873,"date":"2009-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/phg-naresh-kumar-vs-the-state-of-punjab-on-24-march-2009"},"modified":"2018-04-08T05:18:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T23:48:23","slug":"phg-naresh-kumar-vs-the-state-of-punjab-on-24-march-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/phg-naresh-kumar-vs-the-state-of-punjab-on-24-march-2009","title":{"rendered":"Phg Naresh Kumar vs The State Of Punjab on 24 March, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Phg Naresh Kumar vs The State Of Punjab on 24 March, 2009<\/div>\n
Criminal Revision No.630 of 2003                                 [1 ]\n\n\n\n\n    IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB &\n              HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH\n                         ...\n<\/pre>\n
Criminal Revision No.630 of 2003<\/p>\n
Decided on : March 24, 2009<\/p>\n
PHG Naresh Kumar
\n                                                … Petitioner<\/p>\n
                        VERSUS<\/p>\n
The State of Punjab
\n                                                … Respondent<\/p>\n
CORAM :\n<\/p>\n
HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL<\/p>\n
Present:    Mr.H.S.Riar, Senior Advocate assisted by
\n            Mr.GBS Dhillon,
\n            Advocate for the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n
            Mr.O.P.Dabla, Assistant Advocate General
\n            Punjab.\n<\/p>\n
A.N.JINDAL, J.-\n<\/p>\n
            Naresh Kumar – petitioner (herein referred as `petitioner’)<\/p>\n
was convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two<\/p>\n
years, for the offences under Sections 223 of the Indian Penal Code by<\/p>\n
the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ludhiana on 29.9.1999, and<\/p>\n
his appeal was also dismissed on 7.3.2003 by Additional Sessions Judge,<\/p>\n
Ludhiana with modification in the sentence from two years to six<\/p>\n
months.\n<\/p>\n
            There were three accused, namely PHG Swaran Singh,<\/p>\n
PHG Naresh Kumar (petitioner) and Kaka Ram. However, during the<\/p>\n
pendency of the trial PHG Swaran Singh had died.\n<\/p>\n
 Criminal Revision No.630 of 2003                                   [2 ]<\/p>\n
            In nutshell, the facts as culled out from the statement of HC<\/p>\n
Ramesh Chander are that he was posted at Police Lines, Ludhiana on<\/p>\n
General Duty and was entrusted the duty to produce the under-trials in<\/p>\n
the Courts. Along with him, Constable Satnam Singh No.133, PHG<\/p>\n
Naresh Kumar (petitioner) and PHG Swaran Sigh (since deceased) and<\/p>\n
four other home guards were on duty. They were also provided with<\/p>\n
official vehicle from the police lines.      He further disclosed that on<\/p>\n
17.8.1995 they had brought 64 under-trials from Central Jail, Ludhiana<\/p>\n
to Judicial Lock-up in the courts. At about 12.30 p.m, Kaka Ram was to<\/p>\n
appear in the court of Shri B.R.Garg, Judicial Magistrate Ist Class,<\/p>\n
Ludhiana along with 13 other accused, the custody of which was handed<\/p>\n
over to PHG Naresh Kumar and Swaran Singh for producing them in the<\/p>\n
Court. The petitioner handcuffed Kaka Ram and other under-trials and<\/p>\n
put one side of the chain in his belt.          PHG Swaran Singh also<\/p>\n
accompanied him. After about 15-20 minutes, the petitioner and Swaran<\/p>\n
Singh told HC Ramesh Chander (i.e. the complainant) that accused<\/p>\n
Kaka Ram had managed to escape. As such, on the statement of the<\/p>\n
latter, a case was registered against them under Sections 223\/224 of the<\/p>\n
Indian Penal Code. The case was investigated, which was followed by a<\/p>\n
report under Section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.<\/p>\n
            Charge for the aforesaid offences was framed against the<\/p>\n
petitioner, Kaka Ram and Swaran Singh (since deceased), to which they<\/p>\n
pleaded as incorrect and opted to contest.\n<\/p>\n
            The prosecution in order to substantiate its version,<\/p>\n
examined Sub-Inspector Sadhu Singh (PW1), ASI Kuldeep Singh
\n Criminal Revision No.630 of 2003                                  [3 ]<\/p>\n
(PW2),    HC Som Nath (PW3),          Naresh Chander Bassi, Assistant<\/p>\n
Superintendent, Central Jail, Ludhiana (PW4),     HC Ramesh Chander<\/p>\n
(PW5) and Constable Satnam Singh (PW6).\n<\/p>\n
            In their statements under Section 313 of the Code of<\/p>\n
Criminal Procedure, the accused denied the allegations and pleaded their<\/p>\n
false implication. Since PHG Swaran Singh died during trial, therefore,<\/p>\n
the trial ended in conviction of PHG Naresh Kumar (petitioner) and<\/p>\n
Kaka Ram. The appeal preferred by the petitioner also failed.<\/p>\n
            Arguments heard. Record perused.\n<\/p>\n
            There is no denying a fact that Kaka Ram was an accused<\/p>\n
for offence under Section 25 of the Arms Act vide FIR No.77 dated<\/p>\n
8.7.1995 registered at Police Station Division No.2, Ludhiana and<\/p>\n
challan against him was to be presented on 21.7.1997. ASI Kuldeep<\/p>\n
Singh (PW2) is a formal witness. HC Som Nath (PW3) disclosed that on<\/p>\n
17.8.1995, he was working as MHC at Police Lines, Ludhiana and on<\/p>\n
that day, he received a `robkar’ from Central Jail, Ludhiana for<\/p>\n
producing 64 under-trials in the courts.   HC Ramesh Chander as well<\/p>\n
as Constables Satnam Singh, Gurdev Singh and Kashmira Singh, PHG<\/p>\n
Naresh Kumar, PHG Swaran Singh and lady PHG Meena Kumari were<\/p>\n
sent for Sadar Court Peshi vide DDR No.3 dated 17.8.1995.        Naresh<\/p>\n
Chander Bassi, Assistant Superintendent, Central Jail (PW4) stated that<\/p>\n
accused Kaka Ram was to be produced in the court of Shri H.P.Singh,<\/p>\n
Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ludhiana in case FIR No.77 dated<\/p>\n
8.7.1995. He also disclosed that the accused Kaka Ram along with 49<\/p>\n
other accused was sent for appearance (Peshi) in the courts. He proved
\n Criminal Revision No.630 of 2003                                     [4 ]<\/p>\n
the entry Ex.PW4\/B from the register in this regard. He also stated that<\/p>\n
as per page No.197 of the register on 17.8.1995 HC Ramesh Chander<\/p>\n
No.774 came from the police lines to Central Jail at 9.10 a.m, to collect<\/p>\n
under-trials for appearance in the courts. He further disclosed that HC<\/p>\n
Ramesh Chander was heading the police party and PHG Naresh Kumar<\/p>\n
was also a member. It was further disclosed that out of 50 under-trials<\/p>\n
sent in the morning, 46 returned with the police party headed by HC<\/p>\n
Gurmeet Singh and accused Kaka Ram had absconded.             Entry in this<\/p>\n
regard was made in Ex. PW4\/B. HC Ramesh Chander (PW5) has stated<\/p>\n
that on 17.8.1995, he was posted on General Duty in police lines and on<\/p>\n
that day, he as well as Constable Satnam Singh, PHG Naresh Kumar,<\/p>\n
PHG Swaran Singh and four other Home Guards were deputed on duty<\/p>\n
from police lines to Central Jail, Ludhiana for bringing under-trials for<\/p>\n
appearance in the courts. It has also come in evidence that all the under-<\/p>\n
trials were brought to `Bakshikhana’, old Courts, Ludhiana and 15 under-<\/p>\n
trials were sent to the court of Shri B.R.Garg in the custody of PHG<\/p>\n
Naresh Kumar (petitioner) and PHG Swaran Singh.          The entries in this<\/p>\n
regard have been proved as Ex.PW5\/A and PW5\/B. It has also been<\/p>\n
stated by this witness that all the under-trials were attached with the belt<\/p>\n
borne by the petitioner and PHG Swaran Singh. After 15\/20 minutes, he<\/p>\n
was informed by PHG Swaran Singh and the petitioner that accused<\/p>\n
Kaka Ram had slipped away after unlocking the handcuff.<\/p>\n
             From the very appraisal of the evidence, it transpires that all<\/p>\n
the 64 under-trials were brought safe to the `Bakshikhana’ by the seven<\/p>\n
police personnel. Thereafter, fourteen under-trials were entrusted to the
\n Criminal Revision No.630 of 2003                                   [5 ]<\/p>\n
petitioner and PHG Swaran Singh (accused-since expired) for<\/p>\n
production before Shri B.R.Garg, Judicial Magistrate Ist Class,<\/p>\n
Ludhiana, out of which, one Kaka Ram escaped.         The golden thread<\/p>\n
running from the provisions of Sections 223\/224 IPC is the mens-rea,<\/p>\n
which is missing in this case. Had there been any intention to make the<\/p>\n
accused Kaka Ram escape, then they would have allowed all the under-<\/p>\n
trials to escape.   The fault apparently appears to be of the person<\/p>\n
entrusting the custody of 14 under-trials as neither any law, nor the<\/p>\n
predence provides for entrusting the custody of 14 under-trials to two<\/p>\n
home guards personnel. Even otherwise, it is not feasible for the two<\/p>\n
home guards personnel to control 14 under-trials. Thus, due to excessive<\/p>\n
number of under-trials in the custody of inadequate Home Guard<\/p>\n
personnel i.e, two only, Kaka Ram managed his escape..<\/p>\n
            In order to produce the accused persons in courts in safe<\/p>\n
custody, the State should have put adequate force, so that such type of<\/p>\n
untoward incidents could be avoided. No negligence could be imputed<\/p>\n
to the petitioner for suffering the escape from confinement, because<\/p>\n
negligence should further be coupled with intention and willingness, but<\/p>\n
the prosecution has failed to lead any such evidence that negligence of<\/p>\n
the petitioner was either willful or intentional. The paucity of the staff<\/p>\n
and non-fulfillment of the vacancies in the security forces lead to such<\/p>\n
untoward incident, which fact needs particular attention of the<\/p>\n
Government.\n<\/p>\n
            The other argument raised by the counsel for the petitioner<\/p>\n
is that the Trial Court has awarded rigorous imprisonment, whereas, the
\n Criminal Revision No.630 of 2003                                    [6 ]<\/p>\n
offence is punishable with simple imprisonment only. It has also been<\/p>\n
brought to my notice that Kaka Ram has already been arrested and is<\/p>\n
facing trial. It may further be mentioned that there is no serious charge<\/p>\n
on the head of Kaka Ram, but he was an accused for keeping in<\/p>\n
possession an actuated knife. This fact contributes to prove that the<\/p>\n
negligence, mens rea and motive on the part of the petitioner are<\/p>\n
missing.   Under these circumstances, the only inevitable conclusion,<\/p>\n
which could be drawn is that the prosecution has failed to establish if the<\/p>\n
petitioner negligently suffered the escape of Kaka Ram.        As such, he<\/p>\n
cannot be said to have committed an offence under Section 223 IPC.<\/p>\n
            In the above set of facts and circumstances, the evidence<\/p>\n
appears to have not been appreciated in the correct manner by the Courts<\/p>\n
below. Resultantly, the petition is accepted, the impugned judgment is<\/p>\n
set aside and the petitioner is acquitted of the charge framed against him.<\/p>\n
The fine, if deposited by him, be refunded.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
March 24, 2009                                ( A.N.JINDAL )\n`gian'                                            JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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