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Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Sivasankara Pillai vs State Of Kerala on 3 August, 2007<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCRL A No. 2242 of 2005()\n\n\n1. SIVASANKARA PILLAI, S\/O.CHELLAPPAN\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE CIRCLE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.C.RAJENDRAN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.THANKAPPAN\n\n Dated :03\/08\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                            K.THANKAPPAN, J.\n                    ----------------------------------------------\n                    CRL. APPEAL NO.2242 OF 2005\n                    ----------------------------------------------\n\n                   Dated this the 3rd day of August, 2007\n\n                                  JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
       The sole accused in S.C. No.1511 of 2002 on the file of the III<\/p>\n
Additional Sessions Court, Kollam is the appellant. The appellant faced<\/p>\n
trial for the offence punishable under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act.<\/p>\n
       2. The prosecution case against the appellant – accused was that on<\/p>\n
17.12.1997 at 5.15 p.m., six cannas, each containing two litres of arrack<\/p>\n
were found in the lien-to shed attached to the house where the appellant<\/p>\n
was present. It was the further case of the prosecution that seven empty<\/p>\n
cans emitting smell of arrack were also found in the same room. To prove<\/p>\n
the case against the appellant, the prosecution examined PWs.1 to 4 and<\/p>\n
produced Exts.P1 to P7 as well as MOs. 1 and 2 series. No oral or<\/p>\n
documentary evidence was adduced on the side of the defence. After<\/p>\n
closing the prosecution evidence, the accused was questioned under<\/p>\n
Section 313 Cr.P.C.. He denied the allegations levelled against him and<\/p>\n
stated that the case was foisted against him at the instance of his<\/p>\n
CRL.APPEAL NO.2242\/2005               2<\/span><\/p>\n
neighbour, one Sasidharan Unnithan on account of the civil and criminal<\/p>\n
cases were pending between him and the said Sasidharan Unnithan. He<\/p>\n
further stated that the house from where the contraband articles were<\/p>\n
seized    does not belong to him.         However, after considering the<\/p>\n
prosecution evidence, the trial court found the appellant guilty under<\/p>\n
Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act, convicted him thereunder and sentenced<\/p>\n
him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of<\/p>\n
Rs.1,00,000\/- and in default of payment of fine, to undergo rigorous<\/p>\n
imprisonment for a further period of three months.        The benefit under<\/p>\n
Section 428 Cr.P.C. was also granted to the petitioner.          The above<\/p>\n
conviction and sentence are challenged in this appeal.<\/p>\n
       3. This Court heard the learned counsel appearing for the appellant<\/p>\n
as well as the learned Public Prosecutor.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       4.  Learned counsel appearing for the appellant has raised the<\/p>\n
following contentions: (i) the finding of the trial court that the appellant<\/p>\n
committed offence punishable under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act is not<\/p>\n
legally sustainable as the prosecution failed to prove that the contraband<\/p>\n
articles found in the possession of the appellant were in connection with<\/p>\n
export, import, transport or transit, (ii) the trial court committed serious<\/p>\n
CRL.APPEAL NO.2242\/2005                3<\/span><\/p>\n
error in placing reliance on the evidence of PWs.2 and 3 as there was no<\/p>\n
independent evidence to support their version and (iii) PW.3, the Excise<\/p>\n
Range Inspector had violated the mandatory provisions of Section 31 of<\/p>\n
the Abkari Act and the provisions of the Kerala Excise Manual while<\/p>\n
conducting search of the house and seizure of the contraband articles as<\/p>\n
there was no evidence to show that he had prepared and sent a search<\/p>\n
memo to the court before entering the house and no independent witness<\/p>\n
was present at the time of search and seizure and while taking the samples<\/p>\n
for chemical analysis and producing the same before the court below so as<\/p>\n
to rule out the chance of substitution.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      5. The trial court relied on the evidence of PWs.2 and 3 to prove<\/p>\n
that the appellant was found in possession of 12 litres of arrack on<\/p>\n
17.12.1997. PW.2, the Circle Inspector, Excise, Kollam was the officer<\/p>\n
who detected the offence. He stated before the court below that on<\/p>\n
17.12.1997 at 5.15 p.m. on getting information that the appellant was<\/p>\n
engaged in the sale of arrack, he along with other officials went to the<\/p>\n
house of the appellant and on conducting a search, found six cannas each<\/p>\n
containing 2 litres of arrack and seven empty cans emitting smell of arrack.<\/p>\n
He further stated that he took 200 ml. of arrack from one of the cans as<\/p>\n
sample, sealed and labelled the cans containing the contraband articles as<\/p>\n
CRL.APPEAL NO.2242\/2005               4<\/span><\/p>\n
well as the bottle containing the sample and seized the contraband articles<\/p>\n
as per Ext.P2 mahazar. This witness further stated that he prepared Ext.P3<\/p>\n
arrest memo, arrested the accused and produced the accused as well as the<\/p>\n
contraband articles before the Circle Office.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       6. PW.3 was the Excise Inspector attached to the circle office who<\/p>\n
had accompanied PW.2 during the relevant time. He gave evidence in<\/p>\n
support of the version given by PW.2. He stated that he prepared Ext.P5<\/p>\n
occurrence report on 18.12.1997 and produced the accused before the<\/p>\n
court along with the material objects. PW.4, the Excise Inspector, Kollam<\/p>\n
range stated that he conducted further investigation in the matter and filed<\/p>\n
the charge sheet. He also stated that he proved Ext.P7 chemical analysis<\/p>\n
report. Though PW.1, an independent witness, was examined to prove<\/p>\n
search and seizure, this witness turned hostile to the prosecution.<\/p>\n
       7. Though the case set up by the appellant – accused was that he was<\/p>\n
not arrested from his house, the trial court considering Exts.P1, P2 and<\/p>\n
other documents found that the appellant was residing in the house from<\/p>\n
where the contraband articles were seized. The question to be considered<\/p>\n
in this appeal is whether the evidence of PWs.2 and 3 would show that the<\/p>\n
house from where the contraband articles were seized belongs to the<\/p>\n
CRL.APPEAL NO.2242\/2005                5<\/span><\/p>\n
appellant.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       8. The evidence of PW.3 would show that there were more than one<\/p>\n
excise officials with him during the relevant time, but only PW.2 has<\/p>\n
signed Ext.P2 mahazar. That apart, PW.3 had admitted that some of the<\/p>\n
people of the locality were present at the time of detection of the offence,<\/p>\n
but none of them were examined and except PW.1, the other witnesses<\/p>\n
were given up by the prosecution.         PW.1 had turned hostile to the<\/p>\n
prosecution. In this context, the case set up by the appellant assumes<\/p>\n
relevance.   He had stated that     the house from where the contraband<\/p>\n
articles were seized did not belong to him and that he was residing at<\/p>\n
Thundil house. It is also to be noted that PWs.2 and 3 had admitted that<\/p>\n
they had not verified any Panchayat record or any other documents to<\/p>\n
show that the house from where the contraband articles were seized<\/p>\n
belonged to the appellant.      Further, though PW.3 admitted that he had<\/p>\n
prepared the search memo and forwarded a copy of the same to the court,<\/p>\n
there was no record before the court below showing receipt of such a<\/p>\n
search memo. Though the trial court considered this point, the trial court<\/p>\n
accepted the evidence of PWs.2 and 3. in the light of Exts.P1, P2 and P3.<\/p>\n
As per Section 31 of the Abkari Act,. before conducting search of a<\/p>\n
residential house, it is obligatory on the part of the excise officials or any<\/p>\n
CRL.APPEAL NO.2242\/2005               6<\/span><\/p>\n
police officer to prepare a search memo in the absence of a search warrant.<\/p>\n
This mandate contemplated in the above section is for procedural<\/p>\n
conformity of the action of the excise or police officials. Apart from the<\/p>\n
above, though PWs.2 and 3 had stated that sample was taken from the<\/p>\n
contraband articles at the spot, there is no indication in Ext.P2 mahazar<\/p>\n
regarding taking of the sample. It has also come out in evidence that no<\/p>\n
seals or labels were seen on MO.1 plastic cans containing the contraband<\/p>\n
articles and MO.2 empty plastic cans when those were produced before the<\/p>\n
court below. These circumstances create reasonable doubt regarding the<\/p>\n
alleged search and seizure made by PW.3.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       9.  There is also no evidence to show that the contraband articles<\/p>\n
were produced before the court below in time as no thondi list was<\/p>\n
produced. This was justified by the trial court by stating that the thondi<\/p>\n
list might have been misplaced in the lower court. This finding cannot be<\/p>\n
accepted as it is obligatory on the part of the prosecution to prove that the<\/p>\n
contraband articles and the samples were produced before the court in time<\/p>\n
as per the provisions of the Abkari Act and the Kerala Excise Manual. If<\/p>\n
the contraband articles and the samples were not produced before the court<\/p>\n
in time, it was duty of the prosecution to explain the delay and prove that<\/p>\n
the contraband articles and the samples were kept in safe custody so as to<\/p>\n
CRL.APPEAL NO.2242\/2005                 7<\/span><\/p>\n
rule out the chance of substitution. This principle has been laid own by<\/p>\n
this Court in the decision reported in Narayani v. Excise Inspector,<\/a> 2002<\/p>\n
(3) K.L.T. 725. Neither PW.2 nor PW.3 had given evidence as to where<\/p>\n
the contraband articles were kept till the same were produced before the<\/p>\n
court below. In the above circumstances, this Court is of the view that the<\/p>\n
finding of the trial court that the prosecution succeeded in proving that the<\/p>\n
appellant was found in possession of 12 litres of arrack          cannot be<\/p>\n
accepted. There was also another charge that the arrack found in the<\/p>\n
possession of the appellant was for the purpose of sale.     If that be so, it<\/p>\n
was the duty of the prosecution to prove that the contraband articles found<\/p>\n
in the possession of the appellant were in connection with export, import,<\/p>\n
transport or transit.  In this context, the judgments of this Court reported<\/p>\n
in Surendran v. Excise Inspector,<\/a> 2004(1)K.L.T. 404 and Sudhepan @<\/p>\n
Aniyan v. State of Kerala,<\/a> 2005(2)K.L.D. (Cri) 631 are relevant. In the<\/p>\n
above two judgments, this Court has categorically held that to attract an<\/p>\n
offence punishable under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act, the prosecution<\/p>\n
must prove that possession of the contraband articles was in connection<\/p>\n
with export, import, transport or transit.  The prosecution has not adduced<\/p>\n
any evidence to show that the contraband articles found in the possession<\/p>\n
of the appellant were for sale. Hence, even if, for argument’s sake, the case<\/p>\n
of the prosecution is accepted, the appellant can be found guilty only<\/p>\n
CRL.APPEAL NO.2242\/2005                8<\/span><\/p>\n
under Section 8(1) read with Section 8(2) of the Abkari Act. This Court<\/p>\n
has already found that the trial court went wrong in accepting the evidence<\/p>\n
of PWs.2 and 3 to find the appellant guilty of the charges levelled against<\/p>\n
him. Hence, the appellant cannot be found guilty under Section 8(1) read<\/p>\n
with Section 8(2) of the Abkari Act either.    The impugned judgment is,<\/p>\n
therefore, liable to be set aside.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      10.     Accordingly, the impugned judgment is set aside and the<\/p>\n
appellant is acquitted of all the charges levelled against him. The bail<\/p>\n
bonds executed by the appellant shall stand cancelled. If the appellant has<\/p>\n
remitted any amount towards fine, that shall be refunded to him as per law.<\/p>\n
      The Crl. Appeal is allowed as above.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                       (K.THANKAPPAN, JUDGE)<\/p>\n
sp\/<\/p>\n
CRL.APPEAL NO.2242\/2005    9<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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