{"id":4517,"date":"2009-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chellappan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-14-january-2009"},"modified":"2015-01-06T07:22:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T01:52:14","slug":"chellappan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-14-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chellappan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-14-january-2009","title":{"rendered":"Chellappan vs State Of Kerala on 14 January, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Chellappan vs State Of Kerala on 14 January, 2009<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCRL.A.No. 124 of 2009()\n\n\n\n1. CHELLAPPAN\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.LEKSHMANAN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.K.MOHANAN\n\n Dated :14\/01\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                              V.K.MOHANAN, J.\n                    ----------------------------------------------\n                             CRL.A. No.124\/2009\n                    ----------------------------------------------\n                         Dated, 14th January, 2009\n\n                                 JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
       This appeal is preferred by the sole accused in S.C.No.604 on the<\/p>\n
file of the Addl.District and Sessions Judge (Adhoc) Court No.1, Kollam.<\/p>\n
By the judgment dated 9.4.2008, in the above case, he is convicted<\/p>\n
under section 8(1) of the Abkari Act. Aggrieved by the above conviction<\/p>\n
and sentence, this appeal is preferred.\n<\/p>\n
       2. The prosecution case is that on 5.2.2000 at 12.30 noon, the<\/p>\n
accused was found in possession of two litres of arrack in a plastic Can<\/p>\n
having the capacity of 2.5 litres, at the pathway near the property of<\/p>\n
Thevalassery Vikraman Pillai, Adinad                   Kulashekarapuram Village,<\/p>\n
Karunagappally Taluk. Upon the above allegation, crime No.12\/2000 was<\/p>\n
registered in the Excise Range, Karunagappally for the offence under<\/p>\n
section 8(1) and (2) of the Abkari Act. On completion of the investigation,<\/p>\n
final report was laid before the Judicial First Class Magistrate,<\/p>\n
Karunagappally whereupon C.P.No.190\/2001 was instituted and by order<\/p>\n
dated 9.12.2002 in the above proceedings, the learned Magistrate<\/p>\n
committed the case to the           court of Sessions, Kollam. The learned<\/p>\n
Sessions Judge, Kollam made over the case to the court of Principal Asst.<\/p>\n
Sessions Judge, and subsequently transferred the case to the trial court<\/p>\n
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for   disposal.     When the     accused appeared, after hearing the<\/p>\n
prosecution as well as the defence, a formal charge was framed which<\/p>\n
was read over and explained to the accused to which he pleaded not<\/p>\n
guilty and consequently, the prosecution adduced evidence consists of<\/p>\n
the oral testimony of PWs 1 to 7 and the documentary evidence such<\/p>\n
as Exts.P1 to P9.         Material object was identified and marked as<\/p>\n
M.O.1. When, the accused was questioned under section 313 Cr.P.C.,<\/p>\n
he denied the incriminating circumstances, which emerged during the<\/p>\n
prosecution    evidence.   No evidence was adduced by the accused.<\/p>\n
Finally, the trial court found that the accused was guilty of the charge<\/p>\n
levelled against him and accordingly, he is convicted under section 8<\/p>\n
(2) of the Abkari Act. Thereafter on hearing the accused on sentence,<\/p>\n
he was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a term of two<\/p>\n
years and to pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000\/-. The default sentence was<\/p>\n
fixed as simple imprisonment for 6 months. It is the above conviction<\/p>\n
and sentence challenged by the accused \/appellant.<\/p>\n
       3.   I have    heard    Sri V.Lakshmanan, the learned counsel<\/p>\n
appearing for the appellant and also the learned Public Prosecutor.<\/p>\n
       4.  The case of the prosecution reveals        mainly through the<\/p>\n
deposition of PWs 1 and 6 who are the Preventive Officers attached to<\/p>\n
the Karunagappally Excise Range. PW1 is the officer who detected the<\/p>\n
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crime and PW 6 is the officer who accompanied PW1 at the time of the<\/p>\n
detection. They have stated that on 5.2.2000, they were on patrol duty<\/p>\n
and while reached at the western side of the culvert on the eastern<\/p>\n
side of Thevalassery junction, and   on the eastern side of the house of<\/p>\n
Thevalassery Vikraman Nair, they could see the accused holding a<\/p>\n
plastic black Cannas of having the capacity of 2 = litres, proceeding<\/p>\n
towards the detecting party and on seeing the party, he tried to leave<\/p>\n
the place. According to the above witnesses, they intercepted him and<\/p>\n
on examination of the Cannas which was possessed by the accused, in<\/p>\n
the presence of occurrence witness,         by tasting and smelling, they<\/p>\n
identified that the Can   contained    illicit arrack.  Accordingly, the<\/p>\n
accused was arrested at the spot. The information about his arrest was<\/p>\n
passed on to Vasantha, wife of accused by giving Ext.P1 arrest notice<\/p>\n
which contained the signature of PW1 and said Vasantha. PW1 had<\/p>\n
also prepared    Ext.P1 arrest memo regarding arrest, seizure of the<\/p>\n
contraband article etc. and mentioned in detail in Ext.P3 mahazar.<\/p>\n
The seized materials were affixed with label which contained the<\/p>\n
signature of both PW1 and accused. After completing the proceedings<\/p>\n
at the spot, the contraband article and other materials seized and also<\/p>\n
the   accused were   taken to the  Excise Inspector namely, PW3.      The<\/p>\n
evidence of PW1 fully corroborated by the testimony of PW6. PW6 had<\/p>\n
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also identified M.Os 1 and the accused. When PW3, the Excise<\/p>\n
Inspector was examined, he had deposed that he           had received the<\/p>\n
accused, property and the records from PW1 and accordingly, registered<\/p>\n
C.R.No.12\/2000 on the basis of Ext.P3 seizure mahazar and PW3<\/p>\n
prepared Ext.P4 occurrence report. Thus, according to PW3, Thondi<\/p>\n
Articles and the connected documents were produced before the court<\/p>\n
on the same date of the detection.       Ext.P5 is the remand application<\/p>\n
and Ext.P6 is the property list. The documents would further show that<\/p>\n
the properties mentioned in the list were received       in the court on<\/p>\n
5.2.2000 itself. As per Ext.P6, request was made to forward the<\/p>\n
sample for chemical analysis. Ext.P7 is the Chemical Analysis Report.<\/p>\n
Ext.P7 disclosed that the sample received in the Lab contained 30.37<\/p>\n
percentage by     volume of ethyl alcohol.     PW5    property clerk was<\/p>\n
examined to show that the Thondi articles were received in the court on<\/p>\n
5.2.2000. PW4 is the officer who conducted the investigation in the<\/p>\n
above crime. He recorded the statement of witnesses and submitted<\/p>\n
charge against the accused, on getting Ext.P7 chemical examination<\/p>\n
report. Thus on the basis of the evidence, the trial court found that the<\/p>\n
accused is guilty of the charge levelled against him.<\/p>\n
      5. The learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the order<\/p>\n
of conviction   and sentence passed by the court below           are not<\/p>\n
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sustainable either on law or on facts. According to the learned counsel,<\/p>\n
there is no evidence to connect the accused\/appellant with the alleged<\/p>\n
crime since the prosecution has failed to adduce              independent<\/p>\n
evidence. Thus according to the learned counsel, except the interested<\/p>\n
version of the official witness, absolutely, there is no other evidence to<\/p>\n
corroborate the version     given by the official witness.    The learned<\/p>\n
counsel also submitted that there was no proper sampling. It is also<\/p>\n
argued that regarding the forwarding of the sample for chemical<\/p>\n
analysis, there is no acceptable evidence since            PW5 who was<\/p>\n
examined by prosecution was not able to depose before the court<\/p>\n
correctly as she had no direct acquaintance with the          proceedings.<\/p>\n
Thus, in the above background, it is submitted that the order of<\/p>\n
conviction and sentence passed by the court may be set aside.<\/p>\n
      6. Strongly supporting the finding of the trial court, the learned<\/p>\n
Public Prosecutor submitted that the evidence of the official witnesses<\/p>\n
are free from doubt and infirmities and therefore, in the absence of<\/p>\n
independent witness, the evidence of the official witnesses can be<\/p>\n
acted upon. It is pointed out by the learned Public Prosecutor that the<\/p>\n
contraband articles were seized from the possession of the accused<\/p>\n
and the sample was drawn at the spot and the accused and the<\/p>\n
materials were produced in the court on the same date of seizure and it<\/p>\n
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is from the court, the sample was sent for chemical analysis and as<\/p>\n
per Ext.P7 report, it is certified that sample contained ethyl alcohol.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the Public Prosecutor submitted that the trial court had<\/p>\n
rightly come into the conclusion regarding the guilt of the accused<\/p>\n
based upon materials and        evidence on record and      therefore no<\/p>\n
interference is warranted.\n<\/p>\n
       7.   I have    heard and carefully considered      the arguments<\/p>\n
advanced by the learned counsel         for the appellant as well as the<\/p>\n
learned Public Prosecutor. Going by the evidence of PWs 1 and 6, it is<\/p>\n
clear that their evidence is free from contradictions and infirmities and<\/p>\n
they have deposed before the court in terms of the prosecution case.<\/p>\n
Though they were examined extensively, nothing was brought to<\/p>\n
discredit their version.   Regarding the drawing of sample,        Ext.P3<\/p>\n
mahazar deals with the procedure adopted by PW1. I find no defect in<\/p>\n
the drawing of sample and also sending the same to the Chemical<\/p>\n
Analysis Laboratory. Ext.P7 report would show that the seal on the<\/p>\n
bottle was intact and found tallied with the sample seal provided.<\/p>\n
Nothing is brought on record to take a different view. If that be so, the<\/p>\n
minor discrepancy of non explanation regarding certain aspects in the<\/p>\n
deposition of PW5 is not sufficient to disbelieve the prosecution case.<\/p>\n
       8.   Thus on an evaluation of the evidence adduced by the<\/p>\n
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prosecution and the materials on record, I am of the view that the<\/p>\n
finding of the trial court is fully supported by the evidence and, hence,<\/p>\n
the conviction arrived on by the court below is absolutely correct.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the conviction is confirmed.\n<\/p>\n
        9. Regarding the sentence, the learned counsel submitted that a<\/p>\n
lenient view may be taken. It is also pointed out by the learned counsel<\/p>\n
that at the time of the pronouncement of the judgment, the accused<\/p>\n
was at the age of 52 years. According to the learned counsel, when<\/p>\n
compared with the quantity alleged to have possessed by the accused,<\/p>\n
the sentence awarded is disproportionate. I have carefully considered<\/p>\n
the above submission.           Considering the particular facts     and<\/p>\n
circumstances involved in the case, I am of the view that certain<\/p>\n
modifications can be made with respect to the sentence. Accordingly,<\/p>\n
the substantive sentence of imprisonment is reduced from two years to<\/p>\n
nine months.      As the fine amount awarded is only the statutory<\/p>\n
minimum, no interference is called for. But the default sentence is<\/p>\n
refixed as one month instead of six months. Set off is allowed under<\/p>\n
section 428 of Cr.P.C.\n<\/p>\n
        10.   From the records it is revealed that the appellant was<\/p>\n
arrested on 5.2.2000 and he was in custody as an under-trial prisoner<\/p>\n
till his release on bail on 10.3.2000.         Thus he had    undergone<\/p>\n
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imprisonment for 34 days.      Pursuant to the     pronouncement of the<\/p>\n
impugned judgment, he is undergoing imprisonment from          9.4.2008<\/p>\n
onwards and as on today, he had completed 9 months and 10 days .<\/p>\n
Thus he had already suffered imprisonment for a total period of 314<\/p>\n
days.    As the substantive sentence of imprisonment is refixed as 9<\/p>\n
months and the default sentence is refixed as one month and he had<\/p>\n
already undergone a period of 314 days, the appellant\/accused is<\/p>\n
entitled to get release from jail, especially, the benefit of set off is<\/p>\n
allowed under section 428 of Cr.P.C. Therefore, there will be a direction<\/p>\n
to release the appellant\/accused forthwith, if he is not required in any<\/p>\n
other case.\n<\/p>\n
       Thus, the appeal is disposed of confirming the conviction but<\/p>\n
subject to the above modification with respect to the sentence.<\/p>\n
                                               V.K.MOHANAN, JUDGE<\/p>\n
kvm\/-\n<\/p>\n
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\n                -:9:-<\/span><\/p>\n
                        V.K.MOHANAN, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                    No….\n<\/p>\n
                             Judgment\/Order<\/p>\n
                                    Dated:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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