{"id":51422,"date":"2010-01-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chandra-salian-vs-state-of-karnataka-by-its-state-on-20-january-2010"},"modified":"2017-01-08T05:31:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T00:01:42","slug":"chandra-salian-vs-state-of-karnataka-by-its-state-on-20-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chandra-salian-vs-state-of-karnataka-by-its-state-on-20-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"Chandra Salian vs State Of Karnataka By Its State &#8230; on 20 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Chandra Salian vs State Of Karnataka By Its State &#8230; on 20 January, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: K.Sreedhar Rao B.Adi<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\n\nDATED THIS THE 20TH DAY OF JANUARY, 20;(3.._'7._V\n\nPRESENT\n\nTHE HON'BLE MRJUSTICE  . 3,'  <\/pre>\n<p>AND<\/p>\n<p>THE HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUsI&#8217;1c$\u00absUi3HASSH&#8211;  <\/p>\n<p>CRIMINAL<br \/>\nBETWEEN: &#8216; 4<\/p>\n<p>Chandra Salian,<\/p>\n<p>S\/0 Govinda Kundar,<br \/>\nAge 32 yrs, 4.: &#8221;  ;  _<br \/>\nSh&#8217;anthi,Nagar,      &#8221; _<br \/>\nPadukere Village&#8221; 1 V &#8216; A V&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>Udupi&#8217;I&#8217;aiuk}&#8217;$; 1:?ej;s1;:_x9&#8243;i.&lt;:&#039;\u00a3&#039;;* \u00bb      &#8230;APPELLANT<\/p>\n<p>(By Sri. :%:a\u00a3-\u00e9esz\u00e9f Advdfor<br \/>\nAppe11antAasAmiCu$-Curiae] &#8212; &#039; &#039;<\/p>\n<p>AND:\n<\/p>\n<p> State, Karnataiiadiv V<br \/>\n &#8216;By its..S&#8217;tate Public Pro&#8217;s&#8217;ecutor,<br \/>\n&#8216;2 High , Court . Building,<\/p>\n<p>c\u00a3%aHgaicoree   *<\/p>\n<p>Circle &#8216;inspec&#8217;t-irrt of Police.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8216;Udu.p&#8221;i&#8221;CirC1e;v<br \/>\n &#8216;I}du\u00a7)i{}i$i1iCt. &#8230;RESP\u20ac)NDENT<\/p>\n<p>   Nawaz, Add}. SF?)<\/p>\n<p>This Criminal Appeai under Section 374(2) Cr.P.C., by the<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;-\u00ab:iAdVocate for the appellant against the judgment dated: 5.1.2066<br \/>\n  .. passed by&#8221; the Special Judge, . Udupi District, Udupi, in<\/p>\n<p>S.C.No.59\/2003 and convicting the appeliant\/accused for the<br \/>\noffence punishable under Section 392 and aiso read with<br \/>\nSection 397 and also under Section 302 of IPC and sentencing<br \/>\nhim to undergo Rigorous Irnprisonrnerzt for life and shall pay a<\/p>\n<p>,..3,..\n<\/p>\n<p>M.Os.7&#8242; to 9 were seized under mahazar. The accused is<\/p>\n<p>prosecuted for committing the offence U \/ Ss.392, 397 &amp; 302 IPC.<\/p>\n<p>4.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution relied on the following<\/p>\n<p>circumstances to prove the guilt of the accused:<\/p>\n<p>1&#8242;)<\/p>\n<p>ii]<\/p>\n<p>iii] <\/p>\n<p>._ pvp\ufb01iv)<\/p>\n<p>The PW4, PW5 and PW6 speaks to the&#8221;efffesi:tV&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p>they saw the deceased going towardls\ufb01hafnthinagarl <\/p>\n<p>area on 15.5.2003 around&#8221;Zi;30  also saw 0 j<\/p>\n<p>that the accused following her.\u00bb &#8216;They &#8216;fouild accused<\/p>\n<p>coming from Shantinagar area at 5V.\u00bb3l0;p:,:n. He Was;<\/p>\n<p>looking confused &#8220;&#8216;gand his  were<br \/>\nbioodstained, 3  0  it 3<\/p>\n<p>The PW10  to the recovery of<br \/>\nM.Os.&#8217;? to 9. He thehlprjosecution case. PW3<\/p>\n<p>tbfo:hefe1::;;\u00a3. the &#8216;&#8211;decea&#8217;sed&#8221;\u00a7identi\ufb01ed M.0s.7 to 9 as<br \/>\n_belongi*ng to  &#8216; cl eceased.\n<\/p>\n<p> The 113. &#8220;p_a&#8217;1&#8217;1;&#8217;h witness to the recovery of the<\/p>\n<p>blood .stfainedl&#8217;*~clothes M.Os.16 and 17 and knife<\/p>\n<p> M.Oi18 .supports the seizure under mahazar Ex.P.8.<\/p>\n<p> ESL and the Serologist report discloses that, the<\/p>\n<p>W,,_Lhbloodi_j.stains on the clothing of the accused, Knife<\/p>\n<p>0 &#8216;aindeilon the clothing of the deceased are of &#8216;A&#8217; group<\/p>\n<p>  pg blood.\n<\/p>\n<p>.0 The Post Inortem report discloses that death is due<\/p>\n<p>to massive haemorrhage and shock due to cut of left<br \/>\ncarotid artery. The death is homicidal.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution explains that the injuries on the<br \/>\naccused is because of the scuttle at the time of<br \/>\nrobbery and murder. The injuries on the accused<\/p>\n<p>are simple in nature as per wound certificate Ex.P-4.<\/p>\n<p>The Trial Court on the basis of the above circumstances<br \/>\nconvicted the accused for the offence punishable U \/ Ss. <\/p>\n<p>and 302 IPC. The accused is in appeal.<\/p>\n<p>5. The counsel for the accused appel_lant&#8217;_:&#8217;strenuously  <\/p>\n<p>submitted the following circumstances to..4gat+&#8217;.sla_il&#8217;l <\/p>\n<p>conviction:\n<\/p>\n<p>i} There was still some lV&#8217;in,ore_ golti._j\u00e9welleij{ on the<br \/>\ndeceased. If really the=&#8221;had intention to rob,<br \/>\nhe should have tal{e11__  gold jewellery<br \/>\navailableon the..pe:son.   dee&#8217;eased and there<br \/>\nwas no&#8221;\u00ab\u00abg.iinped.iment:  rob the other<br \/>\nava;ilable   _   <\/p>\n<p>ii)   has shown the dead<\/p>\n<p>    Vexarnined.\n<\/p>\n<p>iii}  .Qf1..fhe,4:accused are not explained. The<\/p>\n<p>pfosecution 4ll?.a&#8217;sv.::_s&#8217;uppressed the genesis and the<br \/>\nH l &#8221; mannerofl offence.\n<\/p>\n<p>    Agdiscicejljant circumstances pointed by the<\/p>\n<p>connsel._  app:el.lant are \ufb02imsy. &#8216;l&#8221;&#8216;ne following incriminating<\/p>\n<p>  prove the guilt of the accused:<\/p>\n<p> (i) &#8221; _&#8217;i17he last seen circumstance testified by PW4, PW5<br \/>\nif if and PW6 that accused closely following the<br \/>\ndeceased towards Shanthinagar area and about an<\/p>\n<p>hour thereafter accused alone coming out from<br \/>\nShanthinagar area looking confused, tensed and<\/p>\n<p>his clothing blood stained,<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">-5-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recovery of M.Os.7 to 9 proved by the evidence of<br \/>\nPWIO and PW3.\n<\/p>\n<p>Recovery of blood stained clothing and knit&#8217;e_trom<\/p>\n<p>the accused proved by the evidence of PW * <\/p>\n<p>blood stains on the clothing and _i{&#8216;\ufb01ife-:vvoti1d&#8217;_&#8217;ta11y K&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>with the blood group of the deceeeedf .&#8217;   &#8216;<br \/>\n(VJ<\/p>\n<p>The order of conviction   Court is<\/p>\n<p>sound and proper. The appea1.E\ufb01\u00a7_\u00a2&#8217;_&#8217;_.Fee of Amicus<\/p>\n<p>Curiae is \ufb01xed at Rs;&#8217;z,pCr00  st;;\u00a3e&#8217;eish;;11d.fpay the fee.<\/p>\n<p>Sd\/-*<br \/>\nJUDGE<\/p>\n<p>Sd\/-\u00b0<br \/>\nJUDGE<\/p>\n<p>FSL report and serologists report prove&#8217;  M<\/p>\n<p>The PM report shows&#8217; that the death  &#8216;V <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Chandra Salian vs State Of Karnataka By Its State &#8230; on 20 January, 2010 Author: K.Sreedhar Rao B.Adi IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 20TH DAY OF JANUARY, 20;(3.._&#8217;7._V PRESENT THE HON&#8217;BLE MRJUSTICE . 3,&#8217; AND THE HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUsI&#8217;1c$\u00absUi3HASSH&#8211; CRIMINAL BETWEEN: &#8216; 4 Chandra Salian, S\/0 Govinda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chandra Salian vs State Of Karnataka By Its State ... on 20 January, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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