{"id":55703,"date":"2010-11-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/srinatha-so-rudraswamy-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-rep-by-its-on-11-november-2010"},"modified":"2017-05-06T23:18:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T17:48:18","slug":"srinatha-so-rudraswamy-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-rep-by-its-on-11-november-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/srinatha-so-rudraswamy-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-rep-by-its-on-11-november-2010","title":{"rendered":"Srinatha S\/O Rudraswamy vs The State Of Karnataka Rep By Its … on 11 November, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Srinatha S\/O Rudraswamy vs The State Of Karnataka Rep By Its … on 11 November, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: N.Ananda<\/div>\n
~01\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BA?sGALojair:,_:\" \n\nDATED THIS THE 11?\" DAY OF NovEM_1\u00a71\u00a2;;g '2oj1o 0'\nBEFORE?  0 >   0'\nTHE HONBLE MR;t3Ds'fieA1\u00a7:i'--N.ANA'N.DA' \" 0' 1.\nCRIMINAL ApPEA1:_'Na._1\ufb0141,_\/2os4   S\n\nBETWEEN:\n\nSri Srinatha\n\nS\/0 Rudraswamy V V\nAged 28 Years  .  \nR\/ o Huralag-erej.V_i11age\nMa1urTa1_u-kk\u00e9   =  A   V\n\nKokar    .    ...APPELLAN'l'\n\n(By   \n\nThe State of Karnata\ufb01sa '\nRepresented by its ' V '\nState Public 'ProseCut=3r\n Qoetrt of Karnzv\u00e9aka\n\n \" \u00ab.BangaIure  ...RESPONDENT\n\n   Majage, HCGP}\n\n _.Th_isf.:appeal is filed under section 374(2) Cr.P.C., against\nthe ju'dgn'1ent dated 02.08.2004 passed by the Principal Sessions\nJudge, \u00a5 Kola}: in S.C.No.232\/2002, convicting the\n\n \" appellant\/accused No.1 for an offence punishable under section\n _ 365 \u00a7PC and serltencing him to undergo S3. for 1 Year and pay\n 'fine of Rs.1.0,000\/~, in default to undergo 8.1. for 6 months.\n\nThis appeal coming on for final hearing this day, the Court\ndelivered the following:\n\n\n\nJUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
The appellant (hereinafter referred to as <\/p>\n
and accused 2 to 4 were tried for an offe_n”ceV punishable V’ <\/p>\n
under section 366 r\/w 34 IPCj.;and”also <\/p>\n
punishable under section 109 IEQC. ‘dA_ccuseti_i’  lV4i–.i’V*.re’reVV<\/p>\n
acquitted of aforestated offe”11ces.. ‘A.cc’L1s_”edx”:pl’\\loV\u00a7 was<\/p>\n
convicted for an offence puziilsliesgble”under section 366 IPC
\nand has been sentenced to u11dter’go_&s’iIi1p1″e– imprisonment for<\/p>\n
a period of onesrear and  ..ofv’R’s~. x1V0,000\/–, in default<\/p>\n
to undergo “irn”p~risor1nient”Vfor a period of six months.<\/p>\n
T’.herefore,_  filed this appeal.\n<\/p>\n
 ” I. hail\/e”~ heard ‘VSri.’K.S.N.Karanth, learned counsel for<\/p>\n
   andm\u00e9ri Vijaykumar Majage, learned HCGP for<\/p>\n
A  . State.-‘.V4 , iv<\/p>\n
3.2 2 Vlllinhlorief, the inter se relationship of some of the<\/p>\n
 A prosecution witnesses and the case of prosecution are as<\/p>\n
A’  follows:~<\/p>\n
as 3
\nPW1\u00bbRajaiah.C — the first informant is the father of<\/p>\n
PW2–Sharadamma {Wctim}. PW4\u00bb\u00bbAnitha <\/p>\n
were classmates of PW2. During the year 200’O5_:PW:2.x <\/p>\n
PW6 were studying in 11 year y_ 0\u00abCo11’e0gex'”‘at 0?<\/p>\n
Malur. PW2 was aged about 20 yea_rs’.__A.PW1 as<\/p>\n
Health Inspector at Malur. Accused “No..1’wa_sRaV”student of<\/p>\n
\ufb01nal year B.A. of same c:>neg\u00e9a;”Acr:used”2–~ are the
\nassociates of accused”No’.’1’\u00a7fNLo’.4 is the father of<\/p>\n
accused No._1 hover property held<\/p>\n
andZ”possesesed\ufb01?-gidy  Therefore, accused No.1 had
\nintent:-‘on._ to  and marry her. In order to
\naccomplish such iA11~ega1″b0Vacts, accused No.1 had taken the<\/p>\n
 ofAAaccu.se’d 2 & 3 and accused No.4 ~– father of<\/p>\n
‘ .\u00bbVaec’u’s.edr  had supported accused No.1 to accomplish<\/p>\n
” .$t:\u00a2h ii’1\u00a2?gg1’s’a’\u00a2ts.\n<\/p>\n
  on 11.05.2000 at about 12.30 pm. (afternoon),<\/p>\n
it * .PW2VVaiong with PVV4 <3: PW6 were returning after writing II-<\/p>\n
 year BA. examination and they were walking on the road in<\/p>\n
'0 front of JSS College, at that time, accused No.1 came in a<\/p>\n
}"\\_s,  '-e 6}!\u00bb-'~\u00ab-5\u00a3\u20ac'kr '<\/p>\n
Tata Sumo vehicle bearing No.KA~O8rM~\u00bb33O and Vefpforcibly<\/p>\n
abducted PW2 and took her to different places. "E0<\/p>\n
3 took PW2 to a temple, accused No.1 forcih_1jf"tiedZVA_ia  if <\/p>\n
the neck of PW2 to marry her. Achcufsfed'   3' "azei'e_Vall':aloi':g<\/p>\n
assisting commission of above illegalfacts by_'v_laccu'sed' 'N.o.i..,<\/p>\n
On the date of incident, at about 5 .p;rn.,' first
\ninformation stating that accu'se'd.d1VVV'to._3 have abducted his
\ndaughter [PW2} and these offf'-accused 1 to 3 were<\/p>\n
supported    of accused No.1. The<\/p>\n
policefftracetd,   7 daysgwhen accused 1 to 3 and<\/p>\n
PW2 \u00a722rere_ rnovingjinfia_.carfn,ear Hosakote. Accused No.1 to 3<\/p>\n
were arrested and Was given to the custody of PW]. The<\/p>\n
 aOlfficer\u00ab,' after completion of investigation, filed<\/p>\n
V .=Vc11.arge:'shcet' against accused 1 to 4 for aforestated offences.<\/p>\n
4;,  trial, PW1 to PW9 were examined and<\/p>\n
 AA docurnents as per Ex.P.1 to Ex.P.8 were marked so also<\/p>\n
  '=n;1_ateria1 objects as per M.O.1 :3: M.O.2 were marked. The<\/p>\n
 photographs produced by the defence were collectively<\/p>\n
marked as Ex.D.1 to Ex.D.5. IL).\n<\/p>\n
AA 5 __<\/p>\n
5. The learned trial Judge on appreciation of -eifidence<\/p>\n
and after hearing learned counsel for parties-.\u00a7.’phpafcq\u00e9ritfed<\/p>\n
accused 2 to 4 for aforestated offencesqand’ipiconxrictedV’<\/p>\n
accused No.1 for an offence punishable und.ere:_sect.ion’ 366<\/p>\n
{PC and sentenced him as peaforestated. ‘l’herefore;~ <\/p>\n
No. 1 has filed this appeal.\n<\/p>\n
6. In View of convfction  accusefd’~–No.1 andfacquittal of
\naccused 2 to 4, the  .”poir1fts__’.’–~would arise for<\/p>\n
deterrninationi  ‘\\  ‘<\/p>\n
 {1} –Whei’.her’Vt.he-.pro_secution has proved that on
\nA’ pp  12.30 p.m., {afternoon}
\nVdaccused Al:-IVo.’1..’=”Srinatha forcibly took PW2–
\nS.l{“Sharadamma when she was coming out
\nJSS v\u00e9ollege at Malur after writing ll year<\/p>\n
V  \u00bb.4B.,:A1examination in a TATA Sumo vehicle
\n ‘  No.KA-08\u00bb~l\\\/E-330 and kept her in
\n2 2 ‘different places and he forcibly tied thali to
\nher neck to marry her and thereby<\/p>\n
committed an offence punishable under<\/p>\n
section 366 IPC?\n<\/p>\n
 _kNC}LU.W… ;{<<\/p>\n
".5 M<\/p>\n
(2} Whether the learned trial Judge has   i\/
\nappreciated evidence on record?  xi" 'M "\n<\/p>\n
(3) Whether the impugned'  '1    _ \n\ninterference?\n\n(4) What order?\"\n\n<\/pre>\n
7′. Before adveriiflg.  evidence in proof of
\nthe above, it  v’r1eeess2>;ry”Atov’–  at the time of
\nincident, _    and she was
\nstudyirigv in   $0.1 was studying in III<\/p>\n
year:’–,_B.A.–  ‘eoi’ie.ge–. PW} was working as Health
\nInspector at Malurg’ ,. ”\n<\/p>\n
8; E  per  case of prosecution, incident of abduction of<\/p>\n
‘ No.1 took place at 12.30 pm. (afternoon) on<\/p>\n
H *  –.iIii:=.vfro-nt of JSB Coilege at a  of half a<\/p>\n
  from Meier Police Station. The incident of<\/p>\n
  A’ ahciucfion took.” “piece VVi\ufb021il’1 ptibiic visiorg. At _.’tif;_e  cf.  H<\/p>\n
 incident, PW2 was in the company of her classmates namely<\/p>\n
 I?’W4–Anitha an\u00e9 PW6-Radha. As could be gathered from<\/p>\n
time and place of incident, incident is alleged to havle”‘t.aken<\/p>\n
place when PW2 had come out of college after v:ritlu1ig_’__il’.j’year<\/p>\n
B.A.examination. It is obvious that the othe_r’jA’stud_ent’s afteif V’ <\/p>\n
Writing examination were also rncavinglon, road’ in.fi’ront”of the<\/p>\n
college. The incident is alleged to havetaken  in m5’1n;0o\u00a3<\/p>\n
JSS College in a broad  at la._l’disti1nlc”eWof half a
\nkilometer from Malur’JPolice.”Stati.o:n.TPW6 hasladniitted that
\npeople were moving onlthe  whenfincident took place.<\/p>\n
Even then, none “of the pnljlic~.ven’ftt1i’edlfto prevent abduction<\/p>\n
of RW2″byfrgtceilggedil”ix\u00e9gs.1. twat, who is alleged to have
\nwitnessed. the not inform the Principal of the
\ncollege or”t~he’ jiiri-sdictiorfial police. After the incident, none of<\/p>\n
.infonned”t’ie—-\u00abtr1atter to juiisdictional police regarding<\/p>\n
V  a young college girl by accused No.1, which<\/p>\n
.0 took place_ oiibroad day light at a distance of half a kilometer<\/p>\n
from jurisdictional Police Station. PW1~Rajaiah.C — the father<\/p>\n
0   of\u00ab–PWO lodged first information at 5 pm. on 11.05.2000.<\/p>\n
 9. During examination–in–chief, PW6–Radha has deposed;<\/p>\n
that on 11.05.2000 at 1.30 p.m., after writing examination,<\/p>\n
PW2, PW-4 81 PW6 and others were walking on thewlroad in<\/p>\n
front of JSS College and some persons <\/p>\n
took PW2 in a car. PW6 informed the matterio;  V’ <\/p>\n
of PW2).\n<\/p>\n
During cross~exarnination, 15\\V(5:”has adrnitted <\/p>\n
road on which PW2. PW4  were a busy<\/p>\n
road and it was at adistance”‘of’h’a.1.l;”a.._kilorne’ter”from Malur
\nPolice Station; there are :_house”sJor_1_:eit_h.er=_side of the road;<\/p>\n
though PW6..mised hiue  cry,.’rl’i1one”-came to rescue PW2;<\/p>\n
PW6:  even registration number of TATA Sumo
\nvehicle; PW2 taken by accused No.1 and others.
\nPW_6_ has “deposed; is-hlewi\/as advised to inform the matter to<\/p>\n
PW6  go to Malur Police Station. PW6 has<\/p>\n
V  deposedi; ivafterone week, PW2 contacted PW6 over phone and<\/p>\n
it 2  she had safely returned home.\n<\/p>\n
 10. H v.V__l\u00a7’W4–Anitha, who is alleged to have witnessed the<\/p>\n
V’ ‘V.i_n:cfident, has not supported the case of prosecution. PW-4<\/p>\n
 was declared as a hostile witness for resiling from her<\/p>\n
statement recorded under section 161 Cr.P.C. Even during<\/p>\n
crossmexamination by the learned Public Prosecuto_r’}a.PW4
\nhas not given any incriminating evidence aga;ms:’Va\u00a2\u00a2:u_s”ed<\/p>\n
No.1.\n<\/p>\n
11. As already stated, PW} lodged  1ri\u00a3onn;a:i.;$1\u00a7ii*s\ufb01rmg<\/p>\n
evening on the date of ‘in’c;dent.A’v-  first’<\/p>\n
information on the basis of ~he’h_ad  frofn others.<\/p>\n
12. On careful consideration ?of of PW6, I \ufb01nd<\/p>\n
that her evid=er’1ce:’does not .si:1spire’.jconfidence. The conduct of<\/p>\n
PW6 ‘at”tic1e:itimeiiof in’cid-entdandvafter the incident is highly
\nunnatural. The PW6 that PW2 was abducted or
\nforcibly xtalien by  No.1 in broad day light from a<\/p>\n
 _road’Asitt1at.e at a distance of half a kilometer from<\/p>\n
‘ .lIV{aluvrV4Police’Station and no body came to rescue PW2 looks<\/p>\n
” .ui1natu1’aj}:.  per the evidence of PW6, the incident occurred<\/p>\n
urithirilyypublic vision. PW6 raised hue and cry and no body<\/p>\n
2 it came\ufb02lto rescue PW2. PW6 did not go to Police Station to<\/p>\n
  the incident of abduction of PW2 and PW6 has not<\/p>\n
t given reasons for her unnatural conduct. The evidence of<\/p>\n
N  vcfa <\/p>\n
\u00bb 10
\nPW6 that accused No.1 had chosen a crowded road to<\/p>\n
abduct PW2 looks improbable. PW6 has deposed;”shef’~had<\/p>\n
informed PW1 {father of PW2} soon after <\/p>\n
then PW1 had not Eodged first information’inirnrediateiyd.  <\/p>\n
first information was lodged   thefV{iiate:1.c_of<\/p>\n
incident. Therefore, the evidence of  Laci\u00e9sffcre.dibi1’ityv.d <\/p>\n
the circumstances, we are  the \u00ab.ei_?iden\u20acte of PW2
\n{Victim}.\n<\/p>\n
13. PW2–Shat*a,dam.rna”11as   the year 2000,<\/p>\n
she was__ fB.A in the Junior College at
\nMalurr   from Shettikothanoor to the<\/p>\n
co\u00a7;1ege..every’-\u00bbc1ay;V” accused No.1 was studying in III year BA.<\/p>\n
   coiiege;  11.05.2000 at 12.30 p.m. (afternoon),<\/p>\n
I   aftefr-wri.ti1ig-examination, PW2, pwz; 8: PW6 were returning<\/p>\n
Ah-omeV_;v’acc.i;1sed No.1 came from her behind; gagged her and<\/p>\n
 AA forcibigf’ took her in a Tata Sumo vehicle; PW2 was taken to a<\/p>\n
  ‘rhojiise and she was con\ufb01ned in that house for a day;<\/p>\n
 thereafter PW2 was taken to different places.<\/p>\n
Rf  ,.;_.,,.\n<\/p>\n
N11 _<\/p>\n
14. At this juncture, I deem it necessary to state th,_a’L.PW2<\/p>\n
has not deposed that she was abducted by <\/p>\n
when she was walking on the road, in frontlV_A4of.phey. ;_o11\u00e9gfe,; <\/p>\n
PW2 has deposed that accused  1 f_c4ame\u00ab_gfron1:_.herv<\/p>\n
gagged her and forcibly took_h_er inlay Tata Su:rrio’A.vehicle;”this.L<\/p>\n
is in contradiction of the evidence of PW.E_i,’v.rho fhaslldeposedl
\nthat not only accused No.1 ;but’some’.other ‘persons forcibly
\ntook PW2 in a car. The evid\u00a2;::e of that accused No.1<\/p>\n
alone gagged ‘r:_e_r’*mouth  too1~;”h_er’ir2’a Tata Sumo vehicle<\/p>\n
looks” it is~.n’ot disputved and cannot be disputed
\nat theytiinelof  .was in the company of PW4 &
\nPW6 andother’collegeugirls. In the circumstances, accused<\/p>\n
15_4lp_d~:.1  not  overpowered PW2 to forcibly take her<\/p>\n
‘ ;.Va\u00bbvay’u_inaeaixwlthin public vision. The evidence of PW2 that<\/p>\n
” .accusfec1’V.”r\u00a7;of,’}iforcibly abducted her, even then no body came<\/p>\n
to her rescue also looks unnatural.\n<\/p>\n
*  At this juncture, it is necessary to recall the evidence<\/p>\n
 of PW6, who has deposed; after one week, PW2″ contacted<\/p>\n
PW6 over phone and PW2 informed PW6 that she had safely
\ni\\3c  “~13″? ” “”&’*”‘<\/p>\n
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returned back. If PW2 had been forcibly taken:.~b\u00a7.f’<\/p>\n
No.1 against her wish and accused No.1 had.Vforctb1:,f1nax’riee1 K V’ <\/p>\n
her. PW2 would not have told <\/p>\n
returned home.\n<\/p>\n
16. PW2 has deposed; that eaccused\u00bb_No.d1  taken her to<\/p>\n
a house and urrongfutlyconftneci’ h\u00e91~;Ltvac’cused No.1 took her
\nto a temple; accused  neck: after two
\ndays,  l\ufb02to 2:3  her near Hosakote.\n<\/p>\n
they were   wPW2 has deposed; that
\naccused  ‘edyeh-..o’V’er_’;;V)Vr’operty held and acquired by
\nPW1:  had requested her to marry<\/p>\n
hirn. “but P’.W2s  refused to marry accused No.1.<\/p>\n
  1  .cross–exarnination. PW2 has deposed; that she<\/p>\n
.’ cannot \u00a7ij\u00a7reA’o1=the names of places to which she was taken;<\/p>\n
PW2. had stayed with accused Nos.1 to 3 for 5-6 days in a<\/p>\n
2 AA ‘house”: there was a priest in the temple: when bunch of<\/p>\n
 \ufb02rotographs [seven in number coliectively marked as Ex.D.1)<\/p>\n
‘ were confronted to her: PW2 has admitted that those<\/p>\n
N on.\n<\/p>\n
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\nphotographs were taken during marriage of accused No.1<\/p>\n
and PW2. PW2 has also admitted photographs in<\/p>\n
numbers and collectively marked as    <\/p>\n
taken when PW2 and accused :No’.1.had iotttdifferentdji <\/p>\n
places. PW2 has also admitted
\nmarked as Ex.D.2 were takenijxiear 1i”arihar.dVd1\u00a71?i?2:’has’V;denieddd
\nsuggestion that she had fa11e;:3…:1:’Vi1A”1″p’.l.o’VepA.\\J\u00a3Iith”ac\ufb02usdd No.1 and
\nshe had consented for accused No.1 and<\/p>\n
accused No.1 _n’iarried’dVPW’i?{in”a:’tenip1e..i  has not denied<\/p>\n
the vt’conten5;,s  ‘*pho_t’ographs””vzconfronted to her. Even
\notherwise,  no case that photographs
\ncoiiectixielydrnarked’.a’s=.1\u00a7X.D.1 to I3x.iZ).5 were superimposed<\/p>\n
Pfi0t9.3’1’3.PhS’- 1′  .  ….. .. \u00ab<\/p>\n
V    tenor of cross–examination of accused No.1, 1<\/p>\n
1′ .find thatf’j’ac’cused No.1 has not denied that he was in the<\/p>\n
comptanyv of PW2 during relevant period. Accused No.1 has<\/p>\n
it   Vdnot denied that PW2 and himself had left Malur and had<\/p>\n
 Visited several places. Accused No.1 has not denied that he<\/p>\n
1 tied thaii to the neck of PW2 to marry her. The defence of<\/p>\n
f\\’:’  \\, ”~~- !7″”‘””””\u20ac5″‘<\/p>\n
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\naccused No.1 that PW2 and accused No.1 had fallen ___in love<\/p>\n
with each other and decided to marry, accort1.ing1yVp:.’PW2<\/p>\n
accompanied accused No.1 to a temple and   4_<\/p>\n
a marriage. Thereafter, newly wedded 13aVd.4_”Vfisited’a. <\/p>\n
different places.\n<\/p>\n
18. Therefore, the crucia1,_:”p_oint.V’that.VV}w.Qu1d”L”arfse for
\ndetermination is: —\n<\/p>\n
“Whether “FW2 was a consenting party for
\nwhatever. that was done -by_ ac\u00a2;~..1s\u00e9d., ‘No. 1 ?”<\/p>\n
19.  As  -}?_W2_’has not bothered to state place
\nfrom tizhere   PW2 has deposed; that she<\/p>\n
waskept houseffor 5-6 days; accused No.1 had forcibly<\/p>\n
.   th’a1iVh’to her  accused No.1 had held out threats to<\/p>\n
” “.her’1if’eA._ ” V<\/p>\n
 “VAs.’xscou1d be seen from the evidence of PW2,<\/p>\n
 photographs collectiveiy marked as Ex.D.1 to E.x.D.5,<\/p>\n
 accused No.1 tied a thali to the neck of PW2 in a temple<\/p>\n
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\nwithin public vision. The marriage had taken place”-\u00abduring<\/p>\n
day time and a priest had perfonned marriage.     <\/p>\n
21. As could be seen from the contents;\n<\/p>\n
photographs, apart from marriagewparty’–\u00abconsistir;gxVoi’ PW2 7<\/p>\n
and accused i to 3 there were other deirotees_–v_of’ternp14e;–~.:lf~it<\/p>\n
was a marriage forced upon  she. had
\nto reveal the same to .others”‘tuAd:escdap.e from”the-djclutches of
\naccused No. 1. The photographs’  marriage would<\/p>\n
reveal that  .had\u00a7_’cVo’–:op:t21’at’et’1’~.fQr’ail the ceremonies that<\/p>\n
preceded   th ali -her neck.\n<\/p>\n
It’~i.s seerj.’ marriage photographs. some of the<\/p>\n
d\u20ac}:V’oVtees had  blessed accused no.1 and PW2. It is seen<\/p>\n
 , ..from’.’pho_to’graphs, after accused No.1 tied a thali to the neck<\/p>\n
 ._   accused No.1 had exchanged garlands.<\/p>\n
 v–..’:A.s’vc’ould be seen from the marriage photographs, PW2<\/p>\n
 was in a traditional dress and costumes of a bride.<\/p>\n
“”._vd’i’l1erefore, evidence of PW2 that accused No.1 held out<\/p>\n
W   rt.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\nthreats to her life and to forcibly marry her isP._high1y<\/p>\n
incredible and untrustworthy.\n<\/p>\n
22. It is seen from the evidence of PW2, <\/p>\n
accused No.1 & PW2 had visited ldifferenlt  l?W2  l 7<\/p>\n
admitted that photographs collectiye.ly marlted. as <\/p>\n
were taken at Harihar, whicl1..l;iS–.almost. at’.a_”distancelllof 300<\/p>\n
kilometers from place of &ll’I>”‘N2″.V: PW2 has<\/p>\n
admitted that accusedll\\llo’.’l ll1ald.lta}::erl1v”l\u00bb’1.ei- in a bus.<\/p>\n
23.  “As ‘could  lseei1,:f1’omlphotographs collectively marked
\nas  _.and PW2 are found moving in
\npublic places like gardens, bus stands and all along PW2<\/p>\n
 to be l”1’n-..a.n\u00ab’ecstatic mood. From the appearance of<\/p>\n
‘ alaccuvsved  PW2 in photographs collectively marked as<\/p>\n
”  both accused No.1 8: PW2 appear as newly<\/p>\n
wfedded husband and wife. I do not see PW2 in a frightened<\/p>\n
  it ‘moodlllin any of the photographs. PW2 has not offered any<\/p>\n
 ‘explanation as to how she had moved with accused No.1 to<\/p>\n
l different places, without there being any slightest protest or<\/p>\n
R}: aglg\\.., \u00a3’::.\u00a7.”L\/\u00bb.____C:\u00a3\ufb02*<\/p>\n
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\ndemur on her part. PW2 has not given explanation for
\nmoving with accused No.1 in a romantic mood. PW2_)__was in<\/p>\n
the company of accused No.1 for a period of seve.n*d:ays”–and<\/p>\n
they had visited different places, including <\/p>\n
every opportunity to seek help f_rom__pnI;:lic”tog’_’escapepfront_ <\/p>\n
the clutches of accused No.1. On th.eie’ither_hand.VV<\/p>\n
contents of photographs c’o_ll’ectivc’lyv.   <\/p>\n
Ex.D.5 and conduct of PW2_,___l:1″-.f:ind_pthat   jubilant
\nand ecstatic. PW2   nor Inorosive. It is<\/p>\n
obVio’us”‘that, P\\il\/lf};’lhas.gd’epos.ed:’accused No.1 had held out
\nthreats to  married her and took her to
\ndifferentlplaces  cover up lapses on her part. The<\/p>\n
 trial t}udvge._i\u00ab11 spite of noticing the fact that PW2 has<\/p>\n
‘ ;,V’ad.InitVted_’the contents of photographs collectively marked as<\/p>\n
   has not considered the same for non-\n<\/p>\n
produetion of negatives of photographs. It is not a situation<\/p>\n
in ‘where the prosecution had taken any objection for<\/p>\n
 confrontation of positive photographs to PW2, without the<\/p>\n
1 production of negative photographs. The prosecution has no<\/p>\n
,x?~_  i::\\.vL.– {E-‘V’\\w—-C{g\u00a2.. ~<\/p>\n
_ 13 __
\ncase that photographs marked as EXD1 to D5 collectively<\/p>\n
are superimposed photographs.\n<\/p>\n
24. The learned counsel for appellant\/acc’a_:sedp’eNo.1*<\/p>\n
produced negatives of photographs rtiarkted _:asAip’1v1\u00a7_;.VE:)1–:VtoVd’D5 b T <\/p>\n
along with an application under   it\n<\/p>\n
25. On comparison of negatixre photogra_phs’1.:aiong
\npositive photographs~.__co11ective1y Vd’i’narked’V”as”VV’ I3x.D.1 to<\/p>\n
Ex.D.5, Ifind the phodtograpiis’Lmarked as Ex.D1<\/p>\n
to d”a1″e.:i’.he  of utVh’eV\ufb02negatives produced before
\nCourt, it\n<\/p>\n
26.  accu_.se’-qlv :I”~Io.~.’1 was examined under section 313<\/p>\n
 he  made a categorical statement that PW2 had<\/p>\n
‘ _V’fa11cn_ in’1.oift3___vvith accused No.1 and accused No.1 married<\/p>\n
H *:t3\\_t\/tf”2x’o1i.”.’if1erf:=.ifolition, without any force or threat to her life.<\/p>\n
 1 did not compel PW2 to marry him.\n<\/p>\n
it ”  “‘PW1–Rajaiah.C — the father of ‘PW2 lodged first<\/p>\n
hginwformation at 5 p.m., on 11.05.2000. 1;; the first<\/p>\n
Irv;  ‘–\n<\/p>\n
W 20<\/p>\n
conduct and acts of PW2 were in agreement “thfe…Vacts<\/p>\n
committed by accused No.1. The evidencewiof <\/p>\n
accused No.1 had all along helrl~”‘out.threatsfto_her.’_:i.if\u00e9$.,.AisVif 1′<\/p>\n
falsified by her conduct and also  lithe’ <\/p>\n
collectively marked as  5.. It at)’pears”afier PW2 1′<\/p>\n
was brought back bythe poli–ce..”PW’-.1’periormedyrnarriage of
\nPW2 with some other   PW2 in order to
\nkeep her marfita_i. status’  in tact has thrown<\/p>\n
blame on  falselyliddehosing that all along<\/p>\n
accused’ N 0:1  threatened”_her life.\n<\/p>\n
29.  Qrderlltofyyoffence punishable under section
\n366 IPC.dp.rosecutioi1 to establish that accused No.1 had<\/p>\n
 PW2′ w:i.th’ intent to compel her to marry him<\/p>\n
‘ ;.V’against<  –._will. In order to constitute an offence of<\/p>\n
'' .'habductiorr\ufb01fnrosecution has to prove that accused no.1 by<\/p>\n
forcehad 'compelled PW2 to go with him.<\/p>\n
From the evidence on record, I do not \ufb01nd that<\/p>\n
 accused No.1 had used force against PW2 to go with him. I<\/p>\n
 \ufb02 ="'g;_ p1,~w..c?.\u00a3,.\\.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
— 23.\n<\/p>\n
do not find that accused No.1 had compelled PW2 to marry<\/p>\n
him. I do not \ufb01nd that accused No.1 had compelled to
\naccompany him. PW2 was in the company of <\/p>\n
for seven days.\n<\/p>\n
30. The iearned trial
\nevidence in proper perspec-ii_v’e..__.WithouVt
\nof parties and referring to   vyhich Wouid
\nconstitute an offence–…_of ghelddaccused No.1
\nguilty of an offence   366 IPC. The<\/p>\n
findiif1gs__ oft-…t_ii–al’ Judge is based on improper
\nappreciation of Ve’ttide4nce’4’and some of the \ufb01ndings on no<\/p>\n
evidence. lv\ufb01aough l’Wt\u00a3 has not deposed that she was<\/p>\n
  and photographs collectively marked as Ex.D.1 to<\/p>\n
    by putting her to fear of iife, the learned<\/p>\n
trial  has heid that photographs were taken after<\/p>\n
 pp threatening PW2 with dire consequences to her life. The<\/p>\n
V’ * iea-rned trial Judge has failed to notice that there was total<\/p>\n
 inconsistency between the evidence of PW2 and her conduct<\/p>\n
at the time of incident and after the incident. In the<\/p>\n
 ;  C,’\/’L vu\ufb01ax ,<\/p>\n
 – . A jiuagrn\u00a2nt.~ito%<\/p>\n
__ 22 _
\ncircumstances, the evidence on record is hardiy sufficient to<\/p>\n
hold that accused No.1 had abducted PW2 and:v:c’or:I1;oe{ied<\/p>\n
her to marry him. Therefore, the impugned  a<\/p>\n
be sustained.   ~\n<\/p>\n
31. In the resuit, I pass the :i7o11o’\\_\u00a7vii’ig:d~:d’.’  <\/p>\n
The appeal is a_c:cepted_.__’_d:’i*:;;:c;_  is set
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under section .366   by accused<\/p>\n
No.I_\ufb02standi”carieeiled if accused No.1 had deposited
\n\ufb01ne arnount.’ the”4v\u00a7a;\u00a7ie..:gha11 be refunded to him. Office is<\/p>\n
dizjected to ‘-sejridd back? records along with a copy of this<\/p>\n
S\ufb02\/3
\nIud5g”‘\u00a7<\/p>\n
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