{"id":60782,"date":"2011-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-vs-the-on-24-march-2011-3"},"modified":"2016-04-04T23:07:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T17:37:07","slug":"state-vs-the-on-24-march-2011-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-vs-the-on-24-march-2011-3","title":{"rendered":"State vs The on 24 March, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n
State vs The on 24 March, 2011<\/div>\n
Author: Ks Jhaveri,&Nbsp;Honourable Z.K.Saiyed,&Nbsp;<\/div>\n
   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nCR.A\/2181\/2008\t 2\/ 8\tJUDGMENT \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nCRIMINAL\nAPPEAL No. 2181 of 2008\n \n\n \n \nFor\nApproval and Signature:  \n \nHONOURABLE\nMR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI  \nHONOURABLE\nMR.JUSTICE Z.K.SAIYED\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n1\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tReporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n2\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nTo be\n\t\t\treferred to the Reporter or not ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n3\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\ttheir Lordships wish to see the fair copy of the judgment ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n4\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tthis case involves a substantial question of law as to the\n\t\t\tinterpretation of the constitution of India, 1950 or any order\n\t\t\tmade thereunder ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n5\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tit is to be circulated to the civil judge ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nJAJIBHAI\nOSAMANBHAI AAMRELIYA - Opponent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nHL JANI, APP for Appellant(s) : 1, \nNone for Opponent(s) :\n1, \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE Z.K.SAIYED\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 05\/02\/2009 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nJUDGMENT<\/pre>\n
(Per
\n: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI)<\/p>\n
1.0\tThe
\npresent appeal, under section 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal
\nProcedure, 1973, is directed against the judgment and order of
\nacquittal dated 31.03.2008 passed by the learned Additional Sessions
\nJudge & Special Judge, Jamnagar in Special (GEB) Case No. 47 of
\n2006, whereby the accused has been acquitted from the charges leveled
\nagainst him.\n<\/p>\n
2.0\tThe
\nbrief facts of the prosecution case are as under:\n<\/p>\n
2.1\tIt
\nis the case of the prosecution that the respondent   accused is a
\ncommercial customer of GEB.  On 12.03.2005 the Staff of GEB had
\ncarried out checking in the house of accused and they found that box
\nof meter was empty and with the help of cable illegally connected
\nwire with the GEB pillar and without permission committed theft of
\n2480 volts of Rs.1,03,039.78 paise and as per report the complaint
\nwas filed against the accused.\n<\/p>\n
2.2\tTherefore,
\ncomplaint with respect to the aforesaid offence was filed against the
\nrespondent with the GEB Police Station, Rajkot, which was registered
\nas C.R. II No. 380 of 2005 for the offences under Section 135 of the
\nIndian Electricity Act, 2003. Necessary investigation was carried out
\nand statements of witnesses were recorded. Thereafter, the
\ncharge-sheet was filed in the Court of learned Additional Sessions
\nJudge and Special Judge, Jamnagar, which was numbered as Special
\n(GEB) Case No.48 of 2005. The respondent   accused was ordered to
\nissue with summons and after service of summons the respondent has
\nappeared before the Court wherein he has not pleaded guilty to the
\ncharges leveled against him and claimed to be tried. Thereafter, the
\ntrial was initiated against the respondent. The prosecution has
\nexamined in all 4 witnesses. The prosecution has also produced and
\nrelied upon 5 documents. Thereafter, after  hearing arguments on
\nbehalf of prosecution and the defence, the  learned Sessions Judge
\nhas acquitted the accused from the offences alleged him. While
\nappreciating the evidence on record the learned Judge has observed
\nthat the prosecution has failed to prove the search and seizure of
\nmuddamal and that there was delay in filing the complaint.\n<\/p>\n
2.3\tBeing
\naggrieved by and dissatisfied with the Judgment and Order dated
\n31.03.2008 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge &
\nSpecial Judge, Jamnagar in Special (GEB) Case No.48 of 2005, the
\nappellant   State has filed this Appeal.\n<\/p>\n
3.0\tIt
\nwas contended by learned APP that the judgment and order of the
\nSessions Court is against the provisions of law; the Sessions Court
\nhas not properly considered the evidence led by the prosecution and
\nlooking to the provisions of law itself it is established that the
\nprosecution has proved the whole ingredients of the evidence against
\nthe present respondent. Learned APP has also taken this court
\nthrough the oral as well  as the entire documentary evidence.\n<\/p>\n
4.0\tAt
\nthe outset it is required to be noted that the principles which would
\ngovern and regulate the hearing of appeal by this Court against an
\norder of acquittal passed by the trial Court have been very
\nsuccinctly explained by the Apex Court in a catena of decisions. In
\nthe case of M.S. Narayana Menon @ Mani Vs. State of Kerala &
\nAnr, reported in (2006)6 SCC, 39, the Apex Court has narrated
\nabout the powers of the High Court in appeal against the order of
\nacquittal. In para 54 of the decision, the Apex Court has observed as
\nunder:\n<\/p>\n
 54.
\n In any event the High Court entertained an appeal treating to be an
\nappeal against acquittal, it was in fact exercising the revisional
\njurisdiction. Even while exercising an appellate power against a
\njudgement of acquittal, the High Court should have borne in mind the
\nwell-settled principles of law that where two view are possible, the
\nappellate court should not interfere with the finding of acquittal
\nrecorded by the court below.\n<\/p>\n
4.1\tFurther,
\nin the case of Chandrappa Vs. State of Karnataka, reported in
\n(2007)4 SCC 415 the Apex Court laid down the following
\nprinciples:\n<\/p>\n
 42.\tFrom
\nthe above decisions, in our considered view, the following general
\nprinciples regarding powers of the appellate court while dealing with
\nan appeal against an order of acquittal emerge:\n<\/p>\n
[1]\tAn
\nappellate court has full power to review, reappreciate and reconsider
\nthe evidence upon which the order of acquittal is founded.\n<\/p>\n
[2]\tThe
\nCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 puts no limitation, restriction or
\ncondition on exercise of such power and an appellate court on the
\nevidence before it may reach its own conclusion, both on questions of
\nfact and of law.\n<\/p>\n
[3]\tVarious
\nexpressions, such as,  substantial and compelling reasons ,  good
\nand sufficient grounds ,  very strong circumstances ,
\n distorted conclusions ,  glaring mistakes , etc. are not
\nintended to curtain extensive powers of an appellate court in an
\nappeal against acquittal. Such phraseologies are more in the nature
\nof  flourishes of language  to emphasis the reluctance of an
\nappellate court to interfere with acquittal than to curtail the power
\nof the court to review the evidence and to come to its own
\nconclusion.\n<\/p>\n
[4]\tAn
\nappellate court, however, must bear in mind that in case of acquittal
\nthere is double presumption in favour of the accused. Firstly, the
\npresumption of innocence is available to him under the fundamental
\nprinciple of criminal jurisprudence that every person shall be
\npresumed to be innocent unless he is proved guilty by a competent
\ncourt of law. Secondly, the accused having secured his acquittal, the
\npresumption of his innocence is further reinforced, reaffirmed and
\nstrengthened by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n
[5]\tIf
\ntwo reasonable conclusions are possible on the basis of the evidence
\non record, the appellate court should not disturb the finding of
\nacquittal recorded by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n
4.2\tThus,
\nit is a settled principle that while exercising appellate power, even
\nif two reasonable conclusions are possible on the basis of the
\nevidence on record, the appellate court should not disturb the
\nfinding  of acquittal recorded by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n
4.3\tEven
\nin a recent decision of the Apex Court in the case of State of Goa
\nV. Sanjay Thakran & Anr. Reported<\/a> in (2007)3 SCC 75, the
\nCourt has reiterated the powers of the High Court in such cases. In
\npara 16 of the said decision the Court has observed as under:\n<\/p>\n
 16.\tFrom
\nthe aforesaid decisions, it is apparent that while exercising the
\npowers in appeal against the order of acquittal the Court of appeal
\nwould not ordinarily interfere with the order of acquittal unless the
\napproach of the lower Court is vitiated by some manifest illegality
\nand the conclusion arrived at would not be arrived at by any
\nreasonable person and, therefore, the decision is to be characterized
\nas perverse. Merely because two views are possible, the Court of
\nappeal would not take the view which would upset the judgement
\ndelivered by the  Court below. However, the appellate court has a
\npower to review the evidence if it is of the view that the conclusion
\narrived at by the Court below is perverse and the Court has committed
\na manifest error of law and ignored the material evidence on record.
\nA duty is cast upon the appellate court, in such circumstances, to
\nre-appreciate the evidence to arrive to a just decision on the basis
\nof material placed on record to find out whether any of the accused
\nis connected with the commission of the crime he is charged with.\n<\/p>\n
4.4\tSimilar
\nprinciple has been laid down by the Apex  Court  in the cases of
\nState of Uttar Pradesh Vs. Ram Veer Singh & Ors, reported in
\n2007 AIR SCW 5553 and in Girja Prasad (Dead) by LRs Vs. state
\nof MP, reported in 2007 AIR SCW 5589. Thus, the powers which this
\nCourt may exercise against an order of acquittal are well settled.\n<\/p>\n
4.3\tIt
\nis also a settled legal position that in acquittal appeal, the
\nappellate court is not required to re-write the judgement or to give
\nfresh reasoning, when the reasons assigned by the Court below are
\nfound to be just and proper. Such principle is laid down by the Apex
\nCourt in the  case of State of Karnataka Vs. Hemareddy, reported
\nin AIR 1981 SC 1417 wherein it is held as under:\n<\/p>\n
 &
\nThis
\ncourt has observed in Girija Nandini Devi V. Bigendra Nandini
\nChaudhary (1967)1 SCR 93: (AIR 1967 SC 1124) that it is not the duty
\nof the appellate court when it agrees with the view of the trial
\ncourt on the evidence to repeat the narration of the evidence or to
\nreiterate the reasons given by the trial court expression of general
\nagreement with the reasons given by the Court the decision of which
\nis under appeal, will ordinarily suffice.\n<\/p>\n
4.5\tThus,
\nin case the  appellate court agrees with the reasons and the opinion
\ngiven by the lower court, then the discussion of evidence is not
\nnecessary.\n<\/p>\n
5.0\tWe
\nhave gone through the judgement and order passed by the trial court.
\nWe have also perused the oral as well as documentary evidence led by
\nthe trial court and also considered the submissions made by learned
\nAdvocate for the appellant. The trial court has clearly recorded a
\nfinding that the prosecution has failed to examine the expert
\nwitnesses and also recorded the finding that there is delay in
\ntesting the faulty meter  Apart from that the Authority has not
\nproved its case beyond reasonable doubt.  Thus, from the evidence
\nitself it is established that the prosecution has not proved its case
\nbeyond reasonable doubt. Mr. Jani learned APP is not in a position to
\nshow any evidence to take a contrary view of the matter or that the
\napproach of the trial court is vitiated by some manifest illegality
\nor that the decision is perverse or that the trial court has ignored
\nthe material evidence on record.\n<\/p>\n
6.0\tIn
\nthe above view of the matter, we are of the considered opinion that
\nthe trial court was completely justified in acquitting the respondent
\nof the charges leveled against him. We find that the findings
\nrecorded by the trial court are absolutely just and proper and in
\nrecording the said findings, no illegality or infirmity has been
\ncommitted by it. We are, therefore, in complete agreement with the
\nfindings, ultimate conclusion and the resultant order of acquittal
\nrecorded by the court below and hence find no reasons to interfere
\nwith the same. Hence the appeal is hereby dismissed.\n<\/p>\n
7.0\tIn
\nview of above the Appeal is dismissed. The judgment and order dated
\n31.03.2008 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge &
\nSpecial Judge, Jamnagar,  in Special (GEB) Case No.48 of 2005
\nacquitting the respondent-accused is hereby confirmed. Bail bonds, if
\nany, shall stand cancelled.\n<\/p>\n
(K.S.JHAVERI,J.)<\/p>\n
(Z.K.SAIYED,
\nJ.)<\/p>\n
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