{"id":66816,"date":"2008-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gulal-vs-unknown-on-4-august-2008"},"modified":"2018-05-09T08:40:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T03:10:20","slug":"gulal-vs-unknown-on-4-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gulal-vs-unknown-on-4-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"Gulal vs Unknown on 4 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n
Gulal vs Unknown on 4 August, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: Md Shah,&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\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nCR.A\/1363\/2004\t 9\/ 9\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. 1363 of 2004\n \n\n \n \nFor\nApproval and Signature:  \n \nHONOURABLE\nMR.JUSTICE MD SHAH\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\nGULAL\nZIMMARIA RATHVA - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nTHE\nSTATE OF GUJARAT - Opponent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nJM BUDDHBHATTI for\nAppellant\n \n\nMR UR\nBHATT, APP for\nOpponent \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 MD SHAH\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n\t\t\t\tDate\n: 04\/08\/2008 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nJUDGMENT<\/pre>\n
1.\tHeard
\nlearned advocate Mr.J.M.Buddhbhatti who is appearing as amicus
\ncuriae for the appellant-accused and learned APP Mr.U.R.Bhatt for
\nthe opponent-State.\n<\/p>\n
2.\tBy
\nway of filing this appeal under Section 374 of the Cr.PC, the
\nappellant has challenged the  judgment and order of conviction and
\nsentence dated 25.6.2004 passed by the learned Addl.Sessions Judge &
\n4th Fast Track Judge, Fast Track Court, Chhota-udepur,
\nagainst the appellant for the offence punishable under Section 304(2)
\nof IPC in Criminal Case No.77 of 2003 convicting and sentencing him
\nto undergo rigorous imprisonment of seven years and to pay  fine of
\nRs.1,000\/-, in default, to further undergo rigorous imprisonment of
\ntwo months.   The appellant was however, acquitted for the offences
\npunishable under Sections 302, 323 and 504 of IPC and Section 135 of
\nthe Bombay Police Act. He was also given the benefit of set-off under
\nSection 428 of Cr.PC.\n<\/p>\n
3.\tThe
\ncase of the prosecution is that, the complainant Lakhiben, now widow
\nof deceased Keslabhai Rathwa was residing at village Chichaba, Taluka
\nKawant, Dist. Vadodara with her family.  According to the
\nprosecution, the incident took place on 23.6.2003 at about 6.30 p.m.
\nwhen the complainant was at her house.  Her husband Keslabhai was
\nstanding in the open space nearby the house of the appellant,
\nGulalbhai Zamariyabhai Rathwa.  It is alleged that at that time,
\nGulalbhai, appellant herein, asked the deceased Keslabhai, husband of
\nthe complainant as to why the entire crop of Ladies Finger from his
\nland was collected instead of the crop from the portion of the
\ndeceased and the appellant accused to abuse him and the wife of the
\ncomplainant restrained him from abusing and on saying so by the wife
\nof complainant, the appellant accused got infuriated and went to his
\nhouse and came with a ?SPaliya?? (Dinga) and inflicted a blow  with
\nthe blunt portion of the ?SPaliya?? on the head of the deceased.
\nShe immediately snatched away the weapon from the appellant-accused
\nand thereafter, along with her husband, she went to Kawant Police
\nStation where she lodged the complaint.  On the basis of the said
\ncomplaint, the offence was registered as Kawant Police Station
\nC.R.No.II-43 of 2003 for the offences punishable under Sections 323
\nand 504 of IPC and under Section 135 of the Bombay Police Act. On
\n24.6.2003, the injured died at SSG Hospital during treatment and
\ntherefore, Section 302 of IPC was added  and the report under Section
\n157 of  Cr.PC was submitted before the  Court.  During the
\ninvestigation, statements of witnesses were recorded, Inquest
\npanchnama, panchnama of scene of offence and panchnama of recovery of
\nclothes as well as weapons were drawn; sample of blood from the soil
\nwas collected and the muddamal items were sent to the Forensic
\nScience Laboratory (FSL) for analysis. It is the prosecution case
\nthat the complaint Exh.36 was also recorded and the offence was
\nregistered.  The accused was also sent to hospital for treatment. At
\nthe end of investigation, the charge sheet was filed as referred  to
\nabove.  Since the court of learned JMFC has no jurisdiction to try
\nthe case, it was committed to the Court of Sessions which was
\nnumbered as Sessions Case No. 77 of 2003.\n<\/p>\n
4.\tThe
\nCharge was framed at Exh.4 against the present appellant-accused for
\nthe offences punishable under Sections 302, 323, and 504 of IPC and
\nSection 135 of the Bombay Police Act.  The appellant-accused denied
\nthe charges and claimed to be tried.\n<\/p>\n
5.
\n The further statement of the accused under Section 313 of Cr.PC was
\nrecorded wherein also, the appellant accused submitted that he has
\nbeen falsely involved in committing the offence.\n<\/p>\n
6.\tThe
\nprosecution has examined the following witnesses:\n<\/p>\n
\tPW-1
\nLekhiben Keslabhai ?  Exh.9<\/p>\n
\tPW-2
\nMeeraben Keslabhai ?  Exh.10<\/p>\n
\tPW-3
\nVesalbhai Amariyabhai Rathwa ?  Exh.11<\/p>\n
\tPW-4
\nDr.Rajkumar Indradev Tiwari ?  Exh.13<\/p>\n
\tPW-5
\nRanjanbhai Gordhanbhai ?  Exh.19<\/p>\n
\tPW-6
\nRupjibhai Udariyabhai Rathwa ?  Exh.23<\/p>\n
\tPW-7
\nNatubhai Rataniyabhai Rathwa ?  Exh.24<\/p>\n
\tPW-8
\nDr.Ashok Krishnalal Mahajan ?  Exh.25<\/p>\n
\tPW-9
\nSavjibhai Jerambhai Vakhariya ?  Exh.32<\/p>\n
\tPW-10
\nDr.Atulbhai Prabhakarbhai Gupte ?  Exh.44<\/p>\n
7.\tThe
\nprosecution also relied upon the following documents:\n<\/p>\n
\t\t\t Complaint
\n\t\t\tof Lakhiben ?  Exh.33<\/p>\n
\t\t\t Medical
\n\t\t\tCertificate of Feslabhai ?  Exh.14<\/p>\n
\t\t\t Vardhi
\n\t\t\tof deceased Feslabhai ?  Exh.34<\/p>\n
\t\t\t Wireless
\n\t\t\tmessage for adding Sec.302 \tExh.42<\/p>\n
\t\t\t Police
\n\t\t\tYadi for conducting inquest ?  Exh.35<\/p>\n
\t\t\t Inquest
\n\t\t\tPanchnama ?  Exh.28<\/p>\n
\t\t\t Panchnama
\n\t\t\tof scene of offence ?  Exh.21<\/p>\n
\t\t\t Police
\n\t\t\tYadi for P.M. – Exh.27<\/p>\n
\t\t\t P.M.Note
\n\t\t\t?  Exh.26<\/p>\n
\t\t\tPanchnama
\n\t\t\tof clothes on the dead body of \tdeceased  – Exh.29<\/p>\n
\t\t\tPanchnama
\n\t\t\tof Health condition of the \taccused ?  Exh.30<\/p>\n
\t\t\tRecovery
\n\t\t\tPanchnama of Paliya ?  Exh.38<\/p>\n
\t\t\tForwarding
\n\t\t\tnote ?  Exh.39<\/p>\n
\t\t\tReceipt
\n\t\t\t?  Exh.40<\/p>\n
\t\t\tF.S.L.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\t\t\tReport ?  Exh.41<\/p>\n
\t\t\tMedical
\n\t\t\tCertificate of accused ?  Exh.16<\/p>\n
\t\t\tPanchnama
\n\t\t\tof place of offence ?  Exh.30<\/p>\n
\t\t\tPanchnama
\n\t\t\tof production of Paliya by \tMeeraben ?  Exh.22<\/p>\n
\t\t\tProduction
\n\t\t\tof original F.I.R.(Accused)<\/p>\n
\t\t\tF.I.R.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\t\t\t– Complainant (Lakhiben)<\/p>\n
8.
\n The prosecution has examined PW-1-Lakhiben Keslabhai ?  Exh.9, who
\nis wife of the deceased, and the complainant.  She has  deposed that
\nshe along with her husband were walking towards their house and she
\nreached the house first. At that time, the appellant ?  accused
\ninflicted blow on the head of her husband with Paliya and this
\nincident was happened in front of the house of the appellant-accused.
\nThe appellant’s house is close to her house. She has deposed that the
\nincident took place at about 6 O’Clock in the evening. There was no
\nreason to inflict Paliya blow to her husband. Thereafter, she along
\nwith some other persons took her husband to Kawant Hospital.  She has
\ngiven the complaint about the incident at Kawant Police Station.
\nFrom Kawant Hospital, her husband was shifted to SSG Hospital
\nVadodara for better treatment, accompanying him. She has stated that
\nduring the treatment, her husband expired. She has identified the
\nappellant and the weapon used in the incident. In her cross
\nexamination, she has stated that at first instance, she took her
\nhusband in a ?SChakada?? directly to Kawant police station, where
\nshe has lodged the complaint. She has stated that in her presence,
\nthe police questioned her husband. She has further stated that she
\nreached the Police Station at about 7 O’Clock in the evening and
\ndenied that they spent about one hour in the Police Station.
\nThereafter, she has taken her husband to the hospital and the Doctor
\non duty talked to her husband to which, her husband was giving
\nanswer.   Thereafter her husband was taken in a Govt. vehicle to
\nVadodara and reached Vadodara at about 3 O’Clock in the early
\nmorning.  She has further stated that there was no accident or
\nanything happened during their travel from Kawant to Vadodara. The
\nDoctor had talked to her husband, but  he was not in a position talk.
\nThe Doctor gave her husband the necessary treatment, but he expired
\non the next day at about 3 O’Clock in the afternoon. Her husband was
\nnot in a position to talk till then. The statement was taken by the
\npolice from her at about 6 O’Clock, after the death of her husband.
\nShe has denied that the appellant-accused had drunk and was in an
\ninebriated condition at the time of incident. She has admitted that
\nshe has given  the statement that on the day of incident at about 6
\nO’Clock, she was at her house  and her husband was standing in the
\nfront side of the appellant’s house, which is nearby her house. She
\nhas also admitted that it is true that she has written in the
\ncomplaint before the police that at the time of incident, the
\nappellant had asked him as to why the crop of Ladies Finger had been
\ncollected. She has stated that she has been watering Ladies Finger
\ngrown at the portion of her land only and not in the portion of the
\nappellant.\n<\/p>\n
6.\tI
\nhave heard learned advocate Buddhabhatti, who is appearing as amicus
\ncuriae, appointed through Legal
\nAid Committee, on behalf of the appellant-accused and learned
\nAPP Mr.U.R.Bhatt.\n<\/p>\n
7.\tLearned
\nadvocate Mr.Budhhbhatti has taken this Court through the entire
\nevidence on record and submitted that taking into consideration the
\ncross complaint which is produced at Exh.36, the presence of the
\npresent appellant-accused was well established by the prosecution.
\nHe submitted that taking into consideration the complaint which is
\nproduced at Exh.33, it seems that a quarrel had taken place in
\nconnection with the collection of crop of Ladies Finger alone by the
\ncomplainant’s husband.  As per the PM report also, which is produced
\nas Exh.26, only one injury is found on the head of the deceased on
\nthe left-hand side temporal region and fracture was there.  It has
\nalso come in evidence that, firstly, the injured along with his
\nwife-complainant had gone to Police Station instead of going to
\nhospital and the complaint was lodged by the complainant. So, cross
\ncomplaint Exh.36 clearly suggests that all of a sudden the quarrel
\nhad taken place and accused as well as the deceased both were injured
\nin the scuffle, but as a result of the same, deceased received
\nsomewhat serious injury.  Therefore, the trial Court has rightly
\nconvicted the accused for the offence punishable under Section 304(2)
\nof IPC.  He further submitted that the appellant-accused is in jail
\nsince more than 8 years, and a poor person having no criminal
\nantecedents and hence, the appeal is required to be allowed
\nconsidering the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case.\n<\/p>\n
8.\tThe
\nwitness Meeraben Keslabhai  – PW-2 ?  Exh.10 has also stated in her
\ndeposition the same story as per that of the complainant Lekhiben.
\nShe has also identified the accused as well as the weapon used in
\ncommitting the offence. Same is the position with witness PW-3
\nVesalbhai Amariyabhai Rathwa ?  Exh.11. So also, the evidence of
\nother witnesses is of somewhat similar nature, though there are
\ncertain minor contradictions.\n<\/p>\n
9.\tConsidering
\nthe above, the appeal deserves to be  allowed and it is hereby partly
\nallowed. So far as the judgment and order of conviction and sentence
\ndated 25.6.2004 passed by the learned Addl.Sessions Judge & 4th
\nFast Track Judge, Fast Track Court, Chhota-udepur, against the
\nappellant for the offence punishable under Section 304(2) of IPC in
\nCriminal Case No.77 of 2003 is concerned, while confirming the order
\nof conviction, the order of sentence is modified and reduced to the
\nextent that the period of sentence which the appellant-accused has
\nalready undergone be treated as the sentence imposed upon him.  The
\nappellant-accused is ordered to be released forthwith. Bail bond, if
\nany, shall stand cancelled.\n<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(M.D.Shah, J.)<\/p>\n
Sreeram.\n<\/p>\n
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