{"id":6989,"date":"2008-09-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/appukuttan-pillai-vs-state-of-kerala-on-4-september-2008"},"modified":"2014-02-12T18:02:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T12:32:01","slug":"appukuttan-pillai-vs-state-of-kerala-on-4-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/appukuttan-pillai-vs-state-of-kerala-on-4-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"Appukuttan Pillai vs State Of Kerala on 4 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Appukuttan Pillai vs State Of Kerala on 4 September, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCRL.A.No. 279 of 2005()\n\n\n1. APPUKUTTAN PILLAI,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.GRASHIOUS KURIAKOSE\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR\nThe Hon'ble MRS. Justice M.C.HARI RANI\n\n Dated :04\/09\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n      K. BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & M.C.HARI RANI, JJ.\n                 ----------------------------------------\n                  Crl.Appeal No.279 OF 2005\n                 ----------------------------------------\n          Dated this the 4th day of September, 2008\n\n                          J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
                         ~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n
Balakrishnan Nair, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      The appellant, aggrieved by his conviction under Section<\/p>\n
302 of the I.P.C. and the sentence imposed on him in<\/p>\n
S.C.No.814\/2003 on the files of the Additional District and<\/p>\n
Sessions Court, (Adhoc) Fast Track Court-II, Pathanamthitta,<\/p>\n
has preferred this Criminal Appeal. The prosecution case in<\/p>\n
brief as follows:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      2.    The accused and the deceased were co-workers. They<\/p>\n
were the employees of one Mr.Siddique, who was engaged in<\/p>\n
purchasing, cutting and removing trees from its owners. The<\/p>\n
accused, the deceased and PWs 2 to 4 and 6 were the<\/p>\n
employees engaged for cutting and loading of trees.          The<\/p>\n
accused was jealous of the deceased for the reason that the<\/p>\n
deceased was treated as a better worker by the employer.<\/p>\n
Crl.A.No279\/2005                2<\/span><\/p>\n
On 12.6.2002 at about 9.15.p.m. the accused picked up a quarrel<\/p>\n
with the deceased Sasi.     Both of them took food from the<\/p>\n
Thattukada run by PW1, after the day’s work. During the course<\/p>\n
of the quarrel the accused using his left hand (he is a left handed<\/p>\n
person) beat on the right cheek of Sasi. Sasi retaliated and<\/p>\n
struck on the cheek of the accused.        Infuriated by this the<\/p>\n
accused took a knife and stabbed at the neck of Sasi, who fell<\/p>\n
down and succumbed to the injury.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      3.    PW1 lodged the first information statement before<\/p>\n
PW14. Though he is cited as an occurrence witness, he did not<\/p>\n
say that he actually saw the stabbing.         PW13, the Circle<\/p>\n
Inspector of Police, who was the investigating officer arrested<\/p>\n
the accused on 13.6.2002 at 7.p.m. PW13 conducted the inquest<\/p>\n
and prepared Ext.P2 inquest report.          He questioned the<\/p>\n
witnesses, completed the investigation and laid the charge<\/p>\n
before the Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court, Ranni. The<\/p>\n
case    was    committed  for  trial  to   the   Sessions    Court,<\/p>\n
Pathanamthitta. The Sessions Court made over the case to the<\/p>\n
Additional District and Sessions Court (Adhoc) Fast Track-II,<\/p>\n
Crl.A.No279\/2005                3<\/span><\/p>\n
Pathanamthitta. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges<\/p>\n
framed against him. From the side of the prosecution, PWs 1 to<\/p>\n
14 were examined and Exts.P1 to P17 were marked. From the<\/p>\n
defence side, Exts.D1 to D7 were marked which were the<\/p>\n
relevant portions of the statements under Section 161 of the<\/p>\n
Cr.P.C of the witnesses which were at variance with reference to<\/p>\n
their statements before the court.        Ext.D8 is the report<\/p>\n
forwarded along with the material objects for chemical<\/p>\n
examination by the doctor who conducted the autopsy. The said<\/p>\n
report contains the statement that the contents of the stomach<\/p>\n
were having the smell of alcohol. Material Objects MO1 to MO8<\/p>\n
were also produced and marked from the side of the prosecution.<\/p>\n
While questioning under Section 313 of the Cr.P.C., the accused<\/p>\n
denied the circumstances which appeared against him in the<\/p>\n
evidence.     He has further stated that    he has been falsely<\/p>\n
implicated at the instance of Mr. Siddique, his employer.<\/p>\n
      4.    The learned Sessions Judge after hearing both sides<\/p>\n
found the accused guilty and convicted him for the offence under<\/p>\n
Section 302 of the I.P.C. He was sentenced to undergo rigorous<\/p>\n
Crl.A.No279\/2005                  4<\/span><\/p>\n
imprisonment for life and also to pay a fine of Rs.5,000\/- and in<\/p>\n
default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year.<\/p>\n
      5.    Before the trial court, the defence tried to claim the<\/p>\n
benefit of the first exception to Section 300 of the I.P.C. that the<\/p>\n
offence was committed under grave and sudden provocation.<\/p>\n
The learned Additional Sessions Judge considered the point and<\/p>\n
rejected the said claim of the defence. Before us, the learned<\/p>\n
counsel for the appellant canvassed that the offence proved<\/p>\n
against the appellant will amount to culpable homicide not<\/p>\n
amounting to murder falling under the 4th exception to Section<\/p>\n
300 of the I.P.C. The learned counsel pointed out that there was<\/p>\n
a quarrel between them. The accused was provoked and he beat<\/p>\n
Sasi on his cheek. Sasi retaliated by beating the accused. So, in<\/p>\n
the midst of that fight, he waved a knife at Sasi and the same hit<\/p>\n
on his neck. There was only one injury. The learned counsel<\/p>\n
also pointed that the workers engaged in cutting and loading of<\/p>\n
trees usually carry such weapons with them. The presence of<\/p>\n
the knife with the accused would not show that there was<\/p>\n
preparation or pre-meditation from his part to commit the<\/p>\n
Crl.A.No279\/2005                   5<\/span><\/p>\n
offence. They were living together in the same room, they were<\/p>\n
working together and they have taken food together in that<\/p>\n
evening. Even assuming there is some ill-will between them, the<\/p>\n
same is not a ground to commit the offence of murder.<\/p>\n
Unpleasant feelings between the colleagues working together is<\/p>\n
a usual general thing and the same cannot be described as a<\/p>\n
motive for commission of murder. In this case, under the heat of<\/p>\n
passion, the accused waved the knife and the same resulted in<\/p>\n
inflicting the fatal injury on the deceased. Therefore, the offence<\/p>\n
committed by him will amount to           culpable homicide, not<\/p>\n
amounting to murder and therefore he is liable to be convicted<\/p>\n
only under Part I of 304 of the I.P.C., it is submitted. We heard<\/p>\n
the learned Public Prosecutor on the above point.<\/p>\n
      6.    In this case there is clear evidence to show that the<\/p>\n
accused inflicted the fatal injury on the deceased. PWs 2, 3 and<\/p>\n
4 have spoken to the incident. The version of PW1 also supports<\/p>\n
the case of the prosecution. So, the trial court rightly found that<\/p>\n
it was the accused who inflicted the injury using the knife MO1.<\/p>\n
MO1 contained blood stain and the same was confirmed by<\/p>\n
Crl.A.No279\/2005                6<\/span><\/p>\n
Ext.P16 report of the Forensic Science Laboratory, Trivandrum.<\/p>\n
MO1 was recovered under Section 27 of the Evidence Act based<\/p>\n
on the confession statement of the accused. The evidence of<\/p>\n
doctor and Ext.P5 post-mortem certificate would show that the<\/p>\n
stab injury inflicted was the cause of death of Sasi. The stab<\/p>\n
injury on the neck is sufficient in the ordinary course to cause<\/p>\n
death. So, we feel that it is unnecessary to refer to the evidence<\/p>\n
of the witnesses in detail, especially, in view of the limited plea<\/p>\n
raised by the learned counsel for the appellant. So, we confirm<\/p>\n
the finding of the learned Sessions Judge that it was the accused<\/p>\n
who caused the stab injury on the neck of the deceased and the<\/p>\n
said injury caused his death.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      7.    The next point to be considered is whether the<\/p>\n
conviction entered by the trial court under Section 302 of the<\/p>\n
I.P.C.   is sustainable or whether the offence committed falls<\/p>\n
under the first part of Section 304 of the I.P.C.         We find<\/p>\n
considerable force in the submission of the learned counsel for<\/p>\n
the appellant. The fact that the accused was carrying a knife<\/p>\n
would not show that he had intention or pre-meditation to<\/p>\n
Crl.A.No279\/2005                7<\/span><\/p>\n
murder Sasi. The workers engaged in cutting, loading etc. of<\/p>\n
trees in many places carry such weapons with them. In this<\/p>\n
case, as rightly pointed out by the learned counsel for the<\/p>\n
appellant, the accused and the deceased were living together in<\/p>\n
the same room, they were working together and on the fateful<\/p>\n
day they took food together also. So, it cannot be said that the<\/p>\n
accused was intentionally planning to murder Sasi and he was<\/p>\n
waiting for an opportunity.     Having regard to the place of<\/p>\n
occurrence, no man in his sense will select a public street in the<\/p>\n
presence of several persons familiar to both of them, as a<\/p>\n
suitable place to commit the murder. So, we are of the view that<\/p>\n
there was no pre-meditation for the commission of the offence.<\/p>\n
It has come in evidence that there was some quarrel and<\/p>\n
exchange of unpleasant words between the accused and the<\/p>\n
deceased. Thereupon, the accused beat Sasi on his cheek, who<\/p>\n
in turn retaliated by beating him. Thereupon, the accused waved<\/p>\n
the knife which hit at the neck of the deceased causing the fatal<\/p>\n
stab injury. It must be presumed that the injury caused by him is<\/p>\n
sufficient in the ordinary course to cause death and he has<\/p>\n
struck the blow knowing the same. But, having regard to the<\/p>\n
Crl.A.No279\/2005                 8<\/span><\/p>\n
facts of the case, he committed the act without pre-meditation in<\/p>\n
the midst of a quarrel under the heat of passion. Therefore, we<\/p>\n
are of the view that the offence committed by the accused in this<\/p>\n
case is culpable homicide not amounting to murder, coming<\/p>\n
under the first part of the Section 304 of the I.P.C.<\/p>\n
      8.    Therefore, we set aside the conviction of the<\/p>\n
accused\/appellant    under    Section   302    of  the I.P.C. in<\/p>\n
S.C.No.814\/2003 on the files of the Additional District and<\/p>\n
Sessions Judge, (Adhoc) Fast Track Court-II, Pathanamthitta and<\/p>\n
the sentence imposed for the same. We find him guilty of the<\/p>\n
offence under the 1st part of Section 304 of the I.P.C.      We<\/p>\n
convict him for the said offence and sentence him to suffer<\/p>\n
rigorous imprisonment for 6 years. A fine of Rs.5,000\/- is also<\/p>\n
imposed on the accused\/appellant. But, we are not ordering any<\/p>\n
default sentence. If the said amount is paid or recovered from<\/p>\n
the assets of the accused, the same shall be paid to the legal<\/p>\n
heirs of the deceased Sasi.      The accused was an under-trial<\/p>\n
prisoner from 13.6.2002 to 15.9.2004. From 16.9.2004 he was a<\/p>\n
convict and he has already suffered imprisonment for 4 years<\/p>\n
Crl.A.No279\/2005                  9<\/span><\/p>\n
and 2 months. We order that the accused\/appellant is entitled to<\/p>\n
get set off under Section 428 of the Cr.P.C. Now, therefore, the<\/p>\n
appellant\/accused has already suffered 6 years imprisonment.<\/p>\n
So, he shall be set at liberty forthwith, provided, his detention is<\/p>\n
not required in connection with any other case.<\/p>\n
      The Criminal Appeal is allowed as above.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                           (K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE)<\/p>\n
                                  (M.C.HARI RANI, JUDGE)<\/p>\n
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