{"id":71722,"date":"2010-05-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chalil-gopi-vs-state-of-kerala-on-31-may-2010"},"modified":"2018-04-10T22:49:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T17:19:14","slug":"chalil-gopi-vs-state-of-kerala-on-31-may-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chalil-gopi-vs-state-of-kerala-on-31-may-2010","title":{"rendered":"Chalil Gopi vs State Of Kerala on 31 May, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Chalil Gopi vs State Of Kerala on 31 May, 2010<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl.Rev.Pet.No. 1346 of 2003()\n\n\n1. CHALIL GOPI, S\/O. KRISHNAN,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.P.RAMACHANDRAN\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR\n\n Dated :31\/05\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n            M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR,J.\n\n            ---------------------------------------------\n             CRL.R.P.NO.1346 OF 2003\n            ---------------------------------------------\n                Dated 31st           May, 2010\n\n\n                           O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n
               Petitioner,                  the          accused   in<\/p>\n
C.C.185\/1996 on the file of Additional Chief<\/p>\n
Judicial Magistrate, Thalassery was convicted<\/p>\n
and sentenced to simple imprisonment for six<\/p>\n
months  and  a     fine         of      Rs.25,000\/-           and  in<\/p>\n
default simple imprisonment for six months for<\/p>\n
the offence under Section 55(a) of Abkari Act.<\/p>\n
Petitioner  challenged                the         conviction      and<\/p>\n
sentence before Sessions court, Thalassery in<\/p>\n
Crl.A.339\/1998.      Learned            Additional           Sessions<\/p>\n
Judge  on  re-appreciation                    of      the    evidence<\/p>\n
confirmed  the     conviction               and        sentence   and<\/p>\n
dismissed the appeal.             It is challenged in the<\/p>\n
revision.\n<\/p>\n
       2.     Learned               counsel appearing for<\/p>\n
CRRP 1346\/03
\n                          2<\/span><\/p>\n
the       petitioner and learned Public Prosecutor<\/p>\n
were heard.\n<\/p>\n
           3. Argument of the learned counsel  is<\/p>\n
that though Ext.P3 report of chemical analysis<\/p>\n
was relied on by the courts below to find that<\/p>\n
petitioner was in possession of illicit arrack,<\/p>\n
courts below should not have relied on Ext.P3<\/p>\n
in the absence of evidence to prove that the<\/p>\n
said certificate was obtained on examination of<\/p>\n
the    sample    collected  from  the   contraband<\/p>\n
article seized       from the petitioner. It was<\/p>\n
pointed     out  that  though  PW1  the  detecting<\/p>\n
officer     was  examined, he  did  not  give  any<\/p>\n
evidence as to the production of MO.1 can or<\/p>\n
the sample in court and there is no evidence to<\/p>\n
prove when exactly the sample was produced in<\/p>\n
court or when it was forwarded for chemical<\/p>\n
analysis and therefore, courts below should not<\/p>\n
CRRP 1346\/03
\n                           3<\/span><\/p>\n
have     convicted   the   petitioner  relying   on<\/p>\n
Ext.P3. Learned counsel would argue that even<\/p>\n
if   the     property  list  and  forwarding   note<\/p>\n
available among the records were     perused, they<\/p>\n
will not throw any light on when exactly MO.1<\/p>\n
sample      was received in court and was forwarded<\/p>\n
and in such circumstances, petitioner is at<\/p>\n
least entitled to the benefit of reasonable<\/p>\n
doubt.       Learned   counsel further argued that<\/p>\n
in any case, conviction      for the offence under<\/p>\n
Section 55(a) of Abkari Act will not lie as<\/p>\n
there     is  no  allegation  that  petitioner  was<\/p>\n
found in possession of illicit arrack in the<\/p>\n
course of import or export. Reliance was placed<\/p>\n
on the decision of this court in Surendran v.<\/p>\n
Excise Inspector<\/a> (2004 (1) KLT 404) and Mohanan<\/p>\n
v. State of Kerala<\/a> (2007 (1) KLT 845).<\/p>\n
           4. Learned Public Prosecutor submitted<\/p>\n
CRRP 1346\/03
\n                         4<\/span><\/p>\n
that neither    before the trial court nor before<\/p>\n
the appellate court    the question of production<\/p>\n
of MO.1 or the sample or validity of Ext.P3<\/p>\n
report      was challenged  and   property   list<\/p>\n
accepted by the     learned Magistrate shows that<\/p>\n
on 2\/11\/1995 itself MO.1 and the sample were<\/p>\n
produced in court and records show that when<\/p>\n
the     final   report  was  submitted   it   was<\/p>\n
returned , as there is no requisition to send<\/p>\n
the sample and the requisition was submitted<\/p>\n
before the court on    12\/4\/1996 as seen from the<\/p>\n
court seal and in such circumstances, based on<\/p>\n
the   lack    of such   evidence  the  conviction<\/p>\n
cannot be quashed. Learned Public Prosecutor<\/p>\n
pointed out that both the courts have properly<\/p>\n
appreciated the evidence and there is no reason<\/p>\n
to      interfere  with  the  conviction  or the<\/p>\n
sentence.<\/p>\n
\n\nCRRP 1346\/03\n                          5<\/span>\n\n\n           5. Prosecution    case   is   that   on\n\n1\/11\/1995     at  about  7.45  a.m  while  PW1  the\n\nExcise     Inspector,  Koothuparamba  Excise  Range\n\n<\/pre>\n
along with PW2 Excise Guard were on patrol<\/p>\n
duty, they found the petitioner standing on the<\/p>\n
side of the road holding MO.1 can and getting<\/p>\n
suspicious,     petitioner  was   apprehended.  On<\/p>\n
opening the can it was found that it contained<\/p>\n
about four liters of illicit arrack ascertained<\/p>\n
by    its    smell   and  taste.   Petitioner   was<\/p>\n
arrested.     Mo.1  can  which  contained  illicit<\/p>\n
arrack was seized. The sample was taken in a<\/p>\n
180 ml. bottle. The sample and MO.1 were sealed<\/p>\n
in the presence of the petitioner and Pws.3 and<\/p>\n
4 the attesting witnesses. After the sample was<\/p>\n
sent    for   chemical   analysis  from  court   on<\/p>\n
requisition      submitted.   Ext.P3   report   of<\/p>\n
chemical analysis was received on examination<\/p>\n
CRRP 1346\/03
\n                         6<\/span><\/p>\n
of the sample.\n<\/p>\n
           6. Argument of the learned counsel is<\/p>\n
that PW1 did not depose that sample taken or<\/p>\n
MO.1 can were produced in court and therefore,<\/p>\n
there is no evidence. It is      also argued that<\/p>\n
property list and the forwarding note were also<\/p>\n
not marked and in such circumstances, there is<\/p>\n
no evidence when the sample was produced in<\/p>\n
court and when it was sent and      and even if,<\/p>\n
the     records available, are perused they will<\/p>\n
not show when the sample and MO.1 were received<\/p>\n
in court and at best, it would show      that it<\/p>\n
was sent for chemical analysis in 1996. True,<\/p>\n
when    PW1   was examined,  he  did  not  depose<\/p>\n
specifically that MO.1 can containing illicit<\/p>\n
arrack seized or the sample were produced in<\/p>\n
court.      But Ext.P3 was  marked as the report<\/p>\n
of chemical analysis,     received on examination<\/p>\n
CRRP 1346\/03
\n                         7<\/span><\/p>\n
of the sample from the laboratory. Ext.P3 shows<\/p>\n
that       the said report was submitted   after<\/p>\n
analysis of the sample sent from court, as per<\/p>\n
R.P.29\/1995    dated  12\/4\/1996. Though  property<\/p>\n
list and forwarding note were marked, I have no<\/p>\n
hesitation to hold that those records could be<\/p>\n
looked      into, especially when petitioner did<\/p>\n
not challenge these aspects before the trial<\/p>\n
court or the appellate court. Property list<\/p>\n
shows as it was prepared on 1\/11\/1995 by PW1<\/p>\n
Excise Inspector on the date of seizure itself.<\/p>\n
On    the reverse side of property list    it is<\/p>\n
noted     that it  was  received and  entered  as<\/p>\n
R.P.29\/1995. Forwarding note accompanying the<\/p>\n
property list shows that it was received in<\/p>\n
court on 12\/4\/1996. Final report shows that<\/p>\n
was submitted before the court on 12\/2\/1996 and<\/p>\n
was returned, as there was no requisition for<\/p>\n
CRRP 1346\/03
\n                         8<\/span><\/p>\n
sending the sample     for chemical analysis. It<\/p>\n
further     shows that   final  report  was  re-<\/p>\n
submitted on 11\/4\/1996, with the requisition to<\/p>\n
send the sample for chemical analysis. Court<\/p>\n
seal in the final report shows that it was<\/p>\n
received in court on 12\/4\/1996. Requisition to<\/p>\n
forward the sample to chemical analysis sent<\/p>\n
along with property list shows the court seal<\/p>\n
dated 12\/4\/1996. Therefore, it is absolutely<\/p>\n
clear that Ext.P3 report was prepared after<\/p>\n
examination of the sample which was produced in<\/p>\n
court and received as R.P.29\/1995 as per     the<\/p>\n
property     list  prepared  on   1\/11\/1995  and<\/p>\n
received       in court   on 2\/11\/1995.  It  was<\/p>\n
forwarded     on   12\/4\/1996  pursuant   to  the<\/p>\n
requisition to forward the sample, as clear<\/p>\n
from    Ext.P3  report.  In the  light  of these<\/p>\n
materials     and inherent   evidence, I have no<\/p>\n
CRRP 1346\/03
\n                          9<\/span><\/p>\n
hesitation to hold Ext.P3 report was submitted,<\/p>\n
on chemical analysis of the sample produced in<\/p>\n
court     by  PW1  after   its seizure  from  the<\/p>\n
petitioner on 1\/11\/1995.\n<\/p>\n
           7. Though   seizure   was   challenged,<\/p>\n
learned Magistrate and learned Sessions Judge<\/p>\n
appreciated the evidence of Pws.1 and 2    in the<\/p>\n
light     of  Ext.P3  the  contemporaneous  record<\/p>\n
prepared and evidence of Pws.3 and 4 show that<\/p>\n
though they did not support the prosecution<\/p>\n
case in toto, on their evidence the seizure<\/p>\n
cannot      be  disbelieved.  Learned   Magistrate<\/p>\n
accepted       the    evidence     after    proper<\/p>\n
appreciation.     Learned   Sessions  Judge   also<\/p>\n
accepted it. I find no reason        to interfere<\/p>\n
with    the     appreciation of  evidence  or  the<\/p>\n
finding      that  MO.1   was  seized   from   the<\/p>\n
petitioner on 1\/11\/1995 and sample was prepared<\/p>\n
CRRP 1346\/03
\n                         10<\/span><\/p>\n
as   deposed   by  PW1  and  corroborated  by  the<\/p>\n
evidence of PW2.\n<\/p>\n
           8. Then   the   question  is   whether<\/p>\n
identity of the sample produced in court is<\/p>\n
established. Ext.P1 seizure mahazar itself show<\/p>\n
that    after     sealing  MO.1  and  the  sample<\/p>\n
petitioner was asked to     affix his seal and he<\/p>\n
declined stating that the        seal affixed is<\/p>\n
sufficient. PW1    from the box  re-iterated that<\/p>\n
version.     It  was  not   challenged  in  cross<\/p>\n
examination.    Therefore,  evidence   establishes<\/p>\n
that PW1 has taken sample from MO.1 can seized<\/p>\n
in the presence of the petitioner and sealed<\/p>\n
it. Ext.P3 report is based on chemical analysis<\/p>\n
of the sample so taken. Ext.P2        establishes<\/p>\n
that    sample  is   illicit  arrack.   Therefore,<\/p>\n
prosecution    has  conclusively  establish   that<\/p>\n
petitioner has been in possession of illicit<\/p>\n
CRRP 1346\/03
\n                          11<\/span><\/p>\n
arrack on 1\/11\/1995.\n<\/p>\n
           9. Then the question is what is the<\/p>\n
offence      attracted.   Though  petitioner   was<\/p>\n
convicted for the      offence under Section 55(a)<\/p>\n
of Abkari Act, as held by the Division Bench of<\/p>\n
this court in Surendran v. Excise Inspector<\/a><\/p>\n
(2004 (1) KLT 404) and Mohanan v. State of<\/p>\n
Kerala<\/a> (2007 (1) KLT 845), conviction for the<\/p>\n
offence under Section 55(a) of Abkari Act will<\/p>\n
not    lie    as  prosecution  has  no  case  that<\/p>\n
petitioner was in possession of the contraband<\/p>\n
article, either in the course of import or<\/p>\n
export. He could only be convicted for the<\/p>\n
offence      under  Section  58  of   Abkari  Act.<\/p>\n
Conviction for the offence under Section 55(a)<\/p>\n
is therefore, not sustainable. But petitioner<\/p>\n
is   to     be convicted  for  the  offence under<\/p>\n
Section 58 of Abkari Act.\n<\/p>\n
CRRP 1346\/03
\n                          12<\/span><\/p>\n
            10.   Then the question is regarding<\/p>\n
the    sentence.   As   Section  58   then  stood,<\/p>\n
sentence provided was fine which shall not be<\/p>\n
less      than   rupees   fifteen   thousand   and<\/p>\n
imprisonment for a term which may extend to one<\/p>\n
year. Though there was minimum fine of rupees<\/p>\n
fifteen thousand provided, there was no minimum<\/p>\n
substantive sentence provided. Considering the<\/p>\n
fact     that  the   incident  was   in  1995 and<\/p>\n
petitioner     was   not   involved  in  any other<\/p>\n
abkari offences,      interest of justice will be<\/p>\n
met,    if   petitioner  is  sentenced  to  simple<\/p>\n
imprisonment for one month and a fine of rupees<\/p>\n
fifteen      thousand  and    in   default  simple<\/p>\n
imprisonment for one month.\n<\/p>\n
           Revision is allowed in part. Conviction<\/p>\n
of the petitioner for the offence under Section<\/p>\n
55(a) of Abkari Act and sentence awarded are<\/p>\n
CRRP 1346\/03
\n                         13<\/span><\/p>\n
set aside. Petitioner is convicted       for the<\/p>\n
offence under Section 58 of Kerala Abkari Act<\/p>\n
and sentenced to simple imprisonment for one<\/p>\n
month and fine of Rs.15,000\/- (Rupees Fifteen<\/p>\n
thousand      only)  and    in   default   simple<\/p>\n
imprisonment     for one   month.  Petitioner  is<\/p>\n
entitled to get set off, as provided under<\/p>\n
Section     428 of  Code  of Criminal  Procedure.<\/p>\n
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thalssery<\/p>\n
is directed to execute the sentence. Petitioner<\/p>\n
is   directed    to  appear  before  the  learned<\/p>\n
Magistrate on 1\/7\/2010.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                            M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR,
\n                                       JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
\nuj.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court Chalil Gopi vs State Of Kerala on 31 May, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1346 of 2003() 1. CHALIL GOPI, S\/O. KRISHNAN, … Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, … Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.P.P.RAMACHANDRAN For Respondent :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Hon’ble MR. 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