{"id":76236,"date":"2010-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-karnataka-by-nagamangala-vs-narayanagowda-so-on-24-august-2010"},"modified":"2016-02-11T20:02:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T14:32:06","slug":"state-of-karnataka-by-nagamangala-vs-narayanagowda-so-on-24-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-karnataka-by-nagamangala-vs-narayanagowda-so-on-24-august-2010","title":{"rendered":"State Of Karnataka By Nagamangala &#8230; vs Narayanagowda S\/O &#8230; on 24 August, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">State Of Karnataka By Nagamangala &#8230; vs Narayanagowda S\/O &#8230; on 24 August, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: K.Sreedhar Rao B.V.Pinto<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT \n\nDATED THIS THE 24TH DAY OF AUGUs$;\u00ab~~2Q'llj__e-  \" \n\nPRESENT\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. JUS'l'iC:l\u00a5l.3lAlV{l_:S\"1'\"&lt;Ii3l3?l)Irlt&#039;x_1\u00a7  _ \n\nN519\n\nTHE HONBLE MR.&#039;   \n\nCR,I_,;&quot;A,_ No.=&quot;1&quot;155j&#039;cili*eA2Q04  \n\nBETWEEN: -\n\nState of Kamata_1\u00a7a. ._ 1 \nBy Nagan}a.=1;;_za1eijV_ Eoli*ce; __  \n\n(By Sr; P&#039;-.3\/1. V1V\\r\u00a7iu&#039;.iaz:,&#039;lA.c:1tl1.,:\nAND:- V&#039;  t \n\nl\\{ai&#039;:aygtflagowd&#039;a; \u00ab  _____ H ;\n\n&#039;V &quot; _S\/&#039;o. Nrarasimhegowda,\n &#039; ;.3&#039;8=ye&#039;arS.l  \n . O&quot;c_:_c:;A samageya Plumbing,\nea\/a. Kale1~ia%ialliVi1lage,\n\nNagamangala Taluk.\n\n&#039;  Mandya District.\n\nV.    Venkatareddy, Advocate}\n\nAppellant\n\nRespondent<\/pre>\n<p>.This Crl.A. is filed U\/s.378(1) 8; (3) Cr.P.C. by the<\/p>\n<p> State P.P. for the State praying that this Horfble Court may<\/p>\n<p>be pleased to grant leave to \ufb01le an appeal against the<br \/>\nJudgment dated 17.02.2004 passed by the R0,, Fast Track<br \/>\nCourt-II, Mandya, in S.C.No.30\/97, acquitting the<\/p>\n<p>\/\/A7&#8242;:\n<\/p>\n<p>respondent~accused for the offences punishable  :3:<\/p>\n<p>307 of IPC. The appellant\/State prays that theWa&#8217;ooVea.&#8217;order<\/p>\n<p>may be set aside.  2<\/p>\n<p>This appeal coming for hearing on   .3; . <\/p>\n<p>delivered the following:\n<\/p>\n<p>Junemeqig<\/p>\n<p>Being aggrieved by theEj&#8221;u.dgnien.t <\/p>\n<p>passed by the learned.\u00bb-Spessions \u00a2.\u00a5&#8217;:_L:1d&#8217;ge,.&#8217;FastA&#8217;Iracl{V: Court ~&#8211; II<br \/>\nat Mandya in S.C.No.3G} respondent for<br \/>\nthe offence     State has filed this<br \/>\nappeal. I  1 1 A 3 <\/p>\n<p> I . The .\u00bbthe prosecution is that on<\/p>\n<p>14.1_l.199t3~. in the&#8211;.nig,_ht about 2&#8217;0 clock the resondent is<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;~  A  .haveA&#8217;varo&#8211;:1gful1y con\ufb01ned CW1 &#8212; Prema locking the<\/p>\n<p>&#8216; :front the house where she was sleeping with CW2 &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>.Mo1lAegoW&#8217;d5al..and CW3 &#8211; Puttamma and thereby he has<\/p>\n<p> corhmitted an offence U \/ s.342 of IPC.<\/p>\n<p> 3. It is further alleged against the respondent as on<\/p>\n<p>  .. ___the said date, place and time, he removed the tiles of the<\/p>\n<p>house where CW1 to CW3 were sleeping and with the help of<\/p>\n<p>torch light, he poured kerosene on CW} and threw a burning<\/p>\n<p>Q&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\/\/5&#8242;<\/p>\n<p>match stick on her with an intention or knowledge that if by<br \/>\nthat act he had caused the death of CW1 he wouid have<\/p>\n<p>been guilty of murder and thereby committed :&#8217;0.f_t&#8217;e.I_1ce<\/p>\n<p>U\/s.3(}7 of IPC. The prosecution in order <\/p>\n<p>has examined PW1 to PW11 and; got rnar&#8217;ked&#8217;-iE::st;}?1&#8243;to  <\/p>\n<p>and produced M.Os.1 to 9. After hearing. &#8216;arid<\/p>\n<p>the defence. which is one oftttctal denial. the&#8217;v:tria1&#8230;C9u.:rt <\/p>\n<p>acquitted the respondent of  oifencesgtcharged against<br \/>\nhim. Hence, the State  tiled <\/p>\n<p> I .  thejinjured Prema and she has stated<br \/>\nbefore the Court that. marriage has taken place about<\/p>\n<p>13 years prio&#8217;r.t_othe date of incident and they have got a son<\/p>\n<p>   m;_ed&#8211;lock and he is aged about 11 years and his<\/p>\n<p>A  &#8216;V  and the accused treated her well for two<\/p>\n<p>yearsthe marriage and her son was born during that<\/p>\n<p> up period&#8230; and after the birth of her son the accused started<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;E-ivihg at Bangalore. Thereafter, there was dispute between<\/p>\n<p>them and therefore, the respondent started iiving separately.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that she had filed O.S.No.153\/ 1994 on the file of<\/p>\n<p>Munsiff. Nagamangala and the court has directed the<\/p>\n<p>V&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\/X<\/p>\n<p>respondent to pay monthly maintenance of Rs.400\/-to PW1.<\/p>\n<p>During the pendency of the suit, on <\/p>\n<p>complainant attended the court along with her  :&#8217;.1_&#8221;11e&#8217;\u00bb.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>respondent was also present before the  d&#8217;-a.y.u&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The court had directed the respondent   <\/p>\n<p>towards conveyance of acctised  it<\/p>\n<p>After they came horne; at  2,00  all the<br \/>\nmembers of the family\u00abwere:sleeping:&#8221;in&#8221;the house, she saw<\/p>\n<p>the respondentr.remoyingthe &#8216;itiiestt  &#8216;roof at the place<\/p>\n<p>Wherettshe &#8220;poured kerosene on her using<br \/>\ntorchvv\ufb02lightt &#8220;~Sh\ufb01:diliillediately Woke up and saw<br \/>\nrespondent dpo-uringiker-&#8216;esene from the terrace and she cried<\/p>\n<p>  her AAclotht.si&#8217;were damped with kerosene. In this<\/p>\n<p>&#8216; v:,connection.s&#8217;t1e had filed complaint before the police on the<\/p>\n<p>7&#8242;,&#8217;1.e&#8217;:~2t  is the complaint.\n<\/p>\n<p>it ..  V PW2 is the father of PW1. He has stated that his<\/p>\n<p>&#8216; &#8216;~ daughter was deserted by the respondent and she is living in<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bangalore and he has stated that as on the date of the<\/p>\n<p> offence, they had gone to the Court and on the night at 2&#8217;0<\/p>\n<p>clock, he came to know through PW} that the respondent<\/p>\n<p>P<\/p>\n<p>\/\/7&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>had poured kerosene on her through terrace by removing<br \/>\ntiles and thereafter he came out from the hougse, and<\/p>\n<p>subsequently lodged the complaint against the&#8230;r\u00a7s;\u00a7\u00a7\ufb01a\u00a2r;:p.<\/p>\n<p>PW3 &#8212; Puttaswamygowda is a neighbour.   q <\/p>\n<p>has turned hostile to the case e5fmthe\u00abprose;cuticn,_VP;W4&#8221;.~&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Jayaramu is also another neighhourgvvhotttlias <\/p>\n<p>noise in the house of PW1 and.._vvhen he went.n_eai&#8217;=Vthe house. V<\/p>\n<p>he saw accused getting..down&#8221;&#8216;f1&#8217;o;ni the roof of~M&#8217;ol1egowda&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>house. Immediately, &#8220;&#8216;h:;mse1r\u00a7&#8217;i&#8217;\u00bb  and others<\/p>\n<p>surroundedZifimdu&#8221;caughtgwhiin and at that time, they<br \/>\nobserved.&#8217; .people*V:&#8217;.&#8221;gathered:&#8221;&#8216;there broke open the door by<br \/>\nbreakingwtthe iockanti ttthetreafter they observed that kerosene<\/p>\n<p> dropped fr&#8221;0rn&#8230;_th&#8217;e terrace of the house of Mollegowda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;  PWI were also damped with kerosene. There<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Was kerosene lamp near the scene of occurrence. PW5 is<\/p>\n<p>Boregowdhax, signatory to Ex.P.2 seizing torch light, plastic<\/p>\n<p>2  A&#8217; and match box. PW6 is another eyewitness who<\/p>\n<p>ta&#8217;-corroborates the evidence of PW1 and PW2. PW?&#8217; has turned<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;uthostile to the case of the prosecution. PW8 is the relative of<\/p>\n<p>PW}. She has stated that she heard that accused poured<\/p>\n<p>kerosene on PW1, however she has turned hostile to thiei.case<\/p>\n<p>of the prosecution.  &#8221; t t<\/p>\n<p>6. PW9 has also not supported <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;case dot&#8221; the V&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>prosecution. PWIO is the Circlednspector ,:w:;IVi&#8217;O b<\/p>\n<p>registered the case in Crime  the <\/p>\n<p>U\/s.3-42 and 307 of IPC a11d&#8221;&#8221;~transniitted_:the&#8221;&#8211;.i5IR to the&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Court. He has conducted investigation inhthe znatter and<br \/>\nafter receiving necessaiy handed over further<br \/>\ninvestigation to&#8217;P__SI   the PSI who has<\/p>\n<p>co:mp.,iete_d&#8211;  and filed charge sheet against<br \/>\nthe respondent;.  consideration of evidence of all these<\/p>\n<p>witpnesspes, .the_:1earned Sessions Judge has found that the<\/p>\n<p>  notmguiity for the offence for which he was<\/p>\n<p>   the respondent.\n<\/p>\n<p> p   Heard Sri P.M. Nawaz, learned SPP and<\/p>\n<p>  &#8221; S..&#8217;\u00a3\u00a7.Venkatareddy learned counsel for the respondent.<\/p>\n<p>8. On careful scrutiny of the papers produced by<\/p>\n<p>the prosecution, it is seen that the version of PW} in so far<\/p>\n<p>as incident is concerned, has not been properiy supported by<\/p>\n<p>other circumstances of the case. FIR has been_..lodged<\/p>\n<p>belatedly while the incident has taken place at 2. on<\/p>\n<p>14.11.1995 and the police station is at the distance&#8217;, <\/p>\n<p>and the complaint has been lodged. in th_e.lpolice\u00bb  <\/p>\n<p>5.30 pm. almost after about 15  from  :.tin.ie-i_of<\/p>\n<p>occurrence. If at all, the &#8216;heinouvs ioffencel <\/p>\n<p>by the respondent, she Wouldyhayer.imrnediatelyflodged the<br \/>\nFIR in the early  &#8216;Uh&#8217;-nder;htlic;-cit&#8217;cumstance, delay of<\/p>\n<p>15 hours to lodge  Police is fatal to<\/p>\n<p>the case lithe:f?.;prols&#8217;ecution..&#8221;&#8221;Further, there is no injury<br \/>\ncaused  &#8220;has not been examined by any<br \/>\ndoctor to&#8221;gsh&#8217;ow that injuries are caused on her. The<\/p>\n<p> neihgl1b.o.urvers PW1, PW3 and PW? and PW9 have<\/p>\n<p>&#8216; snot,  the case of the prosecution. The Witnesses<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Wlilo hav\u00e9\u00e9j supported the prosecution version are only parents<\/p>\n<p>and relatives.\n<\/p>\n<p>On re&#8211;appreciation of the entire materials on record,<\/p>\n<p>we hold that the prosecution has not been successful in<\/p>\n<p>bringing home the guilt of the accused. Therefore, we do not<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;a<\/p>\n<p>%<\/p>\n<p>\ufb01nd any compelling circumstance to convict the&#8221;&#8216;respa.1:1\u20ac.ent\u00ab,<\/p>\n<p>Hence, the appeal fajis and the same is   .<\/p>\n<p>  %sak:\n<\/p>\n<p>.%  k;}UDGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court State Of Karnataka By Nagamangala &#8230; vs Narayanagowda S\/O &#8230; on 24 August, 2010 Author: K.Sreedhar Rao B.V.Pinto IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT DATED THIS THE 24TH DAY OF AUGUs$;\u00ab~~2Q&#8217;llj__e- &#8221; PRESENT THE HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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