{"id":79626,"date":"2009-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajeev-vs-the-excise-inspector-on-29-june-2009"},"modified":"2017-06-07T05:05:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T23:35:58","slug":"rajeev-vs-the-excise-inspector-on-29-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajeev-vs-the-excise-inspector-on-29-june-2009","title":{"rendered":"Rajeev vs The Excise Inspector on 29 June, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Rajeev vs The Excise Inspector on 29 June, 2009<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCRL.A.No. 891 of 2003()\n\n\n1. RAJEEV, S\/O.KUNJITTY, URAKAM.\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, CHERPU RANGE,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.C.A.CHACKO\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.N.KRISHNAN\n\n Dated :29\/06\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                        M.N. KRISHNAN, J.\n                 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =\n                  Crl. Appeal NO. 891      OF 2009\n                 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =\n           Dated this the 29th day of June, 2009.\n\n                         J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
      This appeal is preferred against the conviction and<\/p>\n
sentence passed by the 3rd Addl. Sessions Judge, (Adhoc), Fast<\/p>\n
Tract Court-I, Thrissur in S.C.196\/02. The accused was found<\/p>\n
guilty u\/s 58 of the Abkari Act and was sentenced to undergo<\/p>\n
rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a<\/p>\n
fine of Rs.1,00,000\/- and in default to undergo rigorous<\/p>\n
imprisonment for three months u\/s 58 of the Abkari Act.<\/p>\n
      2.    It is the case of the prosecution that on 16.10.99 at<\/p>\n
about 10.15 a.m. on the western side of the Siva Temple in<\/p>\n
Oorakam village the accused was found in possession of 10<\/p>\n
liters of toddy kept in a jerry can in a plastic bag. It was being<\/p>\n
carried in a cycle.      On seeing the officials there was a<\/p>\n
perplexion on his face. He was intercepted and searched and<\/p>\n
it was found that Can contained toddy of 10 liters. In a 650<\/p>\n
ml. bottle 500 ml of toddy was taken as sample thereafter the<\/p>\n
Crl.A. No. 891 OF 2003
\n                                -:2:-<\/span><\/p>\n
accused was arrested later produced before Court and the<\/p>\n
sample was forwarded to the Chemical Analysis Laboratory. It<\/p>\n
was found it contained percentage of 8.61% by volume of<\/p>\n
ethyl alcohol . The court on analysis of evidence of PWs.1 to 3<\/p>\n
and 5 arrived at a decision that the accused has committed<\/p>\n
offence u\/s 58 of the Abkari Act and convicted him thereunder.<\/p>\n
It is against that decision the appeal has been preferred.<\/p>\n
      3.    The learned counsel for the appellant would contend<\/p>\n
that the accused is admittedly a toddy tapper and he was<\/p>\n
proceeding to measure the toddy and at that time the police<\/p>\n
had intercepted and therefore it is not proper to convict him.<\/p>\n
But according to the learned Prosecutor, the accused has no<\/p>\n
such case at all and his case is that of a total denial.<\/p>\n
      4.     PW1 is the Excise Inspector who had detected the<\/p>\n
case. He had deposed in line with the case of the prosecution.<\/p>\n
It is also stated by him that the accused was a toddy tapper in<\/p>\n
Shop No.9. He also speaks about the sampling and sealing<\/p>\n
and also about the various processes including sending it for<\/p>\n
chemical analysis. Though he had been cross examined at<\/p>\n
Crl.A. No. 891 OF 2003
\n                              -:3:-<\/span><\/p>\n
length nothing has been brought to discredit his evidence. It<\/p>\n
is also brought out in evidence that the Excise Inspector had a<\/p>\n
talk with the Manager of the shop. PW3 is the police officer<\/p>\n
who had accompanied PW1. He had also spoken about the<\/p>\n
search and seizure of the toddy in accordance with the<\/p>\n
evidence of PW1. PW4 is the store manager. He would say<\/p>\n
that he cannot say whether the accused was measuring toddy<\/p>\n
in his shop. According to him the toddy is measured between<\/p>\n
8 a.m. and 10 a.m. and the outer limit is 10.10 a.m. It is also<\/p>\n
deposed by him that accused used to measure toddy. There is<\/p>\n
no case for the accused that he was proceeding to measure<\/p>\n
the toddy in the shop.     His case is that of a total denial.<\/p>\n
Therefore one cannot hold that the evidence is in that<\/p>\n
direction.   The accused was caught hold of by the Excise<\/p>\n
Officials for possessing toddy which runs to about 10 liters.<\/p>\n
He had no proper explanation. If he was really measuring<\/p>\n
toddy in that particular shop he could have produced some<\/p>\n
documents to establish the same for the reason that when one<\/p>\n
admits possession it is for him to prove the nature of<\/p>\n
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\n                              -:4:-<\/span><\/p>\n
possession. As stated by me earlier there is no contention for<\/p>\n
the accused that he was in possession of any toddy. So this<\/p>\n
argument at this stage cannot be accepted. Then the evidence<\/p>\n
of PWs.1 to 3 and 4 would make it clear that toddy was taken<\/p>\n
from him. It contains 8.61% by volume of ethyl alcohol. He<\/p>\n
was having toddy in a cycle which will show that possession<\/p>\n
was only conscious possession. So one cannot hold that S.58<\/p>\n
of the Abkari Act is not attracted. Therefore I hold that this<\/p>\n
Court cannot interfere with the finding of guilt u\/s 58 of the<\/p>\n
Abkari Act.\n<\/p>\n
      5.  Now turning to the question of sentence, it has to<\/p>\n
be stated that he is a toddy tapper by profession and toddy<\/p>\n
was found to be in possession. He had a large family to be<\/p>\n
looked after. Though the offence comes under the ambit of<\/p>\n
Section 58 of the Abkari Act, in these types of cases the<\/p>\n
Courts are expected to take some leniency for the reason that<\/p>\n
the possession was only that of toddy which is a permitted<\/p>\n
liquid and being a toddy tapper by possession he deserves<\/p>\n
sympathy.    I feel the interest of justice can be met by<\/p>\n
Crl.A. No. 891 OF 2003
\n                               -:5:-<\/span><\/p>\n
reducing the sentence of imprisonment to a period of one<\/p>\n
month u\/s 58 of the Abkari Act and to pay a fine of<\/p>\n
Rs.1,00,000\/- in default of which he shall undergo simple<\/p>\n
imprisonment for a further period of 15 days.<\/p>\n
     In the result the appeal is disposed of as follows.<\/p>\n
     (1) The finding of guilt u\/s 58 of the Abkari Act is<\/p>\n
confirmed.\n<\/p>\n
     (2) The sentence is modified and the accused is<\/p>\n
directed to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one<\/p>\n
month and to pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000\/- and on default he<\/p>\n
has to undergo simple imprisonment for 15 days.<\/p>\n
     (4) He is entitled to set off u\/s 428 Cr.P.C.<\/p>\n
     (5) The lower Court shall execute the sentence.<\/p>\n
                                M.N. KRISHNAN, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
ul\/-\n<\/p>\n
Crl.A. No. 891 OF 2003
\n                       -:6:-<\/span><\/p>\n
                             M.N. KRISHNAN, J.\n<\/p>\n
                            = = = = = = = = = =
\n                            Crl.A. No. 891 OF 2003
\n                          = = = = = = = = = = =<\/p>\n
                              J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n
                               29th June, 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court Rajeev vs The Excise Inspector on 29 June, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM CRL.A.No. 891 of 2003() 1. RAJEEV, S\/O.KUNJITTY, URAKAM. … Petitioner Vs 1. THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, CHERPU RANGE, … Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.C.A.CHACKO For Respondent : No Appearance The Hon’ble MR. Justice M.N.KRISHNAN Dated :29\/06\/2009 O […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nRajeev vs The Excise Inspector on 29 June, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajeev-vs-the-excise-inspector-on-29-june-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rajeev vs The Excise Inspector on 29 June, 2009 - 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