{"id":82741,"date":"2008-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-alagaraja-vs-state-of-kerala-on-15-october-2008"},"modified":"2018-01-16T13:01:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T07:31:04","slug":"m-alagaraja-vs-state-of-kerala-on-15-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-alagaraja-vs-state-of-kerala-on-15-october-2008","title":{"rendered":"M.Alagaraja vs State Of Kerala on 15 October, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
M.Alagaraja vs State Of Kerala on 15 October, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl.Rev.Pet.No. 185 of 2002()\n\n\n1. M.ALAGARAJA,S\/O.MUTHUSWAMY,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY THE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.T.M.ABDUL LATHEEF\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice THOMAS P.JOSEPH\n\n Dated :15\/10\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                            THOMAS P. JOSEPH, J.\n                           --------------------------------------\n                             Crl.R.P. No.185 of 2002\n                           --------------------------------------\n                    Dated this the 15th day of October, 2008.\n\n                                        ORDER\n<\/pre>\n
             Heard both sides.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       2.    Revision petitioner faced trial in the court of learned Additional<\/p>\n
Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam in C.C.No.206 of 1997 for offence<\/p>\n
punishable under Section 3(a) of the Railways Property (Unlawful Possession)<\/p>\n
Act, 1966 (for short, ‘the Act’). He was found guilty, convicted and sentenced to<\/p>\n
undergo simple imprisonment for one year and pay fine of Rs.1,000\/-.             He<\/p>\n
preferred appeal but, conviction and sentence were confirmed.          Hence, this<\/p>\n
revision.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       3.    It is contended that MO1 is not proved to be a railway property as<\/p>\n
defined in Section 2(d) of the Act. It is also contended that there is no sufficient<\/p>\n
evidence to show that revision petitioner was in possession of MO1.<\/p>\n
       4.    Case is that on 26.2.1994 at about 11.45 p.m. revision petitioner<\/p>\n
was found carrying MO1, railway parcel kept in a gunny bag on a cycle. Offence<\/p>\n
is said to have been detected by PW1, Head Constable attached to the Railway<\/p>\n
Protection Force (for short, ‘RPF’). He stated that on the relevant day, time and<\/p>\n
place he found revision petitioner carrying a gunny bag on the carrier of a cycle.<\/p>\n
Revision petitioner was proceeding from railway platform No.IV to the nearby<\/p>\n
Crl.R.P.No.185\/2002<\/p>\n
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road. PW1 felt suspicious, intercepted the revision petitioner and checked the<\/p>\n
gunny bag when he noticed railway parcel in that gunny bag. PW1 arrested the<\/p>\n
revision petitioner and seized the said article and cycle as per Ext.P1, mahazar.<\/p>\n
MO1 is the parcel and MO2 is the cycle on which according to PW1, revision<\/p>\n
petitioner was carrying MO1. The said properties along with revision petitioner<\/p>\n
were produced in the office of the RPF. There, statement of revision petitioner<\/p>\n
was recorded by the officials which is Ext.P3. Ext.P2 is the report which PW1<\/p>\n
handed over to the RPF. PW2 stated that on 26.2.1994 at about midnight he<\/p>\n
saw revision petitioner going with a cycle. MO1 was on the carrier of the cycle.<\/p>\n
Revision petitioner was arrested by RPF staff. PW2 is an attestor in ExtP1.<\/p>\n
PW3, Parcel Supervisor stated that he found MO1 on the railway platform on<\/p>\n
26.2.1994. It contained the railway mark. On 27.2.1994 he found the same<\/p>\n
missing and gave report. Ext.P5 is the report. Later, he examined MO1 at the<\/p>\n
office of RPF and issued Ext.P4 (to the effect that it is railway parcel). PWs 4<\/p>\n
and 5 are railway officials at Ernakulam Junction.        They stated that MO1<\/p>\n
belonged to the railway. According to PW4, MO1 was unloaded at Ernakulam<\/p>\n
Junction and thereon necessary entries were made in Ext.P6. PW5 proved<\/p>\n
Ext.P7, extract of unloading register.     PW6 is     the Chief Parcel Clerk at<\/p>\n
Muradabad. He stated that MO1 was booked by him on behalf of Balaji Metals<\/p>\n
Houses. Ext.P9 is the copy of the forwarding note. Ext.P10 is the copy of way<\/p>\n
bill. According to PW6 also, MO1 contained railway mark. PW7 is the Markman<\/p>\n
who put railway mark on MO1. PW8, Senior Commercial Clerk stated that on<\/p>\n
30.1.1996, wagon concerned was unloaded by him. Ext.P11 is the copy of the<\/p>\n
Crl.R.P.No.185\/2002<\/p>\n
                                         3<\/span><\/p>\n
unloading register. Parcel No.6914 (which is MO1) was booked to Ernakulam<\/p>\n
Junction from Muradabad Station. PW9 was loading and unloading Supervisor.<\/p>\n
He stated that he unloaded the said parcel from train No.7058. Ext.P12 is the<\/p>\n
relevant extract of the register. PW11, Sub Inspector of RPF recorded the<\/p>\n
statement of revision petitioner (Ext.P3).\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       5.    It is contended that MO1 is not a railway property as defined in<\/p>\n
Section 2(d) of the Act. Section 2(d) defines railway property as including “any<\/p>\n
goods, money or valuable security, or animal, belonging to, or in the charge or<\/p>\n
possession of, a railway administration”. It is clear from Section 2(d) of the Act<\/p>\n
that the property need not be owned by the railway but, it is sufficient thatat the<\/p>\n
relevant time it was in charge of or in possession of the railway administration.<\/p>\n
Here, evidence revealed that MO1 was booked at Muradabad to be delivered to<\/p>\n
Balaji Metals Houses at Ernakulam and the same was transported through<\/p>\n
railway.   That, the said article was booked as above stated, transported to<\/p>\n
Ernakulam and unloaded at Ernakulam Railway Junction are proved by<\/p>\n
documentary and oral evidence. Necessarily          therefore, MO1 was in the<\/p>\n
possession of, or at least in the charge of a railway administration during the<\/p>\n
relevant time.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       6.    Exts.P1 and P2 and evidence of PWs 1 and 2 show that MO1 was<\/p>\n
seized from the possession of revision petitioner. Revision petitioner has not<\/p>\n
accounted for his possession. He was not able to produce any document to<\/p>\n
show that he was authorized or entitled to possess MO1. Therefore, Section 3<\/p>\n
Crl.R.P.No.185\/2002<\/p>\n
                                           4<\/span><\/p>\n
(d) of the Act applied and conviction of revision petitioner is legal and proper.<\/p>\n
        7.    On the question of sentence, learned counsel made a fervent plea<\/p>\n
for leniency. Counsel submitted that revision petitioner is the only breadwinner<\/p>\n
of his family consisting of wife and two children who are studying. According to<\/p>\n
learned counsel, wife of the revision petitioner is afflicted with all sort of illness<\/p>\n
and revision petitioner, at the relevant time was working as Clerk in the railways.<\/p>\n
Now also he is working in the railways. His salary is the only source of income<\/p>\n
for the family. It is submitted that revision petitioner was aged 38 years at the<\/p>\n
time of incident and that if the imprisonment awarded to him is sustained, he will<\/p>\n
cost his job which will affect the entire family. Learned counsel submitted that<\/p>\n
an opportunity may be given to the revision petitioner to           correct hmself.<\/p>\n
Learned counsel submitted that imprisonment is not mandatory since revision<\/p>\n
petitioner is only a first offender. He placed reliance on the decision in Nirmal<\/p>\n
Lal Gupta v. State of Orissa (1995 Supp (2) SCC 713) where, instead of<\/p>\n
sentencing the offender for imprisonment, he was sentenced to pay fine of<\/p>\n
Rs.3,000\/-.\n<\/p>\n
        8.    I went through the statement of the revision petitioner recorded by<\/p>\n
learned magistrate on the question of sentence. He only stated that he has a<\/p>\n
family to be maintained. Though further details are not stated by him, I find no<\/p>\n
reason to discard the submission made by the learned counsel at the Bar. It is<\/p>\n
not shown that revision petitioner is involved in any other case.           In these<\/p>\n
circumstances I am inclined to think that sentence of fine of Rs.2,500\/- is<\/p>\n
sufficient punishment in the ends of justice.\n<\/p>\n
Crl.R.P.No.185\/2002<\/p>\n
                                        5<\/span><\/p>\n
      Resultantly, Revision Petition is allowed in part in the following lines:-<\/p>\n
                   Sentence imposed on revision petitioner is modified as fine<\/p>\n
of Rs.2,500\/-   (Rupees Two thousand and five hundred only) in default of<\/p>\n
payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for two months. Bail bond is<\/p>\n
cancelled.\n<\/p>\n
      Crl.M.P.No. 1248 of 2002 shall stand dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                                     THOMAS P.JOSEPH,
\n                                                                JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
cks<\/p>\n
Crl.R.P.No.185\/2002<\/p>\n
                       6<\/span><\/p>\n
                          Thomas P.Joseph, J.\n<\/p>\n
                          Crl.R.P.No.185 of 2002<\/p>\n
                                ORDER<\/p>\n
                          15th October, 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court M.Alagaraja vs State Of Kerala on 15 October, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 185 of 2002() 1. M.ALAGARAJA,S\/O.MUTHUSWAMY, … Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY THE … Respondent 2. STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY THE For Petitioner :SRI.T.M.ABDUL LATHEEF For Respondent :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Hon’ble MR. 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