{"id":83393,"date":"2010-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vs-state-of-gujarat-and-on-10-february-2010"},"modified":"2018-12-14T01:31:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T20:01:56","slug":"vs-state-of-gujarat-and-on-10-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vs-state-of-gujarat-and-on-10-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"========================================= vs State Of Gujarat And on 10 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">========================================= vs State Of Gujarat And on 10 February, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Z.K.Saiyed,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nCR.A\/2321\/2009\t 8\/ 8\tJUDGMENT \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nCRIMINAL\nAPPEAL No. 2321 of 2009\n \n\n \n \nFor\nApproval and Signature:\n \n\n  \n \nHONOURABLE\nMR.JUSTICE Z.K.SAIYED\n \n\n\n \n \n=========================================\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n1\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tReporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n2\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nTo\n\t\t\tbe referred to the Reporter or not ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n3\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\ttheir Lordships wish to see the fair copy of the judgment ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n4\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tthis case involves a substantial question of law as to the\n\t\t\tinterpretation of the constitution of India, 1950 or any order\n\t\t\tmade thereunder ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n5\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tit is to be circulated to the civil judge ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n=========================================\n \n\nHARKISHAN\nRAMNIKLAL JOSHI (ASST. LAW OFFICER) \n\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT &amp; 2 \n\n \n\n========================================= \nAppearance\n: \nMR RITURAJ M MEENA for\nAppellant \nMR HL JANI ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Respondent\nNo.1 \nMR ZAKIRHUSEN SHAIKH for Respondent Nos. 2 -\n3. \n=========================================\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE Z.K.SAIYED\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 10\/02\/2010 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nJUDGMENT<\/pre>\n<p>[1]\tThe<br \/>\npresent appeal, under section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,<br \/>\n1973, is directed against the judgment and order of acquittal dated<br \/>\n10.04.2007 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class,<br \/>\nJunagadh, in Criminal Case No.2436\/1996, whereby the accused has been<br \/>\nacquitted of the charges leveled against them.\n<\/p>\n<p>[2]\tThe<br \/>\nbrief facts of the prosecution case are that the<br \/>\noriginal accused No.1 is a Sunchem Industries and original accused<br \/>\nNo.2 is a proprietor. The company is manufacturing remezol dyes and<br \/>\nuses B-Acid 185 k.g., Soda S-85 k.g. etc., as row material for<br \/>\nmanufacturing the remezol dyes and for manufacturing the aforesaid<br \/>\ngoods, everyday the factory discharging 400 liters polluted water in<br \/>\nthe canal without obtaining the permission from the Board. A notice<br \/>\nunder Section 23 of the breach of the Water (Pollution and Control of<br \/>\nPollution) Act (for short  the Act ) came to be issued to the<br \/>\nrespondents. Therefore, the sample of polluted water was taken and<br \/>\nafter sealing the same, sent to the Public Analyst for analysis. On<br \/>\nreceipt of the report, it has been found that the accused have<br \/>\ncommitted the breach of Sections 24 and 25 of the Act. Therefore,<br \/>\nafter obtaining the sanction the complaint came to be filed againt<br \/>\nthe respondents   accused for the offences punishable under<br \/>\nSections 43, 44 and 47 of the Act before the Court.\n<\/p>\n<p>[3]\tTo<br \/>\nprove the case against the present accused, the prosecution has<br \/>\nexamined the witnesses and also produced       documentary evidence.\n<\/p>\n<p>[4]\tAt<br \/>\nthe end of trial,  after recording the statement of the accused under<br \/>\nsection 313 of Cr.P.C., and hearing arguments on behalf of<br \/>\nprosecution and the defence, the  learned trial Judge acquitted the<br \/>\naccused of all the charges leveled against him by judgment and order<br \/>\ndated 10.04.2007.\n<\/p>\n<p>[5]\tBeing<br \/>\naggrieved by and dissatisfied with the aforesaid judgment and order<br \/>\npassed by the Sessions Court the appellant State has preferred the<br \/>\npresent appeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>[6]\tIt<br \/>\nwas contended by Mr.Rituraj Meena, learned advocate for the appellant<br \/>\nthat the judgment and order of the trial Court is against the<br \/>\nprovisions of law; the trial Court has not properly considered the<br \/>\nevidence led by the prosecution and looking to the provisions of law<br \/>\nitself it is established that the prosecution has proved the whole<br \/>\ningredients of the offence against the present accused. Learned<br \/>\nadvocate for the appellant has also taken this court  through the<br \/>\noral as well  as the entire documentary evidence. Learned advocate<br \/>\nfor the appellant has submitted that the trial Court has not<br \/>\nconsidered the provisions of Section 49 r\/w. Section 11 of the  Act.<br \/>\nHe has also submitted that the trial Court erred in appreciating<br \/>\nSection 49 of the Act, amended by Act 53 of 1988, and the<br \/>\nNotification dated 28th October, 1999 passed by Forest and<br \/>\nEnvironment Department. Learned advocate for the appellant has<br \/>\ncontended that the trial Court has not properly interpreted the above<br \/>\nsections, decision of this Court in case of M\/s.Nicosulf Industries<br \/>\nand Exports Private Limited and others Vs. State of Gujarat and<br \/>\nother, reported in 2002 GLR  (2) 1550 relied upon by the trial Court<br \/>\nis not applicable to the facts of the present case. He has contended<br \/>\nthat in view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the  judgment<br \/>\nand order dated 10.04.2007 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate,<br \/>\nFirst Class, Junagadh, in Criminal Case No.2436\/1996 is required to<br \/>\nbe quashed and set aside and the accused may be held guilty for the<br \/>\noffences charged against them.\n<\/p>\n<p>[7]\tAt<br \/>\nthe outset it is required to be noted that the principles which would<br \/>\ngovern and regulate the hearing of appeal by this Court against an<br \/>\norder of acquittal passed by the trial Court have been very<br \/>\nsuccinctly explained by the Apex Court in a catena of decisions. In<br \/>\nthe case of<br \/>\nM.S. Narayana Menon @ Mani Vs. State of Kerala &amp; Anr, reported in<br \/>\n(2006)6 SCC, 39,<br \/>\nthe Apex Court has narrated about the powers of the High Court in<br \/>\nappeal against the order of acquittal. In para 54 of the decision,<br \/>\nthe Apex Court has observed as under:\n<\/p>\n<p> 54.<br \/>\n In any event the High Court entertained an appeal treating to be an<br \/>\nappeal against acquittal, it was in fact exercising the revisional<br \/>\njurisdiction. Even while exercising an appellate power against a<br \/>\njudgment of acquittal, the High Court should have borne in mind the<br \/>\nwell-settled principles of law that where two view are possible, the<br \/>\nappellate court should not interfere with the finding of acquittal<br \/>\nrecorded by the court below.\n<\/p>\n<p>[8]\tFurther,<br \/>\nin the case of Chandrappa<br \/>\nVs. State of Karnataka, reported<br \/>\nin (2007)4 SCC 415<br \/>\nthe Apex Court laid down the following principles:\n<\/p>\n<p> 42.\tFrom<br \/>\nthe above decisions, in our considered view, the following general<br \/>\nprinciples regarding powers of the appellate court while dealing with<br \/>\nan appeal against an order of acquittal emerge:\n<\/p>\n<p>[1]\tAn<br \/>\nappellate court has full power to review, reappreciate and reconsider<br \/>\nthe evidence upon which the order of acquittal is founded.\n<\/p>\n<p>[2]\tThe<br \/>\nCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 puts no limitation, restriction or<br \/>\ncondition on exercise of such power and an appellate court on the<br \/>\nevidence before it may reach its own conclusion, both on questions of<br \/>\nfact and of law.\n<\/p>\n<p>[3]\tVarious<br \/>\nexpressions, such as,  substantial and compelling reasons ,  good<br \/>\nand sufficient grounds ,  very strong circumstances ,<br \/>\n distorted conclusions ,  glaring mistakes , etc. are not<br \/>\nintended to curtain extensive powers of an appellate court in an<br \/>\nappeal against acquittal. Such phraseologies are more in the nature<br \/>\nof  flourishes of language  to emphasis the reluctance of an<br \/>\nappellate court to interfere with acquittal than to curtail the power<br \/>\nof the court to review the evidence and to come to its own<br \/>\nconclusion.\n<\/p>\n<p>[4]\tAn<br \/>\nappellate court, however, must bear in mind that in case of acquittal<br \/>\nthere is double presumption in favour of the accused. Firstly, the<br \/>\npresumption of innocence is available to him under the fundamental<br \/>\nprinciple of criminal jurisprudence that every person shall be<br \/>\npresumed to be innocent unless he is proved guilty by a competent<br \/>\ncourt of law. Secondly, the accused having secured his acquittal, the<br \/>\npresumption of his innocence is further reinforced, reaffirmed and<br \/>\nstrengthened by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n<p>[5]\tIf<br \/>\ntwo reasonable conclusions are possible on the basis of the evidence<br \/>\non record, the appellate court should not disturb the finding of<br \/>\nacquittal recorded by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n<p>[9]\tThus,<br \/>\nit is a settled principle that while exercising appellate power, even<br \/>\nif two reasonable conclusions are possible on the basis of the<br \/>\nevidence on record, the appellate court should not disturb the<br \/>\nfinding  of acquittal recorded by the trial court.\n<\/p>\n<p>[10]\tEven<br \/>\nin a recent decision of the Apex Court in the case of <a href=\"\/doc\/585040\/\">State<br \/>\nof Goa V. Sanjay Thakran &amp; Anr. Reported<\/a> in (2007)3 SCC 75,<br \/>\nthe  Court has reiterated the powers of the High Court in such cases.<br \/>\nIn para 16 of the said decision the Court has observed as under:\n<\/p>\n<p> 16.\tFrom<br \/>\nthe aforesaid decisions, it is apparent that while exercising the<br \/>\npowers in appeal against the order of acquittal the Court of appeal<br \/>\nwould not ordinarily interfere with the order of acquittal unless the<br \/>\napproach of the lower Court is vitiated by some manifest illegality<br \/>\nand the conclusion arrived at would not be arrived at by any<br \/>\nreasonable person and, therefore, the decision is to be characterized<br \/>\nas perverse. Merely because two views are possible, the Court of<br \/>\nappeal would not take the view which would upset the judgment<br \/>\ndelivered by the  Court below. However, the appellate court has a<br \/>\npower to review the evidence if it is of the view that the conclusion<br \/>\narrived at by the Court below is perverse and the Court has committed<br \/>\na manifest error of law and ignored the material evidence on record.<br \/>\nA duty is cast upon the appellate court, in such circumstances, to<br \/>\nre-appreciate the evidence to arrive to a just decision on the basis<br \/>\nof material placed on record to find out whether any of the accused<br \/>\nis connected with the commission of the crime he is charged with.\n<\/p>\n<p>[11]\tSimilar<br \/>\nprinciple has been laid down by the Apex  Court  in the cases of<br \/>\nState of<br \/>\nUttar Pradesh Vs. Ram Veer Singh &amp; Ors, reported in 2007 AIR SCW<br \/>\n5553 and<br \/>\nin Girja<br \/>\nPrasad (Dead) by LRs<br \/>\nVs. state of MP, reported in 2007 AIR SCW 5589.<br \/>\nThus, the powers<br \/>\nwhich this Court may exercise against an order of acquittal are well<br \/>\nsettled.\n<\/p>\n<p>[12]\tIt<br \/>\nis also a settled legal position that in acquittal appeal, the<br \/>\nappellate court is not required to re-write the judgment or to give<br \/>\nfresh reasonings, when the reasons assigned by the Court below are<br \/>\nfound to be just and proper. Such principle is laid down by the Apex<br \/>\nCourt in the  case of State<br \/>\nof Karnataka Vs. Hemareddy, reported in AIR 1981 SC 1417,<br \/>\nwherein, it is held as under:\n<\/p>\n<p> &amp;<br \/>\nThis court has observed<br \/>\nin Girija Nandini Devi V. Bigendra Nandini Chaudhary (1967)1 SCR<br \/>\n93: (AIR 1967 SC 1124) that it is not the duty of the appellate<br \/>\ncourt when it agrees with the view of the trial court on the evidence<br \/>\nto repeat the narration of the evidence or to reiterate the reasons<br \/>\ngiven by the trial court expression of general agreement with the<br \/>\nreasons given by the Court the decision of which is under appeal,<br \/>\nwill ordinarily suffice.\n<\/p>\n<p>[13]\tThus,<br \/>\nin case the  appellate court agrees with the reasons and the opinion<br \/>\ngiven by the lower court, then the discussion of evidence is not<br \/>\nnecessary.\n<\/p>\n<p>[14]\tI<br \/>\nhave gone through the judgment and order passed by the trial court. I<br \/>\nhave also perused the oral as well as documentary evidence led by the<br \/>\ntrial court and also considered the submissions made by learned<br \/>\nadvocate for the appellant, it appears that the prosecution has<br \/>\nfailed to follow the provisions of Section 33(1) of the Water<br \/>\n(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act.  From the record the trial<br \/>\nCourt has clearly found that  the complainant was not authorized to<br \/>\nfile complaint against the accused. The trial Court has also observed<br \/>\nthat the sanction was accorded without application of mind. Thus,<br \/>\nfrom the evidence itself it is established that the prosecution has<br \/>\nnot proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.\n<\/p>\n<p>[15]\tMr.Meena,<br \/>\nlearned advocate for the appellant is not in a position to show any<br \/>\nevidence to take a contrary view of the matter or that the approach<br \/>\nof the trial court is vitiated by some manifest illegality or that<br \/>\nthe decision is perverse or that the trial court has ignored the<br \/>\nmaterial evidence on record.\n<\/p>\n<p>[16]\tIn<br \/>\nthe above view of the matter, I am of the considered opinion that the<br \/>\ntrial court was completely justified in acquitting the respondent of<br \/>\nthe charges leveled against them.\n<\/p>\n<p>[17]\tI<br \/>\nfind that the findings recorded by the trial court are absolutely<br \/>\njust and proper and in recording the said findings, no illegality or<br \/>\ninfirmity has been committed by it.\n<\/p>\n<p>[18]\tI<br \/>\nam, therefore, in complete agreement with the findings, ultimate<br \/>\nconclusion and the resultant order of acquittal recorded by the court<br \/>\nbelow and hence find no reasons to interfere with the same. Hence the<br \/>\nappeal is hereby dismissed. Bail bonds, if any, stands cancelled.\n<\/p>\n<p>[<br \/>\nZ. K. SAIYED,J. ]<\/p>\n<p>(vijay)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court ========================================= vs State Of Gujarat And on 10 February, 2010 Author: Z.K.Saiyed,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print CR.A\/2321\/2009 8\/ 8 JUDGMENT IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2321 of 2009 For Approval and Signature: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE Z.K.SAIYED ========================================= 1 Whether Reporters of Local Papers may [&hellip;]<\/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":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>========================================= vs State Of Gujarat And on 10 February, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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