{"id":8826,"date":"2004-03-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/babu-lal-vs-state-of-rajasthan-on-11-march-2004"},"modified":"2016-07-06T01:11:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T19:41:53","slug":"babu-lal-vs-state-of-rajasthan-on-11-march-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/babu-lal-vs-state-of-rajasthan-on-11-march-2004","title":{"rendered":"Babu Lal vs State Of Rajasthan on 11 March, 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Rajasthan High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Babu Lal vs State Of Rajasthan on 11 March, 2004<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: RLW 2004 (4) Raj 2463<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: S K Sharma<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: S K Sharma, F C Bansal<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>Shiv Kumar Sharma, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. These appeals arise out of the judgment dated<br \/>\nJune 24, 2000 of the learned Special Judge SC\/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Cases)<br \/>\nJaipur whereby the three appellants were convicted and sentenced as under:-\n<\/p>\n<p>Mahendra Singh and Ishaq @ Yusuf:\n<\/p>\n<p> U\/S. 302 IPC           to undergo Imprisonment for life and fine of<br \/>\n                       Rs. 500\/- in default to further suffer simple<br \/>\n                       imprisonment for three months.\n<\/p>\n<p>U\/S 302\/120B IPC       to suffer Imprisonment for life and fine of<br \/>\n                       Rs. 500\/- in default to further suffer simple<br \/>\n                       imprisonment for three months.\n<\/p>\n<pre>U\/S 201 IPC            to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for five\n                       years and fine of Rs. 500\/- in default to\n                       further suffer simple imprisonment for three\n                       months.\n\n \n\nBabu Lal:\n U\/s. 302\/120B IPC      to suffer Imprisonment for life and fine of\n                       Rs. 500\/- in default to further suffer simple\n                       imprisonment for three months.\n\nU\/s 201\/120B IPC       to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for five\n                       years and fine of Rs. 500\/- in default to\n                       further suffer simple imprisonment for \n                       three months.\n\n \n\n<\/pre>\n<p>Substantive sentences were ordered to run concurrently.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. Accusations that laid the foundation of the prosecution case demonstrate<br \/>\nthat the information was communicated on telephone on September 15, 1998 to<br \/>\nRichhpal Singh, SHO Police Station Renwal (PW.26), that a dead body was lying in<br \/>\nMetha river. Richhpal Singh along with other Police Officials rushed to the spot and<br \/>\nrecovered a dead body covered with sand. First Information Report was lodged under<br \/>\nSection 302 and 201 IPC and investigation commenced. Dead body was identified as<br \/>\nof Chetan Verma who was missing since September 11, 1998. The appellants were<br \/>\nfound involved in commission of offence, they were arrested and charge sheet was<br \/>\nfiled against them. In due course the case came up for trial before the learned Special<br \/>\nJudge, SC\/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Cases) Jaipur. Charges under Sections 302,<br \/>\n302\/120B, 201, 201\/120B IPC and Section 3(2)(5) SC\/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,<br \/>\n1989 were framed against the appellants who denied the charges and claimed trial.<br \/>\nThe prosecution in support of its case examined as many as 28 witnesses. In the<br \/>\nexplanation under Section 313 Cr.P.C, the appellants claimed innocence. No witness<br \/>\nin defence was however examined. Learned Trial Judge on hearing final submissions<br \/>\nconvicted and sentenced the appellants as indicated herein above.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. We have heard the rival submissions and closely scrutinised the material on record.\n<\/p>\n<p>4. The case of prosecution rests squarely on circumstantial evidence. It is well<br \/>\nsettled that the circumstances from which an inference as to the guilt of the accused<br \/>\nis drawn, have to be proved beyond reasonable doubt and have to be shown to be<br \/>\nclosely connected with the principal fact sought to be inferred from these circumstances.\n<\/p>\n<p>5. The circumstances highlighted to fasten the guilt of the appellants are as<br \/>\nunder:-\n<\/p>\n<p>(i) Death of deceased was homicidal.\n<\/p>\n<p>(ii) Deceased was last seen in the company of the accused appellants.\n<\/p>\n<p>(iii) Extra judicial confession of the offence made by the accused appellants before the witness.\n<\/p>\n<p>(iv) Relations between family members of deceased and sister of accused appellant Mahendra were strained and there was motive behind the murder.\n<\/p>\n<p>6. It is contended by learned counsel for the appellants that since the chain of<br \/>\ncircumstances could not be established the appellants were wrongly held guilty. The<br \/>\ncourt below has not considered the statements of Madhu Agrawal (PW.5) and Ram<br \/>\nDayal (PW.3) in right perspective. According to Madhu Agrawal the deceased was seen<br \/>\nin the company of appellant Babu Lal on September 10,1998 at 8.00 PM, whereas Ram<br \/>\nDayal deposed that on September 11,1998 at 10.00 AM the deceased left the house for<br \/>\nschool. There is nothing on record which could suggest that after the deceased left<br \/>\nhouse, he remained with the appellants. It is further contended that the testimony of<br \/>\nAmar Chand in regard to extra judicial confession is highly doubtful. When the alleged<br \/>\nconfession was made on September 13, 1998, then why Amar Chand kept mum till<br \/>\nSeptember 21, 1998. It is next contended that the prosecution could not prove motive<br \/>\nto kill Chetan Verma. Litigation between sister of Mahendra Singh and the family<br \/>\nmembers of the deceased did not have direct bearing with the murder of deceased.\n<\/p>\n<p>7. Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor supported the impugned judgment and<br \/>\ncontended that chain of circumstances is complete and involvement of appellants in<br \/>\nthe guilt is fully established.\n<\/p>\n<p>HOMICIDAL DEATH<\/p>\n<p>8. In order to establish that the death of deceased was homicidal the prosecution examined Dr. Amar Singh Chaudhary (PW.l 1), who along with Dr. Renu Agrawal<br \/>\nperformed autopsy on the dead body. As per post mortem report (Ex.P-12) the death<br \/>\nof deceased Chetan Verma was caused due to asphyxia by throttling (by rope). The<br \/>\ntestimony of Dr. Amar Singh could not be shattered in the cross examination. Thus the<br \/>\nprosecution is able to establish that death of Chetan Verma was homicidal.\n<\/p>\n<p>LAST SEEN<\/p>\n<p>9. The prosecution examined Madhu Agrawal (PW.5) and Dekha (PW.7) to<br \/>\nshow that on September 10, 1998 around 8.00 PM Chetan Verma and Babu Lal came<br \/>\nto the house of Madhu Agarwal together, where they were planning to go somewhere.<br \/>\nFrom the testimony of these witnesses it is established that deceased was in the<br \/>\ncompany of appellant Babu Lal on September 10, 1998 around 8.00 PM. But on the<br \/>\nother hand Ram Dayal (PW.3), uncle of deceased, deposed that Chetan Verma was<br \/>\nvery much in his house on September 11, 1998 till 10.00 AM. and he left the house for<br \/>\nschool at 10.00 AM on the said day. There is nothing on record to show that after Chetan<br \/>\nVerma left the house for school he was seen in the company of appellants.\n<\/p>\n<p>EXTRA JUDICIAL CONFESSION<\/p>\n<p>10. Amar Chand (PW.12) in his deposition stated that on August 13, 1998<br \/>\nappellant Babu Lai asked him to beat Chetan as he used to tease Ishaq. Again on August 15, 1998 Babu Lal met him with a rope of white colour to which Babu Lal<br \/>\nintended to utilise in killing Chetan. Thereafter on September 13, 1998 Babu Lal and<br \/>\nIshaq made confession before Amar Chand in the market that they had killed Chetan.<br \/>\nOn carefully scanning the testimony of Amar Chand we find that Amar Chand informed<br \/>\nthe police about the said confession for the first time on September 21, 1998. Why<br \/>\nAmar Chand did not inform about the confession to anybody till September 21, 1998,<br \/>\nno explanation was offered. Conduct of Amar Chand in keeping silence for a period<br \/>\nof eight days is highly unnatural and the testimony of Amar Chand does not inspire<br \/>\nconfidence. It is inexplicable as to why the appellants would approach Amar Chand,<br \/>\nwho was neither related to the deceased nor had any concern with the appellants.\n<\/p>\n<p>11. <a href=\"\/doc\/84442\/\">In State of Punjab v. Gurdeep Singh<\/a> (1), it was indicated that delay in<br \/>\nrecording an extra judicial confession before a person wholly unconnected with the<br \/>\npolice is always a matter of great suspect.\n<\/p>\n<p>12. <a href=\"\/doc\/1725828\/\">In State of Rajasthan v. Raja Ram<\/a> (2), their lordships of Supreme Court<br \/>\nindicated in para No. 19 thus:-\n<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;An extra-judicial confession, if voluntary and true and made in a fit<br \/>\nstate of mind, can be relied upon by the court. The confession will<br \/>\nhave to be proved like any other fact. They value of the evidence as<br \/>\nto confession, like any other evidence, depends upon the veracity of<br \/>\nthe witness to whom it has been made. The value of the evidence as<br \/>\nto the confession depends on the reliability of the witness who gives<br \/>\nthe evidence. It is not open to any court to start with a presumption<br \/>\nthat extra-judicial confession is a weak type of evidence. It would<br \/>\ndepend on the nature of the circumstances, ,the time when the<br \/>\nconfession was made and the credibility of the witnesses who appear<br \/>\nto be unbiased, not even remotely inimical to the accused, and in<br \/>\nrespect of whom nothing is brought out which may tend to indicate<br \/>\nthat he may have a motive of attributing an untruthful statement to<br \/>\nthe accused, the words spoken to by the witness are clear, unambiguous and unmistakably convey that the accused is the perpetrator<br \/>\nof the crime and nothing is omitted by the witness which may militate<br \/>\nagainst it. After subjecting the evidence of the witness to a rigorous<br \/>\ntest on the touchstone of credibility, the extra-judicial confession can<br \/>\nbe accepted and can be the basis of a conviction if it passes the test<br \/>\nof credibility.\n<\/p>\n<p>13. In Kavita v. State of T.N. (3), it was held that conviction can be based on<br \/>\nextra judicial confession but it is well settled that in the very nature of things, it is a<br \/>\nweak piece of evidence. It is to be proved just like any other fact and the value thereof<br \/>\ndepends upon the veracity of the witness to whom it is made.\n<\/p>\n<p>14. We have tested the testimony of Amar Chand on the touchstone of credibil-<br \/>\nity and acceptability and we find him most unreliable witness and his testimony cannot<br \/>\nbe accepted.\n<\/p>\n<p>MOTIVE<\/p>\n<p>15. It is contended by learned public prosecutor that Chetan was murdered by<br \/>\nthe appellants because relations of family members of Chetan and sister of appellant<br \/>\nMahendra were strained. It is difficult to agree with this submission. Long drown<br \/>\nlitigation between the sister of one of the appellant and the family members of the<br \/>\ndeceased, would not lead us to conclude that Chetan was killed because of the<br \/>\nstrained relationship.\n<\/p>\n<p>16. The circumstances indicated above do not form chain pointing towards the<br \/>\nguilt of the appellants since there are many missing links in the prosecution evidence.<br \/>\nThe prosecution in our considered opinion could not establish the charges under Sections 302, 302\/120B, 201 and 201\/120B of lndian Penal Code against the appellants<br \/>\nbeyond reasonable doubt. Learned court below did not appreciate the prosecution<br \/>\nevidence in right perspective and committed illegality in convicting and sentencting<br \/>\nthe appellants.\n<\/p>\n<p>17. For these reasons we allow the appeals and set aside the judgment dated<br \/>\nJune 24, 2000 passed by learned Special Judge, SC\/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Cases<br \/>\nJaipur. We acquit appellants Mahendra Singh, Ishaq @ Yusuf and Babu Lal of all the<br \/>\ncharges. Appellants Mahendra Singh and Ishaq @ Yusuf are on bail. They need not<br \/>\nsurrender and their bail bonds stand discharged. Appellant Babu Lal, who is in judicial<br \/>\ncustody, shall be set at liberty forthwith, if not required to be detained in any other case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajasthan High Court Babu Lal vs State Of Rajasthan on 11 March, 2004 Equivalent citations: RLW 2004 (4) Raj 2463 Author: S K Sharma Bench: S K Sharma, F C Bansal JUDGMENT Shiv Kumar Sharma, J. 1. 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