{"id":93467,"date":"2008-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sajeevan-vs-state-on-18-february-2008"},"modified":"2017-10-08T15:53:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T10:23:05","slug":"sajeevan-vs-state-on-18-february-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sajeevan-vs-state-on-18-february-2008","title":{"rendered":"Sajeevan vs State on 18 February, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sajeevan vs State on 18 February, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl.Rev.Pet.No. 1152 of 2001()\n\n\n\n1. SAJEEVAN\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n1. STATE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.T.I.ABDUL SALAM\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice A.K.BASHEER\n\n Dated :18\/02\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                               A.K.BASHEER, J.\n              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                       Crl.R.P.No.1152 OF 2001 &amp;\n                            Crl.R.C.No.9 OF 2002\n              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n              Dated this the 18th day of February 2008\n\n                                       ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>     These two cases are being disposed of by this common<\/p>\n<p>judgment, since they arise from the same proceeding.<\/p>\n<p>     2. The revision petition is preferred by the accused, five in<\/p>\n<p>number, who have been concurrently found guilty, by the trial<\/p>\n<p>court as well as the appellate court, under Section 27(1)(e)(iv)<\/p>\n<p>of the Kerala Forest Act. Crl.R.C. has been registered suo-motu<\/p>\n<p>by this court to consider the legality and propriety of the order<\/p>\n<p>of the Sessions Court in appeal acquitting the accused under<\/p>\n<p>Section 27(1)(e) (iii) of the Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>     3. The prosecution case in brief was that on August 23,<\/p>\n<p>1993, the accused (six in number) had trespassed into<\/p>\n<p>Machiyani area of Thodupuzha Reserve Forest and attempted to<\/p>\n<p>cut and remove two teak trees standing in the forest land. The<\/p>\n<p>specific allegation was that the accused were found to have cut<\/p>\n<p>down one teak tree and top portion of another. The cut logs<\/p>\n<p>and branches and the tools and other paraphernalia used for<\/p>\n<p>this purpose, were seized under a mahazar. The accused were<\/p>\n<p>Crl.R.P.No.1152 OF 2001 &amp;<br \/>\nCrl.R.C.No.9 OF 2002<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>not either taken into custody or arrested, since on questioning<\/p>\n<p>them they had allegedly given their &#8220;correct identity&#8221;. They<\/p>\n<p>were however sent out of the forest area.\n<\/p>\n<p>      4. The prosecution examined PWs 1 and 2 and marked<\/p>\n<p>Exts.P1 to P3 and M.O.1 to M.O.3. PW1 who was working as<\/p>\n<p>the Forest Guard in that range during the relevant period,<\/p>\n<p>deposed before the court that he had seen two of the accused<\/p>\n<p>sawing the fallen tree while the other two were chopping off the<\/p>\n<p>branches. Two others were seen cutting the branches with a<\/p>\n<p>saw. The accused had trespassed into the reserve forest area<\/p>\n<p>and had indulged in the above illegal act. On questioning them,<\/p>\n<p>they gave their identity with address,    He further stated that<\/p>\n<p>Ext.P1, mahazar was prepared at the spot. The value of the<\/p>\n<p>timber logs was assessed at Rs.4,500\/- and the total loss<\/p>\n<p>sustained by the State was estimated to be Rs.6,500\/-. He also<\/p>\n<p>stated that the area from where the accused had cut the trees<\/p>\n<p>came under Ext.P2 notification. Form-I report was prepared by<\/p>\n<p>him which was marked as Ext.P3. He also identified M.Os.1 to<\/p>\n<p>Crl.R.P.No.1152 OF 2001 &amp;<br \/>\nCrl.R.C.No.9 OF 2002<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>3. In cross examination, this witness admitted that there was<\/p>\n<p>no reason for not arresting the accused.         He believed the<\/p>\n<p>identity and address as stated by the accused. Significantly,<\/p>\n<p>this witness admitted that he had no prior acquaintance with<\/p>\n<p>any of the accused nor had he seen them before. He was seeing<\/p>\n<p>them for the first time on that date. He further admitted that<\/p>\n<p>he did not know what happened to Form-I notice, after he had<\/p>\n<p>entrusted it to the Range Officer.\n<\/p>\n<p>      5. PW2 was the Forester working in that range at the<\/p>\n<p>relevant point of time. He stated that he had visited the scene<\/p>\n<p>of occurrence and verified Ext.P1, mahazar and found the<\/p>\n<p>contents thereof to be correct.        In cross examination, this<\/p>\n<p>witness stated that there would have been a corresponding<\/p>\n<p>entry with regard to the incident in the &#8216;Beat&#8217; diary. He further<\/p>\n<p>stated that the diary would be available in the Range office.<\/p>\n<p>      6. Reference has been made to the depositions of the two<\/p>\n<p>witnesses who were examined on the side of the prosecution in<\/p>\n<p>detail, only to indicate that there is some force in the contention<\/p>\n<p>Crl.R.P.No.1152 OF 2001 &amp;<br \/>\nCrl.R.C.No.9 OF 2002<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>raised by the learned counsel for the petitioners that there was<\/p>\n<p>absolutely no corroborative evidence to incriminate the<\/p>\n<p>petitioners in the alleged offences. As rightly pointed out by the<\/p>\n<p>learned counsel only PW1 was examined as occurrence witness.<\/p>\n<p>PW1 stated that he had gone along with other beat guards for<\/p>\n<p>duty on that day. No one else was examined. More importantly<\/p>\n<p>Ext.P1 was admittedly prepared by one Mohammed Basheer,<\/p>\n<p>who was stated to be the beat staff watcher. He had signed in<\/p>\n<p>Ext.P1, Mahazar. But curiously, he was not examined on the<\/p>\n<p>side of the prosecution.       He would have been the most<\/p>\n<p>competent witness to speak about the alleged incident.<\/p>\n<p>      7. In this context, it may be noticed that the accused had a<\/p>\n<p>specific case that they were implicated in the case later without<\/p>\n<p>any basis and that they were totally innocent.          It is also<\/p>\n<p>pertinent to note that the alleged incident had taken place on<\/p>\n<p>August 23 1993. The complaint is seen prepared on August 24,<\/p>\n<p>1994.    But the complaint was filed before the court only in<\/p>\n<p>November, 1995. There is absolutely no explanation for more<\/p>\n<p>Crl.R.P.No.1152 OF 2001 &amp;<br \/>\nCrl.R.C.No.9 OF 2002<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>than two years&#8217; delay in filing the complaint. There is also<\/p>\n<p>nothing on record as to what transpired in between and also<\/p>\n<p>whether the accused had been questioned by any officer at any<\/p>\n<p>point of time or their identity had been ascertained or verified.<\/p>\n<p>The unexplained delay in filing the complaint, in my view, casts<\/p>\n<p>a shadow of doubt on the entire prosecution case especially<\/p>\n<p>since the version given by PW1 that he had let off the accused<\/p>\n<p>without taking them into custody or arresting them is hard to<\/p>\n<p>believe. According to this witness, he had believed the identity<\/p>\n<p>of the accused as disclosed by them when they were found<\/p>\n<p>inside the forest. Under normal circumstances, the accused<\/p>\n<p>ought to have been taken into custody with the contraband if<\/p>\n<p>they were found indulging in such an illegal activity.<\/p>\n<p>      8. Having regard to the entire facts and circumstances of<\/p>\n<p>the case, I am satisfied that the petitioners are entitled to get<\/p>\n<p>the benefit of doubt. Therefore, the order of conviction and<\/p>\n<p>sentence passed against the petitioners is set aside and they are<\/p>\n<p>acquitted. Crl.R.P. is allowed. In view of the order passed in<\/p>\n<p>Crl.R.P.No.1152 OF 2001 &amp;<br \/>\nCrl.R.C.No.9 OF 2002<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                 6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Criminal Revision Petition, no orders are warranted in Crl.R.C.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Crl.R.C. is closed.\n<\/p>\n<p>      In the result, Crl.R.P. is allowed and the petitioners are<\/p>\n<p>acquitted. Crl.R.C. is closed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                         (A.K.BASHEER, JUDGE)<br \/>\njes<\/p>\n<p>Crl.R.P.No.1152 OF 2001 &amp;<br \/>\nCrl.R.C.No.9 OF 2002<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                            7<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                        A.K.BASHEER, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                             &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p>                               Crl.R.P.No.1152 OF 2001 &amp;<br \/>\n                                    Crl.R.C.No.9 OF 2002\n<\/p>\n<p>                             &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                                                ORDER<\/p>\n<p>                                     Dated 18th Feb. 2008<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Sajeevan vs State on 18 February, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1152 of 2001() 1. SAJEEVAN &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.T.I.ABDUL SALAM For Respondent :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Hon&#8217;ble MR. Justice A.K.BASHEER Dated :18\/02\/2008 O R D E R A.K.BASHEER, J. &#8211; &#8211; [&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":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sajeevan vs State on 18 February, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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\/sajeevan-vs-state-on-18-february-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sajeevan vs State on 18 February, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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