{"id":9357,"date":"2009-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-harry-so-kuttappan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-21-april-2009"},"modified":"2018-08-01T07:57:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T02:27:34","slug":"sri-harry-so-kuttappan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-21-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-harry-so-kuttappan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-21-april-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sri Harry S\/O Kuttappan vs The State Of Karnataka on 21 April, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Sri Harry S\/O Kuttappan vs The State Of Karnataka on 21 April, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: K.Ramanna<\/div>\n
1\n\nEN \"me: HEGH CQLIRT are KARNATAKA AT 13;e;:\u00a7;--\u20acf:?,lxI;;c;\u00a7\u00a7>;\u00ab;\n\nDATED THIS THE 21% DAY OF' APRHQ; 2QQ\u00a7   -  H\n\nBi;*}}%'O:REi' . A  V\nTHE HC}N'BLE MR.JU\u00a7T1\u00e9f\u00e9\u00a7 R Rg\u00e9ryam\ufb01a a  \n\nCRIMINAL RE v7s1oj$*.j\u00e9;E:;f*;TIOjv M3,.  78;\u20ac;{2o0\u00e9\n\nBETWEEN:\n\nS\/0 I-{uttapparx *  f\n26 yrs   '\n\n     \n\n':~:\u00a2e;chcr Klzizgji _ \"  \"\nS (2-.. Matha-5_. L'\n\n?Hai13f\n\n S1 G..Kt*::chcr Kunji\n\n   \n\n Hithnscn\n 0 Heseph\n\"  yrs.\n\nJeevan\n8\/ 0 Mathew\n\n25 yrs.\n\nBaby\nS\/ 0 Vergics\n\n\n\n28 yrs.\n\n~ ail are r\/0 Parkadavu   -\nRanipura, Suntikoppa]\nPonathur Post\nKasaragodu Dist. ,\n\nKcrala State '   V .  A ijg\ufb01tiuiiers \" L'\n\n(By Sr; (3 P Dhananjaya,  U_giay:\u00a7\u00a7{u13ga;fVVj\u00a7~{.B. Adm)\nAND: V  \u00e9 . t'\n\nThe State of Kamataka~--v.._  V\nBy B11 amandala PQHCE \" \nRap by PF?    \nHigh Court e:*4>r:4%;\u00bb1*=>\u00a2 9  %\n\nBaxagaiofs .3 \n\n Respondent\n '  T' \"    7'4.(B:,::S;,i__ :3. Balakrishna, Heep)\n\n\"wig  r\u00e9vfisisjn petition is \ufb01led under Section\n39'? 85 9%-Q1 {3r.\u00a5'.._C.;_ to set asi\u00e9ie the sentence and\n2:=:.3~ pa'1s3\u00a2d* 133?\" that S.J., Madikeri, Kodagu in\nClrfpa. N'0.4G]G\"i\u00abV .(1_a1;c:i 29--7\u00ab~'.2.0()6 in confirming the arder\npasseci. bjmhe Add1.C-.J (Jr. 13:13 $5 JMFC, K0-iiagu, Madikeri in\n\n\u00bb  C.uC.N9;\u00a75z'3<}'f99 \u00e9atcd 30~5~:2GO1.\n\n'   rrzvision petition coming can for \ufb01nal\n\n' '1a\u00a7?21xi31g.{day, the Court made the f9lIoi\u00a7-*i11g:\n\nORDER\n<\/pre>\n
The pctitionfzrs have challenged in this rcvisien<\/p>\n
– peiitie:sn the icgality and Csntcmcss :3f the judgment. and<\/p>\n
order of {}{3I}\\?i{\u00a7’li01’1 and sarxtcncc passed by the Addl.\u20ac1:\u00a7.vil<\/p>\n
Judge (Jr.Dn) av. JMFC, Kodagu, Maczajgegi-V%,V% in<\/p>\n
C.C.No.284\/1999 dated 30-$2001 whi,-\ufb01x  <\/p>\n
con\ufb01rmed by the Icarzacti SCSSiD$_y1\u00a7,,J’11{ig\u20acf. ,MM’&\u00e9\ufb02{\u00e9fi, E:Q(}.ag[1. 2 <\/p>\n
in C1r}.A.No.40\/2001 datcci 29-7\u00a7A:30o;3.{..f1% ‘<\/p>\n
2. it is centcndcd by    petitioner
\nthat Courts below  ;:;c::jt  the evidence in its
\nletter and spiziig as were examines} in
\nsupport of    no charge \ufb02amed
\nagaigst   for the: v\ufb01cncc punishable under
\nSec\ufb01\u00a7’ns 358′  {\ufb01e conviction passed against<\/p>\n
thgm gnd\u00e9r Scctign is agai\ufb02st iaw and pxincipics of<\/p>\n
 ”   ia\ufb01\ufb01hcr, it is ccmt\ufb01ndcd that the complaint<\/p>\n
   vd\ufb01gsv. the time of incident, the role {\ufb02ayed by ‘chef:<\/p>\n
Ag;r;iiti;ana1\u00a7$}; A The case of the pmsecu\ufb01on is full of omissirms<\/p>\n
 AA :a31d..vvc{5nn’adic1j0:1s. Tbs cviciance of CE.W.3 has given<\/p>\n
V ‘\u00ab.::1_ifE%:mnf: ‘W?:I’Si{)I1 and Gih\ufb01f Wiincsscs have not <:omp2ct\u00a33y<\/p>\n
 supported or cormboratcd the evidence sf (3,W,1. The<\/p>\n
author of \u00a333.92 under which M.Os.l 8:. 2 art: said to have<\/p>\n
been seized has not been cxamm\u00e9d. 'I'3:1c:1't":f_s:\u00bb1"a:, <\/p>\n
prosccn\ufb01on has failed to prcwf: fj;h.at_.3\\4.Qs'Li'   L. <\/p>\n
in the pmscncc sf pauchas. _ 3<\/p>\n
3. Heazti the argu,me:f;is._of
\narises for consicicrafion is   judgments
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\nWhcthar it \u00absail; for     1 V <\/p>\n
4. Th;    cast: is that on
\n13-2-1995   Q: kaz\ufb02ic village, Chambcri
\n C.Ws.1 to 5 who were
\npub1i\u20ac:_  found the pe\ufb01tioners were
\n  V’\u00a7v11e:11 enquired, they came to know<\/p>\n
 gfz\ufb01titicsner-\u00e9 ‘Wart ilicgally cutting the trees and Ware<\/p>\n
‘ ‘\u00a33.36 forest product. At that time, petitioner Nal<\/p>\n
 with club and catlscd in}'”Lm7cs to his right<\/p>\n
 to 5 Wars assaujitcd by petitioner No.2 by club,<\/p>\n
 “w13\u00a7rc2;s, pc\ufb01iiozxcrs Nos. 3 \u00a35 4 assauk\ufb01d C\u00a7.W.4 and<\/p>\n
‘AA’-,V\ufb01’\u00a2;\u00b0,;\u00a7iiA\u00a7Aj:{(311{i1′ H085 to 7 assauiied C.W.5 and causal ixzjuriss 13::<\/p>\n
” ‘ “\ufb01lm ciiffemnt parts of their body by means (if hands an\ufb01
\n\/p,<\/p>\n
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\ner” ,,.Vr\u00a2””\n<\/p>\n
thereby prevented the pubiic servants from discharging their
\nlawful duty, therefore, case came to be registezeciy\u00e9sgainst<\/p>\n
them fer the offence ptmishabie under SCCti\u00a7\u00a7i’1-S. _,.:1A4.-;”;’,<\/p>\n
148, 34:, 332, 353, 323, 506 1″\/W 149,.e.f’I\u00a7\u20acf ‘5:)Afj;:1\u00a7f;1g”:he’<\/p>\n
eoume of mves\ufb01ga\ufb01on, M05. 2  2″:.1j\ufb02eie1’f{eeo’c T.<\/p>\n
mahazar in the premnce of wimeesee’ TI.;1e: “pi”oSe\u00a2i,:tit\u00a7x:L
\nexamined in 3}} 9 uritnesses’;ve\u00abe.\u00a7i1;3ong e3_eme,wg,: to S are<\/p>\n
o\ufb01etial injured wimessee<\/p>\n
 u1_:u”1′:\u00a5:) 5 were the public sexvants
\nand  v:e\u00a7f:..ei1 ._f:L.*..-1::1t:: of incident is not disputed by
\ntile pet1″ti0ne’rs,_’V._ ‘1A”i;eV’dni1ty <::erti\ufb01cates~ EX.P~4 to 6 clearly<\/p>\n
ci iE:e1{2se5.vV_that"V'pe!:;1:1e11ers were on duty at the time of<\/p>\n
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\nsustained various    they have
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the ‘_3′.’h’r:}%_:  –i:o:f.icad.  evidcnct: to dispmvc<\/p>\n
the \u00a7ros\u00e9\u20ac;\u00e91l,f;i:);1V3V.Vcas\u00e9:~.__NQ _’ licence or permit has been<\/p>\n
prodikgd by *\u00a3h_\u00e9’  to Show that they are authozriscd<\/p>\n
toA.-\u00e9ransgi\u00e9ziv th\u00e9’  goeds. Even in 313 statement of<\/p>\n
~’ v  A iyi\u00e9ii\ufb01\u00e9\ufb01\ufb01ig? thejfw\ufb01\u00e9\ufb01c net said anything about the incident.<\/p>\n
   Courts below on the basis of the evidence<\/p>\n
” \u00a7i\ufb01C\u00a2d\\   mco1″d5 rightiy convicfxzd and sentenced the;<\/p>\n
pt\ufb01’ti;:~i;ers for the afomsaid o\ufb01c\ufb01ccs, for which charge was<\/p>\n
 ‘ ,  formed, as such there is I19 violation cf any natural<\/p>\n
 justice and the conttm\ufb01on of the gsctiiiioners that there was<\/p>\n
11:) charge. framed against pcti\ufb01ancrs 1 and 2 for fjh\ufb01’: o\ufb02kncc<\/p>\n
ma<\/p>\n
undcr Section 353 IPC cannot be sustained?” <\/p>\n
Courts below have taken a icnicnt-.vicv\u00a7j i11 \u00e9r:i’14t::\u00a31ci:1gVL’vt11c’j\u00ab <\/p>\n
pretitioncrs for the said o\ufb02’cnc\u00bb;\u00e9sV.
\niilegality CH’ iI}CO3T\u20acCf11\u20acSS i_\u00a5\u00a7” AC.}’1T:i__\u20ac’3}”‘
\nsczntcncf: passed by th\ufb01  ‘ . .\n<\/p>\n
6. Hence t\ufb01i\ufb01  ‘a\ufb01\u00e9 is accord\ufb01lgiy
\ndismissed. :\u00a7g:;=;:;;pnc;rs” 1 to surrender
\nbefore    <\/p>\n
         sd\/~..\n<\/p>\n
.. _ .     ' - Tudqg\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Sri Harry S\/O Kuttappan vs The State Of Karnataka on 21 April, 2009 Author: K.Ramanna 1 EN “me: HEGH CQLIRT are KARNATAKA AT 13;e;:\u00a7;–\u20acf:?,lxI;;c;\u00a7\u00a7>;\u00ab; DATED THIS THE 21% DAY OF’ APRHQ; 2QQ\u00a7 – H Bi;*}}%’O:REi’ . A V THE HC}N’BLE MR.JU\u00a7T1\u00e9f\u00e9\u00a7 R Rg\u00e9ryam\ufb01a a CRIMINAL RE v7s1oj$*.j\u00e9;E:;f*;TIOjv M3,. 78;\u20ac;{2o0\u00e9 BETWEEN: S\/0 I-{uttapparx […]<\/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":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSri Harry S\/O Kuttappan vs The State Of Karnataka on 21 April, 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\/sri-harry-so-kuttappan-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-21-april-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sri Harry S\/O Kuttappan vs The State Of Karnataka on 21 April, 2009 - 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