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IN THE COURT OF II-ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT SESSIONS JUDGE,
WARANGAL
Monday, the 8th day of June, 2020.
Present:- Sri K. Murali Mohan, II-Addl. Asst. Sessions Judge, Warangal.
Sessions Case No.33 OF 2019.
(PRC No.39/2018 on the fle of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Parkal – Crime No.114 of 2018 of Police Station Parkal.) 1Name and description of the :The State of Telangana through the complainantSub Inspector of Police, Police Station Parkal.
2Name and description of the :A.1 Md. Hameed, accused S/o. Chand Pasha, Age 21 years, Muslim, Occ: Student.
A.2 Md. Chand Pasha, S/o. Ankusha Vali, age 37 years, Muslim, Petty business.
A.3 Md. Razia, W/o. Ankusha Vali, age 54 years, Muslim, Coolie.
A.4 Md. Amjad, S/o. Shaik Mohammad, age 37 years, Muslim, Occ: Petty business.
A.1 to A.4 are residents of Venkateshwarapally village, Parkal mandal.
A.5 Md. Rubeena, W/o. Shukur, age 34 years, Caste: Muslim, Occ: House wife, R/o. Motlapalli of Mogullapalli mandal, Jayashanker district.
3Offences with which charged:Under Sections 366, 341, 342, 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
4Counsel for the Prosecution :Sri M. Vasanth Kumar, Addl. P.P. 5Counsel for the Accused:Sri N. Sampath Reddy, Advocate. 6Plea of the Accused:Pleaded not guilty. 7Finding of the Court:Found not guilty. 8Sentence or Order:Accused No.1 to 5 are acquitted under Section 232 Cr.P.C.
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This Sessions Case is coming on 03.06.2020 before me for hearing in the presence of Sri M. Vasanth Kumar, Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State/complainant and Sri N. Sampath Reddy, Advocate for the accused No.1 to 5 and after hearing the arguments of both the sides and the matter having stood over for consideration till date, this Court made the following:
JUDGMENT
1)The Sub Inspector of Police, Police station Parkal fled charge sheet against the above named accused No.1 to 5 in crime No.114 of 2018 of
Police Station Parkal for the offences under Sections 366, 342, 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code against the accused No.1 to 4 and for the offence under Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code against the accused No.5.
2)The brief allegations of the prosecution are that the defacto- complainant namely Md. Adam Saheb (PW.1) is father of the victim-Md.
Afreen (PW.2) and they are residents of Venkateshwharpally village of
Parkal mandal, The accused No.1 to 4 are also residents of same village whereas the accused No.5 is resident of Motlapally village of Mogulapally mandal. The accused No.2 is father, accused No.3 is grandmother, accused No.4 is brother of the accused No.1 and the accused No.5 is relative of the accused No.1. On the date of incident i.e., on 5.6.2018 night at about 20.00 hours, the victim girl (PW.2) went to Masjid as it was day of over night stay (jagaram) of Muslim religion. Thereafter,
PW.2 came outside the Masjid, then the accused No.1, who was waiting for her, met her and told her that the accused No.4 was at his house and he asked the accused to bring her along with him as he wanted to talk with her. On that victim told the accused No.1 that she will talk on the 3Fair judgment of S.C. No.33 of 2019/IIAASJC, Wgl.
next day morning. Then the accused No.1 told her that the accused
No.4 was going to Hyderabad in morning around 04.00 hours. On that, believing the words of the accused No.1, victim went to the house of the accused No.1, where he told her that the accused No.5 was inside of his house and took her inside the house. Then the accused No.1 to 4 shut the doors and immediately victim scared of and made hue and cries and went near the door. On that the accused No.1 pushed Md. Afeen inside the house and he came outside the house and bolted the door from outside and wrongfully confned her in his house. After some time, the accused No.1 to 4 came and asked victim to marry the accused No.1.
On that victim refused to marry the accused No.1, thereupon the accused No.1 to 4 wrongfully confned her in their house for the whole night and forced her to marry the accused No.1, but she refused to marry the accused No.1. As Md. Afreen did not turn back to the house from Masjid around 21.00 hours, the complainant/father of the victim searched for her in surrounding area and in the houses of their relatives, but could not be traced. On the next day morning, the accused No.5 came to the accused No.1. At about 7.30 hours, father, brother, sister and brother-in-law of victim came to know that she was at the house of the accused. On that, sister and brother-in-law of Md. Afreen rushed to the house of accused and on their arrival, the accused No.2 and 5 raised objection and wrongfully restrained victim, however they brought victim from the house of accused to their house.
3)On the next day morning, basing on the report of the PW.1-Md.
Adam Saheb, the LW.10-B. Ravinder, the Sub Inspector of Police, Parkal police station, registered a case in crime No.114 of 2018 under Sections 366, 342, 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, issued FIR and took 4Fair judgment of S.C. No.33 of 2019/IIAASJC, Wgl.
up investigation. During the course of investigation, LW.10-B. Ravinder,
SI of Police, Parkal Police Station examined the witnesses and recorded their statements. Section 164 Cr.P.C. Statement of the victim was got recorded by the learned Spl. Judicial Magistrae of First Class for PCR
Cases, Warangal, by sending a requisition. The accused were arrested on 25.08.2018 and produced befoe the Judicial Magistrate of First Class,
Parkal, for judicial remand and they were enlarged on bail thereafter.
After completion of investigation, LW.10-B. Ravinder, SI of Police, Police station Parkal, fled charge sheet against the accused.
4)The case was taken on fle by the learned Judicial Magistrate of
First Class, Parkal, against the accused No.1 to 5 for the offence under
Sections 366, 342, 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code against the accused No.1 to 4 and for the offence under Section 341 of the Indian
Penal Code against the accused No.5.
5)On appearance of all the accused, the learned Magistrate furnished the copies of case documents to the accused as required under Sec.207 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short Cr.P.C.). As one of the offences charged against the accused, are exclusively triable by the Court of Sessions, the learned Magistrate after compliance of
Sec.209 Cr.P.C., committed the case vide P.R.C. No.39/2018 to the
Hon'ble Principal Sessions Court, Warangal.
6)The Hon'ble Principal Sessions Judge, Warangal, assigned the
Sessions Case No.33 of 2019 and made over to this Court for disposal
according to law.
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506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code were framed against the accused, read over and explained to them in Telugu, to which the accused pleaded not guilty and claimed to be tried. Thereafter, the
Court fxed the trial schedule and issued summons to the witnesses to record their evidence.
8)During the course of trial, Pws.1 to 5 were examined and Exts.P1 to P6 were marked.
9)All the material witnesses not supported the prosecution case, as such the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor given up the evidence of LW.6-
Smt. K. Vani, Spl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class for PCR Cases,
Warangal, who recorded the 164 Cr.P.C. Statement of the victim, LW.7-
Pasula Kavitha, Head Master, Kasthrubha Girls High School, Veenavanka, who issued Date of birth certifcate of the victim LW.8-Md. Chinnasar and
LW.9-Vanga Rajender, who are the panch witnesses for the crime details form, LW.10-B. Ravinder, Sub Inspector of Police, Parkal and reported the prosecution evidence was closed.
10)As there are no incriminating circumstances found in the evidence of Pws.1 to 5, the examination of all the accused under Sec.313 Cr.P.C., is dispensed with.
11)Heard the arguments of the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor and the learned counsel for the defence.
12)Perused the record.
13)Now the point for determination is, “whether the prosecution
proved the guilt of the accused No.1 to 5 for the ofences
punishable under Sections 366, 341, 342, 506 read with 34 of
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the Indian Penal Code, beyond all reasonable doubt?”
14)POINT: It is the prosecution case that all the accused kidnapped the minor girl (PW.2) and forced her to marry the accused No.1 and basing on the report of her father (PW.1), the criminal law was set into motion and the accused persons were arrested by the police. While fling the charge sheet, though the investigating agency cited total 10 witnesses, Pws.1 to 5 who are the material witnesses in this case, are alone examined and the evidence of ofcial witnesses and panchayatdars was given up by the lerned Additional Public Prosecutor since the material witnesses not supported the prosecution case.
14A) On perusal of the evidence on record, PW.1, who is father of the victim, deposed that 1½ year ago his daughter went to the relatives house. Since she was not found, they suspected the accused. Police obtained his signature. According to PW.1, he do not know the contents of said report. However he identifed his signature as Ex.P1 on the report. PW.1 categorically deposed that he was not examined by the police.
15)PW.2 is the victim, who is daughter of PW.1. Victim also deposed on the same lines of PW.1. In her evidence, PW.2 deposed that 1½ year ago, she went to her grandmother's house in their village, meanwhile her father approached the police as she was not found. Thereafter she was brought back from her grandmother's house, but the police did not examine her. Due to fear of police and her father, the victim who was minor at that time, stated to give statement before the Magistrate against the accused. The victim further deposed that since she was child at that time, she do not know anything about the legal 7Fair judgment of S.C. No.33 of 2019/IIAASJC, Wgl.
consequences and that the accused never taken her to anywhere.
16)PW.3, who is sister of the victim, also deposed on the same lines of
Pws.1 and 2. According to PW.3, 1½ year ago PW.2 went to her grandmother's house and that she was not examined by the police.
PW.4-Md. Mohammad, who is brother-in-law of the victim, deposed that he do not know the facts of the case and he did not witness anything pertaining to this case. PW.5-Md. Mohammad, who is brother of PW.2, also deposed that he dos not know facts of the case and he did not witness anything pertaining to this case.
17)Pws.1 to 3 deposed in one voice that the victim went to her grandmother's house, but due to communication gap PW.1 approached the police and police obtained his signature on some papers, but he do not know the contents of his report. Pws.4 and 5 deposed that they do not know the facts of the case. None of the prosecution witnesses supported the prosecution case and they choosed to resile from their previous statements under Section 161 Cr.P.C., recorded by the police during the course of investigation. It is the specifc evidence of Pws.1 to 5 that they were never examined by the police in this case. Hence,
Pws.1 to 5 were treated as hostile by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutior and they were cross examined by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor with the permission of the Court. Even in the cross examination, nothing was elicited in favour of the prosecution. Pws.1 to 5 specifcally deposed in the cross examination that they did not state to police that the accused kidnapped PW.2 and confned her in their house on 5.6.2018.
Pws.1 to 5 denied to state to police as in Exts.P2 to P6 statements (161
Cr.P.C. Statements of the witnesses recorded by the police).
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18)On perusal of the entire evidence on record, it is clear that Pws.1 to 5 who are the material witnesses did not choose to depose anything against the accused. The victim herself and her father and other family members specifcally deposed that on that day the victim went to her grandmother's house and that she was never kidnapped by the accused.
No useful purpose was served by cross examining the Pws.1 to 5 by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. Absolutely there is no evidence with regard to the offences under Sections 366, 341, 342, 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code. During the cross examination of Pws.1 to 5 by the learned Addl. Public Proseucutor, it was elicited that they settled the disputes out of Court with accused and the accused No.1 married the victim (PW.2) and their marriage was performed at the instance of elders of both the families and they both are living amicably. However, Pws.1 to 5 denied the suggestion that they were deposing false out of compromise.
19)It is apparent from the evidence of Pws.1 to 5 that there is no whisper in their evidnce with regard to the commission of any offence by the accused against the victim. It is admitted that PW.2 (victim) married to the accused No.1 at the instance of elders of both the families and they are living amicably. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that in view of the marriage, Pws.1 to 5 might have changed their version. This Court is of the opinion that the said fact will not have any signifcance to prove the charges when absolutely there is no evidence against the accused. Prosecution failed to produce any material before this Court to show that the accused committed the offences. The victim (PW.2) herself turned hostile to the case of prosecution and her father (PW.1) also did not choose to depose anything against the accused.
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None of the ingredients for the offences under Sections 366, 341, 342, 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code are proved by the prosecution.
20)The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor given up the evidence of remaining witnesses. It is clear from the record that even if the said ofcial witnesses are examined, there will be no improvement in the case of the prosecution in view of the fact that all the material witnesses turned hostile to the case of prosecution. There is no evidence against the accused for kidnap of the victim (PW.2) and for her wrongful confnement and the criminal intimidation by sharing the common intention by accused. Therefore, this Court is the opinion that the prosecution failed to prove its case against the accused No.1 to 5 for the offences under Sections 366, 341, 342, 506 read with 34 of the Indian
Penal Code and the accused are entitled for acquital. Point is answered accordingly.
21)In the result, the accused No.1 to 5 are found not guilty for the offences under Sections 366, 341, 342, 506 read with 34 of the Indian
Penal Code and accordingly they are acquitted under Section 232 Cr.P.C., for the above said offences. The bail bonds of the accused shall be remained in force for a period of six months. The unmarked case property if any shall be destroyed after the expiry of the appeal time.
(Dictated to the Stenographer Gr.III, after her transcription, corrected and
pronounced by me in the virtual Court on this the 8th day of June, 2020.)
II-ADDL. ASSISTANT SESSIONS JUDGE,
WARANGAL.
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APPENDIX OF EVIDENCE
WITNESSES EXAMINED
For Prosecution: For Defence : PW.1 Md. Adam Saheb-None- PW.2 Md. Afreen PW.3 Md. Zubeda PW.4 Md. Mohammad, S/o. Ismail. PW.5 Md. Mohammad, S/o. Adam Saheb,
EXHIBITS MARKED
For Prosecution: For Defence: Ex.P1 Signature of PW.1 on Report.-Nil. Ex.P2 161 Cr.P.C. Statement of PW.1. Ex.P3 161 Cr.P.C. Statement of PW.2. Ex.P4 161 Cr.P.C. Statement of PW.3. Ex.P5 161 Cr.P.C. Stament of PW.4. Ex.P6 161 Cr.P.C. Statement of PW.5.
MATERIAL OBJECTS MARKED
NIL
II-ADDL. ASSISTANT SESSIONS JUDGE,
WARANGAL.