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1979 Supreme(SC) 261

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
P.S.Kailasam : M.Fazal Ali Syed
Hari Shankar Alias Hari Shankar Sharma
Versus
State Of Mysore
Case No. : 112 of 1973
Date of Decision : 4/20/79

Headnote:

Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Sections 301, 302, 304A and 307 - Committing Murder – Killed - This appeal is directed against judgment of high court convicting appellant and sentencing him to imprisonment for life - Detailed facts of case have been narrated in judgment of high court and it is not necessary for us to reproduce same here - Main allegation against appellant was that he had shot deceased and killed her - So far as facts are concerned both sessions judge and high court have concurrently found that case was fully proved - Sessions Judge was of opinion that first appellant wanted to kill public witness 15 but as pw 15 was not available at that time came in between and she was shot – Held, Therefore appellant could be guilty of an offence - This view of learned sessions judge was legally erroneous as rightly pointed out by high court - Furnishes a complete answer to view taken by sessions judge - It if obvious that appellant had intention to kill public witness 15 and if with this intention he kills somebody else he is undoubtedly guilty of committing murder - There is evidence of pws 13 14 and 15 to show that A-l fired shot and killed deceased - There is no escape from conclusion that appellant committed an offence - In these circumstances high court was right in correcting error of law committed by learned sessions judge - Tried to bring case of appellant within ambit but on facts found it is not possible for u to accede to her contention – Appeal is dismissed.

Fazal Ali, J.

(1) THIS appeal under the Supreme court (Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act is directed against the judgment of the Mysore High court convicting the appellant under S. 302 and sentencing him to imprisonment for life. Detailed facts of the case have been narrated in the judgment of the High court and it is not necessary for us to reproduce the same here. The main allegation against the appellant was that he had shot deceased Nazirunnissa and killed her. So far as the facts are concerned both the Sessions Judge and the High court have concurrently found that the case was fully proved. The Sessions Judge was of the opinion that the first appellant wanted to kill Public Witness 15, but as PW 15 was not available at that time, Nazirunnissa came in between and she was shot, therefore the appellant could be guilty of an offence under S. 304-A or under S. 307 I PC. This view of the learned Sessions Judge was legally erroneous as rightly pointed out by the High court. S. 301 furnishes a complete answer to the view taken by the Sessions Judge. It if obvious that the appellant had the intention to kill Public Witness 15 and if with this intention, he kills somebody else, he is undoubtedly guilty of com- mitting murder. There is evidence of PWs 13,14 and 15 to show that A-l fired the shot and killed the deceased. There is no escape from conclusion that the appellant committed an offence under S. 302 of the IPC. In these circumstances, the High court was right in correcting the error of law committed by the learned Sessions Judge. Mrs. Udayarathnam tried to bring the case of the appellant within the ambit of S. 304-A or S. 307 but on the facts found it is not possible for u® to accede to her contention. For the reasons given above, there is no merit in the appeal which is, accordingly, dismissed.

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