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A. V. RAVINDRA BABU
Allada Varahalu @ Talupulamma W/o Appa Rao – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
A.V. RAVINDRA BABU, J.
1. The challenge in this Criminal Appeal is made by the unsuccessful A.1 to A.3 to the judgment, dated 10.12.2009 in SC ST Sessions Case No. 9 of 2009, on the file of Special Judge for Trial of Cases under SCs & STs (POA) Act, East Godavari at Rajahmundravaram (“Special Jude” for short).
2. The parties to this Criminal Appeal will hereinafter be referred to as described before the learned Special Judge for the sake of convenience.
3. The State, represented by Sub Divisional Police Officer, Kakinada, i/c. of Peddapuram, filed a charge sheet in Crime No. 134 of 2008 of Thondangi Police Station, alleging in substance that A.2 is the second wife of one late Palaparthi Ayyanna, who was murdered by Nagam Trimurthulu during night of 01.09.2008 in the fields of A.V. Nagaram village as the husband of A.2 threatened to kill him on a suspicion that he has illicit intimacy with A.2. To that effect, originally a case in Crime No. 96 of 2008 under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (“Cr.P.C.” for short) was initially registered. The defacto-complainant viz., Isumapati Nooka Rao, being the Sarpanch, acted as one of the inquest panchayatdars and opined that
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The central legal point established in the judgment is the requirement to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt and the importance of properly appreciating the evidence presented in a case.
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