A. V. RAVINDRA BABU
Madipalli Venkata Rao @ Konda – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. By Its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. – Respondent
ORDER
A.V. Ravindra Babu, J. - Challenge in this Criminal Revision Case is to the judgment, dated 07.07.2009 in Criminal Appeal No.60 of 2006, on the file of I Additional Sessions Judge, West Godavari at Eluru ('Additional Sessions Judge' for short), whereunder the learned Additional Sessions Judge, dismissed the Criminal Appeal insofar as the conviction and sentence under Sections 451, 307 and 393 of the Indian Penal Code ('IPC' for short) is concerned and set aside the conviction recorded by the learned Principal Assistant Sessions Judge, Eluru for the offence under Section 387 of IPC.
2. The present petitioner is the unsuccessful accused in Sessions Case No.167 of 2003, on the file of Principal Assistant Sessions Judge, Eluru and unsuccessful appellant as above in Criminal Appeal No.60 of 2006, on the file of Additional Sessions Judge.3. The parties to this Criminal Revision Case will hereinafter be referred to as described before the trial Court for the sake of convenience.
4. The Sessions Case No.167 of 2003 arose out of a committal order in P.R.C.No.46 of 2002, on the file of II Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Eluru.
5. The brief facts of the case of the prosecutio
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The main legal point established in the judgment is the reliance on consistent witness testimony, medical evidence, and lack of glaring inconsistency between ocular and medical evidence to determine ....
The prosecution must prove culpable homicide beyond reasonable doubt, distinguishing between intent to kill and knowledge of likely fatal outcomes.
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The conviction of accused based on reliable testimonies of injured witnesses is valid, and the absence of independent witnesses does not undermine the prosecution's case.
Substantive sentence can be reduced if incident is old one.
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