JUDGMENT :

1. The State represented by the High Court Government Pleader has preferred this appeal aggrieved by the impugned judgment of acquittal dated 28.02.2018 passed in Criminal Appeal No.15/2015 by the learned II Additional District and Sessions Judge, Haveri, sitting at Ranebennur ( for short the Appellate Court ), acquitting the accused for the said offence punishable under Section 224 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as the IPC for the sake of brevity) by setting aside the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 24.01.2015 passed in C.C.No.738/2009 on the file of learned Principal Civil Judge and I Additional JMFC, Ranebennur ( for short the Trial Court ) for the said offence.

2. Brief facts of the case are that, the respondent herein being the accused was charged for the offence punishable under Section 224 of the IPC. It is stated that the accused who was also accused in Crime No.58/2008 of Halageri Police Station was in the custody and he escaped from the lawful custody and committed the offence punishable under Section 224 of the IPC. It is stated that the accused was apprehended by the Investigating Officer in Crime No.58/2008 of Halageri Pol