JUDGMENT - VISHNU SAHAI, J.:---By means of this appeal, preferred under section 378(1) Cr.P.C. the State of Maharashtra (appellant) seeks to impugn the judgment and order dated 13-8-1982, passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Bombay in Sessions Case No. 120 of 1981, acquitting the respondent for offences under section 302 I.P.C. and 323 I.P.C.; the latter on two separate counts, one for causing injuries to Parvati Govindraj, P.W. 4 and the other for inflicting injuries on Kanamma Aarumugam, P.W. 7.

2.Briefly stated the prosecution case runs as under :---

The informant Parvati Govindraj P.W. 4, is the wife of the deceased Govindraj. Kanamma Aarumugam P.W. 7, is the mother of Parvati. Tangamani Katmuttu P.W. 6 being the real brother of the deceased Govindraj, is the brother-in-law of Parvati. Parvati, Kanamma and Tangamani along with the deceased Govindraj lived in a hut in front of B.M.C. (Bombay Municipal Corporation) Building No. 20, Opposite Post Office, Sion Koliwada, Bombay. The respondent who was alleged to be running a matka den and conducting business of selling illicit liquor was said to be living a couple of huts away from Parvati's hut.

From the evidence, it appea

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