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1967 Supreme(Ker) 49

K.SADASIVAN
KUNJAN AMMINI – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent


Judgment :-

1. The question arising in this revision is whether the entry by a pregnant girl into the house of the person who caused her pregnancy, with the object of compelling him to marry her, would amount to house trespass as contemplated in the Penal Code.

2. The accused and Pw.1 were learning' Kathaprasangam' under a common master and their constant association gradually ripened into love resulting finally in her pregnancy through him. On 26th July 1965 at about 8 a. m. she made her way into Pw. 1's house and remained there till 5 p. m. on 28th July 1965. It was alleged that she had entered the house with intent to intimidate, insult or annoy the persons in the house. At the time she made the entry. Pw.1 was not present in the house. On 27th July 1965, Pw. 2 the mother of Pw.1 presented a petition to the Additional First Class Magistrate of Moovattupuzha who forwarded it to the Kothamangalam police for investigation and on receipt of the police report, Crime No. 58/65 was registered. The girl was arrested from the house and removed from the scene. The case of the accused was that after causing the pregnancy Pw.1 took her to a nearby temple for getting her married. Since Pw. 1'








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