Rintu @ Thoofan Pradhan vs State Of Kerala

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2025 Supreme(KER) 980

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
MR. JUSTICE P.B.SURESH KUMAR, MR.JUSTICE JOBIN SEBASTIAN, JJ
Rintu @ Thoofan Pradhan – Appellant
Versus
State Of Kerala – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : BY ADV. VISHNUPRASAD NAIR
For the Respondent: BY SRI. ALEX M. THOMBRA, SENIOR PUBLLC PROSECUTOR

Table of Content
1. witness credibility (Para 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49)

JUDGMENT :

Jobin Sebastian, J.

Accused Nos. 1, 3, 4, and 5 in S.C.No.98/2019 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge - I, Thalassery have preferred this appeal challenging the judgment of conviction and order of sentence passed against them for offences punishable under Sections 449 , 324 , 461 , 396 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code .

2. Before delving into the prosecution’s allegation, it is necessary to address the names and ranks of the accused to avoid confusion, as the ranks of the accused were rearranged by the Trial Court creating some vagueness. Altogether, five persons were arrayed as accused in this case, out of which three were juveniles in conflict with law (JCLs) and two were adults. The names of the adult accused are:-

1) Rintu @ Thoofan Pradhan and

2) Boliya Hoori

Out of which Bholiya Dhahoori was absconding from the crime stage itself.

The names of the JCLs are as follows:-

1) Ganesh Naik @ Goniya(JCL1),

2) Bappunna @ Rajesh Behra(JCL2) and

3) Chintu @ Prasanth Sethi (JCL3).

3. After completion of the investigation, the f