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1990 Supreme(Raj) 51

High Court Of Rajasthan
Judgename : Sobhagmal Jain
CHANDRA MOHAN - Appellant
Versus
STATE OF RAJASTHAN - Respondent
S. B. Cri. (Jail) Appeal 106 Of 1999
Decided On : 01/29/1990

Advocates Appeared:
AMICUS CURIAE, CHANDRA LEKHA, Sumitra Sankhla, V.D.VYAS

Headnote:Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Section 332 - When case does not exceed the scope of Section 332 - Accused inflicted injuries to a Police Constable - Injury by gun-shot - But was simple - No fracture - Injured conscious when admitted to Hospital - Injury on right thigh. (Paras 1 & 2)

       Held: That the case against the accused does not exceed Section 332, I.P.C. (para 2) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973- Practice and procedure - Alteration of conviction - From Section 333 To Section 332, I.P.C. (Para 2).

       Held: When it is not possible to held the injury to be grievous, the conviction of the accused needs to be altered from Section 333 I.P.C. (para 2)

       Result: The appeal partly allowed. Offence under Section 333 converted to Section 332, I.P.C.

       

Judgment


SOBHAGMAL JAIN, J.

( 1 ) THE appellant, Chandra Mohan, has filed this appeal through jail against the judgment dated March 13, 1989, of the Additional Sessions Judge, Bhilwara convicting and sentencing him for the offence under section 333 I. P. C. to 5 years R. I.

( 2 ) AS regards the factual aspect of the prosecution story, the same is established by the evidence of Sher Singh, injured, himself and the prosecution witnesses Om Prakash and Sambhu Lal. The statements of these witnesses were read over to me. I do not find anything to discredit their testimony. Their evidence establishes the fact that S her Singh, a police constable, received injuries at the hands of the accused. So far as the nature of the offence is concerned I agree with the counsel for the accused that the case against the accused does not exceed section 332, I. P. C. I was taken through the injury report of Sher Singh prepared by Dr. K. C. Ladha. True, the injury is by a gun-shot but the same was simple as no fracture was detected on X-Ray. The injured was conscious when he was admitted in the hospital. The injury was on right thigh. In my view it is not possible to hold it to be grievous. Accordingly, the conviction of the appellant needs to be altered from Sec. 333, I. P. C. to Section 332 I. P. C.

( 3 ) ACCORDINGLY, the appeal is partly allowed; the conviction of the appellant for the offence under section 333 is converted to section 332, I. P. C. and his sentence is reduced to 2 years R. I. The accused shall be entitled to set off his period of detention during investigation and trial against the aforesaid sentence awarded to him.





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