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ANANDA SEN, GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY
Ramdas Nayak, son of Kameshwar Nayak – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
PER ANANDA SEN, J.
This Criminal Appeal arises out of the judgment of conviction and the order of sentence, both dated 27.07.2002 in Sessions Trial Case No. 169 of 2000 whereby and whereunder learned 5th Additional Sessions Judge, Bermo at Tenughat convicted the appellants under Sections 324/34 and 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced them to undergo RI for life under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and RI for three years under Section 324/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
2. The prosecution case is at the behest of Shakuntala Devi who is none but the wife of the deceased. She stated that they returned from Maithan. On 20.11.1999 at about 10 a.m the informant Shakuntala Devi along with her husband was present in the courtyard. Two planks of their door were missing. Her father-in-law asked them to keep quite. The planks of the door were taken by the sons of Kameshwar Nayak (who happened to be her elder brother-in-law) namely, Bhagawandas Nayak and Ramdas Nayak. As they were refusing to return the same, exchange of words took place. Then Ramdas Nayak and Bhagawandas Nayak came out with tangi and gave 2-3 blows on the head of Shakuntala Devi and chased Premchand
The prosecution must prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and the testimony of injured witnesses is given significant weight in murder cases.
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The conviction under Section 307 IPC was overturned due to lack of intention to cause death, while convictions under Sections 323, 324, and 341 IPC were upheld.
The court affirmed the conviction for murder under Section 302 and assault under Section 324, ruling that credible eyewitness testimonies and medical evidence met the burden of proof beyond reasonabl....
Modifying conviction from murder to manslaughter due to lack of intent and premeditation, establishing a precedent for considering trivial disputes in assessing culpability.
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