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2018 Supreme(All) 799

ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
BEFORE : SHASHI KANT, J.
SRI KISHAN ....Revisionist
Versus
STATE OF U.P. ....Opposite Party
(Criminal Revision No. 1528 of 1991, decided on 30th May, 2018)

Advocates:
Counsel :
Nipendra Chaturvedi and S.K.S. Baghel for the Revisionist; A.G.A. for the Opposite Party.

Headnote:Criminal Procedure Code, 1973—Section 397/401—(Indian) Penal Code, 1860—Section 308—Record weeded out—As due to non-availability of records of Courts below and failure in its reconstruction, what recourse/options are avaiable to Court for proper determination of this revision—Same strategy should be adopted for determination of this criminal revision which is adopted for determination of criminal appeals of like nature—Therefore, High Court is left with no option but to allow revision and acquit revisionist from charges. [Paras 12, 45 and 49]

       Result; Revision Allowed.

       

JUDGMENT

Hon’ble Shashi Kant, J.—Herad Sri S.K.S. Baghel, learned counsel for the revisionist and learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P.

2. This Criminal Revision under Section 397/401 of Criminal Procedure Code has been preferred against the judgment dated 10.5.1989 passed by Sri R.L. Shankhwar, VIIth Assistant Sessions Judge, Agra in S.T. No. 147 of 1988 (State v. Sri Kishan), under Section 308 IPC, Police Station Firozabad (North), District Agra, whereby the revisionist was convicted and sentenced under Section 308 IPC for 2 years rigorous imprisonment and against the judgment and order dated 13.11.1991 passed by Sri S.K. Saxena, Vth Additional Sessions Judge passed in Criminal Appeal No. 71/1989 (Sri Kishan v. State) whereby Criminal Appeal has been dismissed and judgment and order of the Court below was affirmed.

3. Learned counsel for the revisionist contended that :

3.1. The Courts below has not taken into notice the considerable unexplained delay caused In lodging of FIR. There was no source of light to recognise the revisionist about 1:30 am in the dark night but the Courts below has not taken into consideration this material aspect no attention towards this material aspect of the case.

3.2. There was no injury on the person of the injured to make out the case punishable under Section 308 IPC.

3.3. There is no independent corroboration of the statement of the complainant and the conviction based upon the single testomany is wrong and illegal.

3.4. The prosecution has miserably failed to prove its case beyond all the reasonable doubts.

3.5. The judgement and order passed by the Courts below is against the weight of evidence on record as the Court below has failed to scrutinise and properly appreciate the prosecution evidence on record properly.

3.6. In any view of the matter no case under Section 308 IPC. Is made out against the revisionist.

3.7. The Judgement and order passed by the Courts below are wrong, illegal preverse and against the settled principle of law hence liable to be set aside.

3.8. The Impugned judgement and order is against the evidence on record as the Courts below has failed to scrutinise the prosecution evidence on record properly.

4. Per contra learned A.G.A. contended that most of the arguments raised on behalf of the revisionist are based on the factual aspect of the case which could not be examined in this revision. In view of the fact that there is concurrent findings of the facts recorded by the Courts below. Learned consel for the revisionist could not show any illegality or perverisity in the findings of facts recorded by the Courts below. As such, this revision is devoid of merits and liable to be dismissed. However, he admitted that record of the Courts below are weeded out and could not be reconstructed despite the best efforts for it.

5. I have given my thoughtful consideration to the above referred rival arguments raised on behalf of the parties and carefully perused the material available on the file of this revision which shows that vide order dated 1.2.2016 the lower Courts records were summoned.

6. This revision was admitted vide order dated 28.11.1991 which reads thus :

“Admit.

Issue notice.

Let applicant Sri Kishan be released on bail on his furnishing adequate sureties to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra.”

7. Thereafter on 8.9.2016, 16.12.2016 and 24.3.2017 following orders have been passed:

Order dated 8.9.2016 :

“As per report of Officer In-charge Record Room, District Court Agra dated 7.9.2016, it appears that record of Criminal Appeal No. 71 of 1989 and Sessions Trial No. 147 of 1988 (State v. Shri Krishna) have been weeded out.

In these circumstances, learned Sessions Judge, Agra is directed to reconstruct the record of the aforesaid cases within six weeks’ and also to make an enquiry who is responsible to weed out the complete record.

List thereafter.”

Order dated 16.12.2016 :

“List revised. Letter has been received from District Judge, Agra that the record has been weeded o






























































































































































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