JUDGMENT :

Shailendra Shukla, J.

1. The appellant has filed the appeal under Section 374 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 being aggrieved by judgment dated 06.04.2010 of conviction and sentence pronounced by First Additional Sessions Judge, Jhabua, in Session Trial No. 227/2009, wherein the appellant has been convicted as under:-

2. Precisely speaking, the prosecution story in short was that on 16.04.2009, FIR was lodged by complainant Manjubai in Police-Station Kalidevi, Jhabua at about 10:25 pm to the effect that she along with her son Kalu (deceased) and her daughter-in-law Geetabai had gone to the house of co-accused Ramchand in the evening seeking return of loan amount of Rs. 10,000/- given to him by Kalu. However, Ramchand hurled filthy abuses at them and thereafter called out other co-accused persons. Subsequently, co-acc