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1937 Supreme(Nagpur) 109

GRILLE, VIVIAN BOSE
SHALIGRAM RATANLAL GARHEWAL – Appellant
Versus
EMPEROR – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
E M Joshi, M R Bobde, Advocates

JUDGMENT

1. Three persons Gangaram, Saligram and Bhola were prosecuted for the murder of one Rama Gosain. The first two have been convicted and sentenced to death while the third has been acquitted. The deceased was found early in the morning of 14th February 1937 lying dead on the verandah, of a house situate in an orange garden belonging to one Khuman Patel. He was found naked except for a loin cloth and his clothes, all blood-stained, were found lying around. His few possessions were also on the verandah but had not been disturbed. There cannot be the slightest doubt that he was murdered. He was a sadhu who lived by begging. He had at one time lived in the village where he was killed but had left it some two or three years ago, returning only on and off. His last return was early in February, not long before the murder. This time he took up his abode at the house of Khuman Patel in the orange garden which was situate about a mile out of the village Waraseoni. The motive is said to have bean robbery and we think that is probable though a sum of nine annas and six pies was found among his clothes and as we have said his few possessions were undisturbed. It is true there is nothing



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