ORAL ORDER

(PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAMACHANDRA D. HUDDAR)

This Revision Petition is directed against the judgment of conviction dated 05.10.2013 passed in C.C.No.727/2012 by the Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Bagalkot (hereinafter referred to as ‘Trial Court’ for short), confirmed in Criminal Appeal No.109/2013 vide judgment dated 31.03.2018 by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Bagalkot (hereinafter referred to as ‘First Appellate Court’ for short).

2. Parties to this revision petition are referred to as per their rank before the Trial Court for the sake of convenience.

3. That the accused was chargesheeted by the Bagalkot Rural Police Station for the offences punishable under Section 304(A) of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as the ‘ IPC ’, for short).

4. It is the case of the prosecution that, one Basappa Shivaputrappa Rampur has filed a complaint alleging, that the deceased Mallikarjun was his brother. Himself and his brother were cultivating the property bearing Sy. No.117/2 belonged to one Sangavva Boli on a lease basis for a period of five years, in the said land there was a electric pole. The accused has taken electric connection to his pump-set