1.

This appeal is filed by the State being aggrieved by

the judgment and order of acquittal dated 21.01.2015 passed

in S.C No.156/2013 on the file of the Principal District and

Sessions Judge, Tumakuru.

2.

The rank of the parties in the Trial Court henceforth

will be considered accordingly for convenience.

Brief facts:

3.

The case of the prosecution is that on 19.06.2011,

the KSRTC bus bearing its registration No.KA-06-F-733 was

proceeding towards Hubli from Bengaluru side, at about 2.00

p.m., when the bus has reached near old NH-4 road, the lorry

bearing its registration No.KA-13-9988 came from the opposite

direction and stopped across the bus. When it was questioned

by the driver of the KSRTC bus, the lorry driver got down from

his lorry and started abusing in a filthy language. In the

meantime, another person who was in the lorry came and

assaulted with the hands and club on the head of the driver of

the KSRTC, resultantly, the driver of the KSRTC bus sustained

injuries on head. In the meantime, PW.3 and some other

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passengers have intervened and pacified the matter. After the

incident, the complainant was taken to the Government

Hospital, Tumakuru in an ambulanc