ORDER

This Criminal Revision Petition is filed against the conviction and sentence imposed on the Revision petitioner as per the judgment dated 26.07.2019 in C.C. No.1035 of 2016 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-II, Hosdurg and the judgment dated 02.09.2021 in Crl.Appeal No.150 of 2019 on the file of the Additional Sessions Court – III, Kasaragod. It was a prosecution initiated against the Revision petitioner under Section 332 of the Indian Penal Code , 1860 (for short ' IPC ')

2. The prosecution case is that, on 25.09.2011 at

8.10 pm at Vellarikundu junction in-Balal village, the defacto complainant, a police officer along with the sub inspector of police and another policeman had gone to the place of occurrence on information that there is a law and order problem. As the police party was dispersing a group of 30 persons gathered at the place of occurrence, the accused pulled down the defacto complainant asking his authority to disperse them. The defacto complainant sustained injury and thereby the accused obstructed his official duty. Thus, accused said to have committed the above said offence.

3. To substantiate the case, PW1 to PW9 were examined on the si