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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
G. GIRISH, J
SANTHOSH – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
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| 1. court affirms conviction based on eyewitness accounts. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. arguments against evidence credibility disputed. (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. reliance on recovery evidence acknowledged. (Para 7 , 8) |
| 4. court modifies sentence based on crime severity. (Para 9 , 10) |
ORDER
The concurrent findings of the Assistant Sessions Court, Perumbavoor, and the Additional Sessions Court, North Paravur, convicting and sentencing the petitioner for the commission of the offences under Sections 326 and 307 IPC , are under challenge in this revision petition filed by the accused in the said case.
2. The prosecution case is that on 24.08.2013, at about
8.45 pm, the petitioner / accused physically assaulted PW2 with an iron pipe fitted with a tile cutting blade on its tip portion and caused grievous hurt of fracture of skull and right leg. The case has been registered by the Kalady Police on the basis of the First Information Statement given by PW1, who was said to be there along with PW2, at the time when the petitioner / accused mounted physical assault upon PW2. After the completion of the investigation, the Inspector of Police, Kalady, laid the Final Report alleging the commission
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