IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
JOBIN SEBASTIAN, J
PUSHPAKARAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. challenges to conviction under public meeting disturbance laws. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. arguments about witness credibility and legal representation. (Para 5 , 6) |
O R D E R
This Criminal Revision Petition has been filed under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure , challenging the concurrent finding in C.C.No.808/2009 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Chalakudy whereby accused Nos.1 and 2 were convicted for offences punishable under Section 2 of the Kerala Prevention of Disturbances of Public Meetings Act, 1965 and the accused No.2 was convicted under Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code . The revision petitioners are the accused in the above case.
2. The prosecution case is that on 31.05.2009, at about 7.45 p.m., at Kodali Lakshamveedu Colony in Mattathur Panchayat, during the course of a meeting convened by Mattathur Grama Panchayat authorities to discuss the renovation of Lakshamveedu Colony, both the accused showered abuses against PW1, the Grama Panchayat Member and in the meantime, the 2nd accused hit on the back side of the head of PW1 using his hands. Hence, the accused are alleged to have committed the offences punisha
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