ORDER

This Criminal Revision has been preferred as against the judgment dated 19.04.2022, passed by the learned II Additional District & Sessions Judge, Ranipet, Vellore, in C.A.No.16 of 2021, thereby confirming the order dated 15.02.2021, passed by the learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Ranipet in S.C.No.171 of 2017, thereby convicting the petitioner for the offence punishable under Section 307 of IPC.

2. The case of the prosecution was that when P.W.1 was deputed by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ranipet, to inspect the vehicles on 19.11.2014 at about 4.30 hours at Vellore to Chennai National Highways on the eastern side of Walaja Tollgate, along with police party, the petitioner came there in his motor cycle. On suspicion, the petitioner was asked to stop the vehicle and to produce the documents. Immediately, the petitioner had taken a knife from his shoes and scolded them with filthy language and also threatened them with dire consequences, by showing the knife. Further, the petitioner also assaulted P.W.1 on his shoulder and therefore P.W.1 sustained injury. Thereafter, the petitioner flew away from the scene of occurrence by taking the police four wheeler “Tata Sumo”. On