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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 131/1993 State of Rajasthan ----Appellant Versus Motilal son of Khetmal Ji, b/c Khatri, resident of Village Sayla, P.S. Sayla, District Jalore.

----Respondent For Appellant(s) : Mr. Ramesh Dewasi, PP Mr. S.P. Sharma with Mr. Abhimanyu Khatri For Respondent(s) : Mr. Dhirendra Singh, Sr. Advocate assisted by Ms. Priyanka Borana Mr. Kaushal Sharma Mr. G.S. Rajpurohit HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP TANEJA

Judgment

RESERVED ON :: 07.08.2025 PRONOUNCED ON :: 24.09.2025 (Per Hon’ble Sandeep Taneja, J.)

1. By way of instant criminal appeal, appellant-State has challenged the validity and legality of the judgment dated 16.09.1992 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Jalore (for short ‘the learned Trial Court’) in Sessions Case No.60/1991, whereby accused-respondent Motilal has been acquitted for the offences under Sections 302, 307 and 304-B IPC.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 18.08.1991, accused- respondent after giving beating to his wife Pushpa and sons with iron handle of hand pump and considering them as dead, reached at Police Station Sayla an