The appellant/accused No.1 has filed the present criminal

appeal against the judgment of conviction and order of

sentence dated 19/20-07.2017 made in S.C. No.2/2015 on the

file of the Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Udupi, Sitting at

Kundapura, convicting and sentencing him for the offences

punishable under the provisions of Sections 302 and 392 of

IPC.

2.

It is the case of the prosecution that on 21.8.2014

at about 12.00 noon, one Radhakrishna Urala (PW.1)

approached the respondent Police and lodged a written

complaint alleging that the deceased Girija Urala is the aunt of

his wife and she is aged about 84 years and residing alone in

her house situated at Manooru Pete in Manooru village, Udupi

taluk and on the intervening night of 20.8.2014 and 21.8.2014

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(i.e., in between 9.30 p.m. and 6.40 a.m.), some unknown

persons have illegally trespassed into the house of the

deceased Girija Urala and have committed her murder and

robbed gold articles belonging to her. On the basis of the said

complaint, the respondent/Police have registered a case in

Crime No.182/2104 for the offence punishable under Section

302 of IPC. After investigation, the jurisdictional Police filed

the charge sheet against the Accused Nos.1 and 2 for the

offences punishable under Sections 302 and 392 of IPC. The

matter was committed to the learned Sessions Judge. The

learned Sessions Judge secured the presence of Accused Nos.1

and 2 and framed the charge on 12.3.2015 under the

provisions of Sections 302 and 392 of IPC and the additional

charge came to be filed on 16.6.2016 against both Accused

Nos.1 and 2 for the offence punishable under Section 120B of

IPC. The substance of the charge was read over to the accused

Nos.1 and 2 in the language known to them, who pleaded not

guilty and claimed to be tried.

3.

In order to prove the guilt of the accused, the

prosecution examined in all 24 witnesses as PWs.1 to 24 and

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got marked the material documents as per Ex.P1 to Ex.P39

and the material objects as per Mos.1 to 13.

4.

After completion of evidence of the prosecution

witnesses, the statement of the accused was recorded as

contemplated under the provisions of Section 313 of the Code

of Criminal Procedure. The accused denied all the incriminating

circumstances that were found against them in the evidence of

the prosecution witnesses and did not choose to offer any

explanation nor lead any evidence.

5.

Based on the material on record, the learned

Sessions

Judge

has

formulated

following

points

for

consideration:

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