I N THE HI GH COURT OF JUDI CATURE FOR RAJASTHAN

AT JAI PUR BENCH

J U D G M E N T

S. B. CRI MI NAL APPEAL NO. 189/ 1995

( Pr i t hvi Raj Si ngh and anr . Vs. St at e)

DATE OF JUDGMENT : : : : :

21/ 05/ 2015

HON' BLE MR. JUSTI CE MAHESH CHANDRA SHARMA

Dr . Y. C. Shar ma, f or t he appel l ant / s.

Mr . RS Shekhawat , Publ i c Pr osecut or f or St at e.

Thi s appeal has been f i l ed agai nst t he

i mpugned j udgment & or der dat ed . 31. 3. 1995 passed

by l ear ned Addl . Sessi ons Judge, Behr or i n

sessi ons case no. 127/ 1992 ( 24/ 88) wher eby he has

convi ct ed and sent enced t he appel l ant s as under :

U/ s. 148 I PC: Sent enced t o one year RI al ong wi t h

f i ne of

Rs. 100/ - and i n def aul t of

payment of f i ne t o

f ur t her

under go

one mont hs SI .

U/ s. 324 I PC: Sent enced t o one year RI al ong wi t h

f i ne of

Rs. 100/ - and i n def aul t of

payment of f i ne t o

f ur t her

under go

one mont hs SI .

U/ s. 323/ 149 I PC: Sent enced t o 06 mont hs RI wi t h

f i ne of

Rs. 100/ -

and

i n

def aul t

of

payment of f i ne t o

f ur t her under go 15

days SI .

Br i ef l y st at ed f act s of t he case ar e t hat

compl ai nant Gi r var Dayal l odged a r epor t at P. S.

Behr or , and on t he sai d r epor t , case under

Sec. 147, 148, 323, 324 and 448 I PC was r egi st er ed and

i nvest i gat i on

commenced.

Af t er

usual

i nvest i gat i on, pol i ce f i l ed char ge- sheet agai nst

t he appel l ant s bef or e t he Magi st r at e concer ned f or

t he af or esai d of f ences. The Magi st r at e concer ned

commi t t ed t he case t o t he cour t of Sessi ons, who

t r ansf er r ed t he case t o t he cour t of Addl . Di st t .

& Sessi ons Judge Behr or f or t r i al . The t r i al cour t

f r amed char ges agai nst t he appel l ant s, t o whi ch

t hey deni ed and cl ai med t o be t r i ed. The

pr osecut i on exami ned as manhy as 07 wi t nesses and

got cer t ai n document s exhi bi t ed. St at ement of t he

accused under Sec. 313 Cr . P. C. was r ecor ded. Af t er

hear i ng bot h t he si des, t he l ear ned t r i al cour t

vi de or der dat ed 31. 3. 1995 has convi ct ed and

sent enced t he appel l ant s, as i ndi cat ed above.

Agai nst t he sai d j udgment dat ed 31. 3. 1995,

t hi s appeal has been pr ef er r ed by t he accused

appel l ant s.

Lear ned

counsel

f or

t he

appel l ant s

has

cont ended t hat wi t hout goi ng i nt o t he mer i t s of

t he case, he i s not chal l engi ng t he convi ct i on

par t of t he j udgment of t he cour t bel ow, but he i s

onl y r equest i ng t o t hi s cour t t hat t he occur r ence

t ook pl ace on 11. 2. 1981 i . e. about 34 year s ago,

t he appel l ant s ar e f aci ng t r i al si nce t hen, t hey

ar e

ol d

per sons

havi ng

t he

chi l dr en

of

mar r i ageabl e age, t hey ar e not t he habi t ual

of f ender s, i t i s t hei r f i r st of f ence of l i f e, t hey

ar e not pr evi ousl y convi ct , hence t hey shoul d be

r el eased under Sec. 4 of t he Pr obat i on of Of f ender s

Act , and benef i t of Sec. 12 of t he Act shoul d al so

be gi ven t o t hem, so t hat t he i mpugned j udgment

wi l l not af f ect t hei r f ut ur e i n any way.

He has dr awn t he at t ent i on of t hi s cour t on

t he j udgment del i ver ed by Hon' bl e Apex Cour t i n

t he case of Cmmandant 20 Bn I t b Pol i ce Vs. Sanj ay

Bi nj ol a r epor t ed i n 2001( 3) SCR 367, t he r el evant

par t of whi ch i s r epr oduced as under :

“ Whi l e al l owi ng t he appeal and

set t i ng asi de t he i mpugned or der we

di r ect t hat despi t e conf i r mat i on of

convi ct i on by t he l ear ned Sessi ons

Judge, t he r espondent be gi ven t he

benef i t of pr obat i on of of f ender s