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PANKAJ MITHAL, UJJAL BHUYAN
Kamaruddin Dastagir Sanadi – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka Through Sho Kakati Police – Respondent
JUDGMENT
PANKAJ MITHAL, J.
1. The accused-appellant was charged under Sections 417, 376 and 306 of the Indian Penal Code [In short ‘IPC’]. The trial court acquitted him of all the above offences, but on appeal by the State of Karnataka to the High Court, he was convicted for the offences under Sections 417 and 306 IPC. However, the acquittal under Section 376 IPC was maintained. He was awarded sentence of 1 year under Section 417 IPC with a fine of Rs.5,000/-; and with a sentence of 4 years for the offence under Section 306 IPC with a fine of Rs.20,000/-. Basically, the conviction of the accused-appellant is for the offences of cheating and for abetment of suicide only.
2. A girl named Suvarna, aged about 21 years, was in love with the accused-appellant for the past 8 years i.e. she was in love with him since the age of 13 years. It is alleged that the accused-appellant had promised to marry her but when he refused, she consumed poison and committed suicide.
3. It is alleged that the accused-appellant, Kamruddin Dastagir Sanadi, had promised to marry the deceased before the jamaat (panchayath) but 4 months prior to the incident, he had left the village and started living at Kakati, Kar
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