Dismissed

Smt. Sunanda W/O Gopal Waghmare v. State of Maharashtra, through the Police Station Officer, Amravati and Another

Bombay HC20 Oct 2015APEAL/543/2014

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What is this about?

The High Court refused leave to appeal in a criminal matter involving assault and death. It applied prior Apex Court precedent requiring leave for appeals by victims. The court found the trial to be without merit due to untrustworthy witness evidence, rejecting the appeal and the related criminal applications.

What did the court decide?

Leave to appeal refused. Criminal Appeal rejected. Criminal Application Nos. 625/15 & 626/15 disposed of.

Smt. Sunanda W/O Gopal Waghmare Vs State of… — Criminal Trial and Appeal | Bombay HC (2015)

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20.10APPA.625.15

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR

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CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 625 OF 2015 IN & WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 543 OF 2014 Smt. Sunanda w/o Gopal Waghmare .vs. State of Maharashtra & another

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Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders.

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Mr. G.S. Lahoti, Advocate (appointed) for appellant. Mr. M.J. Khan, A.P.P. for respondent no.1.

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CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & PRASANNA B. VARALE, JJ. DATED : OCTOBER 20, 2015.

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Though the appellant has not filed an application for leave to appeal, we are treating this proceeding as an application to seek leave in appeal.

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Now it is settled in view of the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of Satyapal Singh .vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & others : Criminal Appeal No. 1315/15 decided on 6.10.2015 that even for a victim, it is necessary to seek leave of this Court to file an appeal.

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The prosecution case is that the respondent accused had assaulted the deceased Gopal as well as PW.8 Arun Chendkapure with a crowbar, as a result of which deceased Gopal died and PW.8 Arun sustained serious injuries.

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The prosecution basically relies on PW.9 Suwarna – daughter of PW.8 and PW.8 Arun. The perusal of evidence of PW.9 Surwarna, who is said to be eye-witness, would show that she had not witnessed the incident and she had deposed as per version given to her by her father in the hospital.

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20.10APPA.625.15

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In so far as PW.8 Arun is concerned, though he has stated in his deposition that he had seen the present accused assaulting him, in the statement recorded under Section 161 of Criminal Procedure Code, he has stated that he was assaulted in the door and he came to know in the hospital that it was the accused who had assaulted him. The Investigating Officer was examined and he affirmed that the aforesaid statement was made by the accused while recording statement under Section 161 of Criminal Procedure Code. As such, the evidence of the said witness also cannot be said to be trustworthy.

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In that view of the matter, no case is made out to interfere with the findings of the learned trial Court. The appeal is without merit. Leave to appeal is refused. Appeal stands rejected.

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The Criminal Application Nos. 625/15 & 626/15 also stand disposed of accordingly.

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Fees payable to the learned Counsel appointed for the appellant are quantified at Rs.1500/-.

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Judge

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Judge J.

Smt. Sunanda W/O Gopal Waghmare v. State of Maharashtra, through the Police Station Officer, Amravati and Another

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