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Tilak Raj vs. State
Tilak Raj vs. State
+ Crl.A.No.178/2009
% Reserved on: 3rd February, 2010
Date of Decision: 4th February, 2010
versus
* CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.K. JAIN
: V.K. JAIN, J.
appellant was convicted under Sections 457 & 459 of IPC and
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in default under Section 459 of IPC.
Raj and his co-accused Vijay, who has since expired, were
House No.240 was found broken and an iron rod was also
adjoining barsati and wall. Initially, she thought that her son
had returned and was trying to hide himself from her. She
behind and gave a blow with the iron rod on her head. The
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towards her, she caught his hands and kept on raising alarm.
stated that on 2nd April, 2006 when she was returning home
and was going to her house through staircase, she felt that
was her son who was hiding himself. She then saw another
head with an iron object and that person went down. In the
meantime, the other person came there and she caught hold
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saw the accused persons beating the complainant with iron
the staircase of the house and was seized by the police. The
iron rod, Ex.P-1, was also seized by the police. The witness
injured.
Block 12, Lodhi Colony, where both the accused were handed
of the case, who has stated that when he reached the spot the
the lock of the barsati of House No.240 was lying there along
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and having injured the complainant.
would show that injuries were found on her head when she
unlikely that the victim of the crime would spare the real
never be feel satisfied since, he wants the real culprit and not
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with him.
culprit and in case she had not seen the intruders, she would
in their building.
also not the case of the appellant that either PW-1 Shri
against him and for that reason had falsely identified him as
this case.
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10. In Mer Dhana Sida vs. State of Gujarat AIR 1985 SC
real culprits and that the evidence of that witness alone, was
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Others Vs. The State of Gujarat”, AIR 1971 SC 1797, “Hori
Lal & Another Vs. The State of U.P.”, AIR 1970 SC 1969,
Lodhi Colony on that day and what they were doing in Block-
complainant.
12. The appellant has been convicted under Sections 457 &
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imprisonment, whereas Section 459 provides for punishment
breaking.
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trespass would become house-breaking if the trespasser
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which he knows to have been fastened
against such entrance or departure, and to
have been unfastened by himself or by an
abettor of the house-trespass.
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conceal his act from the owner or occupier of the house in
against him.
Sharma and also assaulted her when they were leaving after
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nature and were caused by a blunt object. Grievous hurt has
First. – Emasculation.
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nature of injury was simple. There is no evidence that the
as is evident from the fact that they were armed with iron
complainant.
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is, hereby, modified to the extent that while maintaining the
spent more than one year and eleven months in jail, exclusive
(V.K.JAIN)
JUDGE
FEBRFUARY 4, 2010
RS/
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