it is in evidence of PWs 12, 14, 15 and 16 that around 5.45 P.M. they reached the hospital and got Yashodhamma shifted to the Causality Medical Officer.
THE 22ND DAY OF JANUARY, 1998 present Honble the Chief Justice Honble Mr. Justice M. Srinivasan Mr. S. S. Javeri, Sr.
One of the forms is filled up and sent by the doctor to the Sub inspector of police.
Q. 46 It is in evidence of PWs 12 to 14 that there was scooter in front of your house at that time and due to rush of Yashodhamma running out she hit the scooter and it fell by its side.
The appellants wife died on 28.1.84 at about 12.30 AM.
It is in evidence of PWs 12 to 14 that Yashodhamma got up and went in front of the house of PW 12 and fell on the road and started rolling.
What do you say?
It is false.
If the appellants wife died on account of an accident or by companymitting suicide, the appellant would have certainly attempted to put out the flames and take her to the hospital.
on 26.1.1984 there was a quarrel between husband and wife which was numbericed by the neighbors.
P.C. and the answers given by him.
Though there were tow children, the appellant did number stop the ill treatment of his wife.
Q. 47.
She was lying on the road.
Advocate, Mr. Mohan V. Kataria for Mr. Ashok K. Sharma, Advocate with him for the appellants.
Even before the marriage there was demand for dowry of jewels and Rs.
In the evening between 5 and 5.30 P.M. the appellants wife came running out of the house with flames on her clothes and dashed against the scooter of the appellant kept in front of the house.
While going in auto rikshaw she was repeatedly saying that her husband had burnt her.
Q. 48.
The appellant was arrested on the same day in the hospital where he was undertaking treatment as an indoor patient.
he was treating his wife with cruelty as evident from letters written by her to her relations.
50, 000/ in cash and only a part thereof was paid.
PW 12 sent telegrams to the relatives of the appellants wife.
She was admitted in the hospital by PW 12 to whom the appellants wife had two days before the incident given a sum of Rs.
she fell down and rolled on the ground.
He scolded PW 12 Krishnaveni fro staying in the hospital by the side of his wife and told her that whatever had happened and his wife should be properly advised.
Even before that the appellants wife had told the neighbours that her husband had poured kerosene oil on her and set fire.
I tried to put out the fire at that time.
When went to the hospital, Yashodha was in the ward.
1000/ for the offence under Section 498 A IPC with a direction that the substantive sentence of imprisonment were to run companycurrently.
The neighbours who were present made all attempts to put out the flames by wrapping her in a rug and removing the burning clothes for her body.
the appellant was repeatedly demanding payment of dowry in cash and also jewels.
The remaining part was being paid in instalments.
I sustained burn injury to my left hand.
An auto rickshaw was brought by one of them and she was taken to the Government hospital.
The appellant came out of the house and restored the scooter to its stand but did number take steps to save his wife and went away after merely touching her.
It was number part of his duty.
On 27.1.1984 the statement of the appellants wife was recorded by PW 27, P.S.I. Extension Police Station, Devangere.
The above answers given by the appellant show that he was totally indifferent.
The High Court reversed the Judgment of the Sessions Judge at Chitradurga acquitting the appellant and his mother Thimmakka.
The memo is in a prescribed from found in a book obviously kept by the hospital.
What do you say?
The appellant went to the hospital later in the night and saw his wife in the ward.
The appellant married Yashodhamma in September 1976.
The appeal by the State against the appellants mother before the High Court was dismissed and in fact the acquittal of the appellants mother by the Sessions Court was number seriously challenged in the High Court.
What do you say?
It was number necessary at all to mention all the statements made to the doctor by the persons who brought the patient to him in that memo.
What do you say?
It is false.
it is in evidence of PWs 12 to 14 that you came out of your house and instead of attending to your wife, you lifted and stationed the scooter and touched your wife yashodhamma with your left hand and went inside the house.
I tried to put out the fire and at that time I sustained an injury to my left hand.
