The police recorded statement of witnesses in addition to companypleting the formalities of forwarding the articles, seized during the investigation, to the Chemical Analyser.
19, by P.S.I. Kale P.W. 11 .
The officer who had given the FSL report was number examined as a witness.
80 in the matter came to be lodged by Police companystable Krishna Sadashiv Lute W. 1 at Police Station Sakkardara.
High Court companycurred with the companyclusions.
192/93 of Sakkardara Police Station.
His case was companymitted to the companyrt of Sessions for trial.
On the fateful night when the neighbouring residents, mostly police personnel were in their respective quarters and sleeping in the companyrtyards, they heard sound of the tape recorder, which was being played by the appellant accused, at about 1.30 a.m. in the night which awakened them.
Latabai hereinafter referred to as deceased by pouring kerosene on her person and setting her ablaze in the night of 29.4.2003 i.e. at about 1.30 a.m. in the police quarters No.
Appellant accused was residing in the said quarters along with his wife the deceased and children.
He also numbericed partly burnt matters on her person which was little bit wet.
Prosecution version as unfolded during trial is as follows The appellant accused was tried on a charge of having companymitted murder of his wife Smt.
Appeal filed against the judgment, as numbered above, was dismissed.
He numbericed that deceased Lata was fully burnt and her neck was stretched towards her stomach and her hands were crouching, both her legs were drawn towards abdomen side.
Placing reliance on these two aspects, the trial Court found the accused guilty.
Due to this incident, all the people in the neighbourhood had gathered at the place of the incident and report Exh.
40 in the presence of the panchas.
In the companyrse of investigation, the inquest Panchanama Exb.
P.S.I. Kale registered offence under Section 302 of IPC vide Crime No.
203/3 at Raghuji Nagar, Sakkardara at Nagpur.
After investigation was companypleted, charge sheet came to be filed against the appellant accused.
This aspect has been admitted by number only PW 1 but also PW 3.
The latter being the wife of PW 1 was bound to support the statement of PW 1.
Challenge in this appeal is to the order passed by a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, dismissing the appeal filed by the appellant.
They tried to extinguish the fire, but, as she had sustained excessive burns before she companyld be removed to hospital, she died on the spot.
22 of the dead body of Latabai was prepared and dead body was sent to Department of Forensic Medicines, Medical College, Nagpur for companyducting post mortem.
The Medical Officer companyducted the post mortem and gave the report Exb.
31 , which was admitted by the appel1ant accused and, therefore, the prosecution did number examine any Medical Officer.
Arising out of S.L.P. Crl.
Thereafter, he visited the place of the incident and prepared the spot panchnama Exb.
No.2954 of 2006 Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. Leave granted.
Appellant faced trial for alleged companymission of offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 in short the IPC .
He arrested the appellant accused at about 7.00 p.m, who was found near statute of Tukdoji Maharaj, prepared the arrest panchanama and seized his clothes.
Thereafter, the neighbours entered the quarters of the appellant accused and saw that Lata had caught fire.
In the kitchen, he numbericed that there was a tin, which was companytaining some kerosene, match sticks and other material which he recorded in the spot panchanama and seized the Articles 1 to 7.
He was companyvicted by learned Ist Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur and sentence of life imprisonment and fine of Rs.200/ with default stipulation was imposed.
The appellant accused was referred to medical officer for his medical examination.
The said report was taken down in the proforma prescribed under Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in short the Code which is Exb.
The trial Court found the accused guilty primarily on two grounds a there was extra judicial companyfession made before PWs 1, 3 and 4 b kerosene was found on the dress which the accused was wearing at the time of occurrence.
P.S.I. Laxman Tighara P.W. 9 took over the investigation of the case on 29.4.1993.
As accused pleaded innocence, he was put to trial.
They heard the appellant accused and his wife quarrelling and saw the appellant accused dragging the deceased inside the house by holding her hands and after a short while they numbericed the appellant accused companying out of his quarters and shouting Kaka Lata Mere Hatho se Mar Gai and fled away.
