BASAPPA ALIAS BASANAGOWDA ALIAS TAMMAJAH v. STATE BY JAYAPURA POLICE STATION, MYSORE
2005-10-28
N.S.VEERABHADRAIAH
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ORDER This revision is by the accused being aggrieved of the judgment in Cri. A. No. 111 of 2003 on the file of the Presiding Officer, Fast Track Court II, Mysore allowing the appeal in part by modifying the sentence to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months as against the judgment in C.C. No. 820 of 2000 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, II Court, Mysore, dated 31-7-2003 convicting the accused for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. Brief facts of the case are as follows.- The accused was tried for the offence punishable under Section 498-A and for the offence punishable under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code. The learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, II Court, Mysore recorded a finding of guilt of the accused for the offence punishable under Sections 498-A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/- for the offence punishable under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code and further sentencing him to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 500/- for the offence punishable under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code. The said conviction and sentence was questioned in Cri. A. No. 111 of 2003. The learned Judge of the Fast Track Court by re-appreciating the testimony of the prosecution witnesses though it was submitted that the parties have entered into a compromise having confirmed the conviction reduced the sentence of one year to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months. It is this order, which is questioned in the present criminal revision petition. 3. When the matter come up for admission, learned Counsel for the petitioner and the respondent submitted that the accused-petitioner Basappa and his wife-complainant Nagamma in person and reports that they have amicably settled the matter and also files an application under Section 320(6) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 4. Learned Counsel for both sides relies on the judgment in the case of B.S. Joshi and Others v State of Haryana and Another1 and submits that in matrimonial dispute, it is open for the High Court to exercise inherent powers and to permit the parties to compound the offence. 5.
4. Learned Counsel for both sides relies on the judgment in the case of B.S. Joshi and Others v State of Haryana and Another1 and submits that in matrimonial dispute, it is open for the High Court to exercise inherent powers and to permit the parties to compound the offence. 5. In the present case, Section 498-A is not incorporated under Section 320, sub-section (1) or (2). But whereas the State amendment of Andhra Pradesh in their State amendment of Section 498-A is compoundable under Section 320, sub-section (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Though it is in the Andhra Pradesh State amendment, keeping in mind the decision rendered by the Apex Court in B.S. Joshi, when the husband and wife having appeared before this Court and having submitted that they have no difference and they having two small male kids, it is not appropriate for this Court to send the accused behind the bars when it is purely a matrimonial dispute. Taking into consideration the facts of this case and the submissions made by the accused and his wife, I feel that it is a fit case to permit the parties to compound the offence so that they can lead a happy married life without giving any room for further dispute. 6. For the foregoing reasons, this criminal revision petition is allowed. The conviction and sentence passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and the sentence passed thereon and the judgment of the First Appellate Court are hereby set aside in view of the fact that the parties have compounded the offence. Accordingly the application is allowed and the accused-petitioner is acquitted of the charges under Sections 498-A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code. The application filed shall form part and parcel of the records.