GANDI DODDABASAPPA @ GANDHI BASAVARAJ Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This criminal appeal arises from the judgment and final order passed by the High Court of Karnataka dated 3rd June, 2011 in Criminal Appeal No. 2259 of 2005. The High Court has set aside the order of acquittal passed by the Sessions Court and instead convicted the appellant (accused) for an offence punishable under Sec. 304, Part I of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ('IPC') and sentenced him to undergo 10 (ten) years of rigorous imprisonment for killing his daughter, Shilpa.

(2.) When this appeal was taken up for hearing on 8th Sept., 2016, the Court directed issuance of notice to the appellant (accused) for enhancement of sentence. That notice has been duly served on the appellant.

(3.) The factual circumstances leading to this appeal are as under: