LAWS(BOM)-2017-11-324

JEETENDRA @ BUNTY SHAKIYA Vs. STATE OF GOA

Decided On November 03, 2017
Jeetendra @ Bunty Shakiya Appellant
V/S
STATE OF GOA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) By this appeal, the appellant challenges his conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, by which he is sentenced to imprisonment for life and a fine of Rs.10,000/- by the learned Sessions Judge, South Goa on 20.2.2015.

(2.) The facts of the case, as emerging from the record, can be summerised as follows:-

(3.) Pw 12 Santosh Desai thereafter conducted an inquest panchanama in presence of panch witnesses. He had also seized the clothes on the person of the deceased comprising of a white coloured long sleeved shirt with blood stains, a baniyan, brown coloured underwear and a blue jeans pant. The inquest panchanama is proved at Ex.28. The dead body of the deceased was sent for autopsy. The cause of death, as per the opinion of PW 7 Dr. Avinash Pujari, was due to crush injury of head and face with complete cutting of the penis at the base involving the scrotal skin resulting in the separation from the body.