JAI SINGH ALIAS MEHLA Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner Jai Singh was convicted under section 377 of the Indian Penal Code by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kurukshetra, and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 1-1/2 years and to pay a fine of Rs. 500/-. It was also ordered that in default of payment of fine he would further undergo rigorous imprisonment for 6 months.

(2.) THE petitioner filed an appeal which was heard by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Kurukshetra. He maintained the conviction of the petitioner but considering the fact that he was aged about 18 years on the date of the commission of the crime, his sentence of rigorous imprisonment was reduced to 1 year. The sentence of fine was maintained. The petitioner has now come to this Court in revision.

(3.) P .W. 1 Dr. S.K. Gupta, while he was posted in B.N.C. Hospital, Kurukshetra, medically examined Virender Kumar on 31st May, 1977 at 12.15 P.M. and found the following injuries on his person :-