STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. SURINDER SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The present appeal is maintained by the appellant/State, laying challenge to judgment dated 01.07.2009, passed by learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rampur, District Shimla, H.P., in Case No. 169-2 of 2003, whereby the accused/respondent (hereinafter referred to as "the accused") was acquitted for the commission of the offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 338 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as "IPC").

(2.) The key facts necessary for adjudication of this appeal can tersely be summarized as under:

(3.) The prosecution, in order to prove its case, examined as many as nine witnesses. Statement of the accused was recorded under Section 313 Cr.P.C., wherein he pleaded not guilty. The accused did not lead any evidence in his defence.