STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. TEJARAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) APPEALLANT Tejaram was tried for the offence under Section 302 IPC by the Sessions Judge. Sirohi. By the judgment dated 20th April, 1985. he was held guilty for that offence and death sentence was passed. The learned Sessions Judge submitted the proceedings to this Court under Section 366 Cr. PC for confirmation of the death sentence. Appellant Tejaram felt aggrieved by the judgment of conviction and preferred appeal in this Court. As the death reference and the appeal filed by Tejaram arise out of the same judgment, we propose to dispose both of them by a common judgment.

(2.) SUCCINCTLY narrated the facts of the case giving rise to the trial of the appellant, his conviction and sentence and the reference by the learned Sessions Judge and the appeal by Tejaram are as under ;

(3.) AT about 10 a.m. appellant Teja Ram armed with an axe and accompanied by his wife and children, went to police station Barloot and lodged the report Ex. P. 21. He produced the axe before the Head Constable Roop Chand. The Head Constable recorded the report Ex. P. 22. Roop Chand detained Teja Ram at the police station. In the night when Jafar Ali, after investigation, reached the police station, he arrested the appellant vide memo Ex. P. 25. The SHO took in possession the axe produced by Teja Ram and sealed it. The articles suspected to be blood stained, recovered during the course of investigation were sent for chemical examination, The report of the Director Forensic Science Laboratory Jaipur is Ex. P. 55. The report of the Director State Forensic Laboratory Jaipur regarding the hair is Ex. P. 56.