RAM JI LAL SHARMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor for the State.

(2.) THIS is a case in which the accused was convicted of offence punishable under Section 326 IPC and sentenced to two years, Simple Imprisonment by the trial court with a fine of Rs. 200/ -. Aggrieved by the order of conviction, an appeal was preferred to the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Rajgarh (Alwar) and the said Appellate Court vide order dated 26.2.1997, the said appellate court reversed the order of conviction passed against the accused Chagan Singh by the trial court and acquitted the accused by giving him the benefit of doubt.

(3.) FROM the perusal of the impugned order it is further apparent that the material witnesses were not examined by the trial court and it is for this reason that the appellant court has reversed the findings of the trial court giving the benefit of doubt to the accused.