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Jhallar Vs. State

Jhallar vs State

Disposition Revision dismissed Court Allahabad Decided Jul 15, 1953
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Citation
Court
Allahabad High Court
Judge
Decided On
Case Number
Criminal Revn. No. 133 of 1952
Subject
Criminal
Disposition
Revision dismissed

Case Summary

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Criminal - trespass - Sections 441 and 456 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 - accused entered in the house of complainant at night - on the invitation of the complainant's wife - intention to commit offence under Section 497 - held, convicted under Section 456 only. - CANTONMENTS ACT[C.A. No. 41/2006]. Section 346 & Can...

Key legal issue
Criminal
Outcome / disposition
Revision dismissed
Acts & sections
Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 - Sections 441, 456 and 497

Parties & Advocates

Appellant / Petitioner

Jhallar

Advocate H.K. Ghose, Adv.

Respondent

State

Advocate Addl. Govt. Adv.

Legal References

Acts
Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 - Sections 441, 456 and 497
Reported In
AIR1954All17

Excerpt

.....schools (conditions of service) regulations act, 1978 [act no. 3/1978]. sections 9 & 2(21): jurisdiction of school tribunal whether a school run by cantonment board is not a recognised school within the meaning of section 2(21)? - held, the act is enacted to regulate recruitments and conditions of employees in certain private schools and provisions of the act shall apply to all private schools in the state whether receiving any grant-in-aid from the state government or not. private school is defined in section 2(2) of the act as a recognised school established or administered by a management other than the government or a local authority. recognised means recognised by director, the divisional board or state board. thus as far as the first part of the definition of being recognised is concerned, it includes, as stated above, four directors, the divisional boards and four state boards. the second part of this definition which comes after the comma refers to any officer authorised by director or by any of such boards. the question to be examined is whether school run by the cantonment board could be said to be one run by any such boards. a private school has to be recognised by the state or the divisional board or by any officer authorised in that behalf. when this phrase namely: recognised by any officer authorised by the director or by any such boards, is included in the latter part of section 2(21), such boards will be of the level of the state board or the divisional board. the boards referred to in the definition of the word recognised means the boards which deal with education at levels other than that of the level at which primary schools are operating. thus for being recognised, the school has to be recognised by the board and therefore, it has to be operating at a higher level i.e., secondary level. section 2(21) of the act defines the term recognised. the last clause therein is by any of such boards. the term such is defined in oxford dictionary as.....orderr. singh, j.1. this is an application in revision by one jhallar who was convicted under section 456. penal code and was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of rs. 50/-by a magistrate and whose appeal against his conviction and sentence was dismissed by the sessions judge of rae bareli. 2. it appears that jhallar had entered the house of one ram nath on the night between17th and 18th january, 1952 when an alarm was raised & jhallar was apprehended. he was then taken to the police station and a report was lodged. the defence of jhailar was that he had gone to the house on the invitation of one srimati jaggi with whom he had illegitimate intimacy and that ram nath, who seems to have been lying in wait, caught hold of him while he had come out of the house. the story that the applicant had presumably some intimacy with srimati jaggi has been accepted by the lower courts but the applicant was convicted on the ground that he had entered the house of ram nath with a view to commit an offence. 3. it has been argued on behalf of the applicant that the applicant could not be said to have entered the house of ram nath with the intent of causing annoyance to him inasmuch as he had gone to the house either on the invitation of srimati jaggi or only to meet her of his own accord. in either case it could not be the intention of the applicant to annoy the owner or the possessor of the house. section 441 which defines a criminal trespass indicates that a person is said to commit criminal trespass if he enters into or upon property in the possession of another with the intent (1) to commit an offence, or (2) to intimidate) insult or annoy any person in possession of such property. evidently the applicant had not entered the house of ram nath with any deliberate intention of annoying anybody. srimati jaggi was, however, a married woman and it is in evidence that she had her husband living. consequently intercourse with such a lady would evidently be an.....

Full Judgment

ORDER

R. Singh, J.

1. This is an application in revision by one Jhallar who was convicted under Section 456. Penal Code and was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 50/-by a Magistrate and whose appeal against his conviction and sentence was dismissed by the Sessions Judge of Rae Bareli.

2. It appears that Jhallar had entered the house of one Ram Nath on the night between17th and 18th January, 1952 when an alarm was raised & Jhallar was apprehended. He was then taken to the police station and a report was lodged. The defence of Jhailar was that he had gone to the house on the invitation of one Srimati Jaggi with whom he had illegitimate intimacy and that Ram Nath, who seems to have been lying in wait, caught hold of him while he had come out of the house. The story that the applicant had presumably some intimacy with Srimati Jaggi has been accepted by the lower Courts but the applicant was convicted on the ground that he had entered the house of Ram Nath with a view to commit an offence.

3. It has been argued on behalf of the applicant that the applicant could not be said to have entered the house of Ram Nath with the intent of causing annoyance to him inasmuch as he had gone to the house either on the invitation of Srimati Jaggi or only to meet her of his own accord. In either case it could not be the intention of the applicant to annoy the owner or the possessor of the house. Section 441 which defines a criminal trespass indicates that a person is said to commit criminal trespass if he enters into or upon property in the possession of another with the intent (1) to commit an offence, or (2) to intimidate) insult or annoy any person in possession of such property. Evidently the applicant had not entered the house of Ram Nath with any deliberate intention of annoying anybody. Srimati Jaggi was, however, a married woman and it is in evidence that she had her husband living. Consequently intercourse with such a lady would evidently be an offence under Section 497, Penal Code and on the own showing of the applicant he had entered the house of Ram Nath, It has been held in a Full Bench ruling of the Lahore High Court reported in -- 'Mohammad Yar v. Emperor', AIR 1938 Lah 514 (A) that in the circumstance mentioned above a person who entered the house would be held to be guilty of criminal trespass. I agree with the view expressed above. The applicant was, therefore, rightly found guilty under Section 456, Penal Code by the Courts below.

4. The application for revision is dismissed.

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