In Re: Chikka Byre Gowda - Court Judgment

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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. 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[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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		'judgement' => '<p>Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p>1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p>2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p>3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. 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O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. 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Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
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Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. 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Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
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He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. 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The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. 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The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.

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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. 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O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. 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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p>(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p>(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p>(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p>7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 3 => '<p>3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.',
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	(int) 16 => '<p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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	(int) 18 => '<p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)',
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			'acts' => '<a href="/act/133280/code-of-criminal-procedure-1898-complete-act">Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1898</a> - Sections 367 and 374; <a href="/act/51405/indian-evidence-act-1872-complete-act">Evidence Act, 1872</a> - Sections 3; <a href="/act/51485/indian-penal-code-45-of-1860-complete-act">Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860</a> - Sections 302',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. 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That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. 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The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.

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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
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Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. 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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
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He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. 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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p>(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p>(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p>(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p>7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. 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(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.

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[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. 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[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. 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	(int) 16 => '<p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.',
	(int) 18 => '<p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)',
	(int) 19 => '<p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.',
	(int) 20 => '<p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.',
	(int) 21 => '<p>12. Pronounced in open Court.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>13. Appeal allowed.<p>',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. 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O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. 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The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. 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O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p>(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p>(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p>(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p>7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p>(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p>(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p>(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p>7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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			'acts' => '<a href="/act/133280/code-of-criminal-procedure-1898-complete-act">Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1898</a> - Sections 367 and 374; <a href="/act/51405/indian-evidence-act-1872-complete-act">Evidence Act, 1872</a> - Sections 3; <a href="/act/51485/indian-penal-code-45-of-1860-complete-act">Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860</a> - Sections 302',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. 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The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. 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O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. 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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. 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8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.

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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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		'judgement' => '<p>Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p>1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p>2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p>3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p>(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p>(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p>(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p>7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. 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[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. 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O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. 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10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.

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[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. 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O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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	(int) 3 => '<p>3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.',
	(int) 5 => '<p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.',
	(int) 6 => '<p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.',
	(int) 10 => '<p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'',
	(int) 11 => '<p>(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.',
	(int) 14 => '<p>7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:',
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	(int) 16 => '<p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.',
	(int) 18 => '<p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)',
	(int) 19 => '<p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.',
	(int) 20 => '<p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.',
	(int) 21 => '<p>12. Pronounced in open Court.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>13. Appeal allowed.<p>',
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11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.

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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. 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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. 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It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
[REPEAL BY ACT II /1927] Section 6 of Act II of 1927 & Section 8; [A.S. Bopanna, J] Application of the repealing Act  Held, Section 8 would clearly indicate that the repeal of Religious Endowments Act would apply in so far as Hindu Religious Endowments to which the Act applies. But in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments, the repeal by Act (II) of 1927 is not applicable. Further, The Religious Endowments Act 1863 has been repealed only in so far as it applies to Hindu Religious Endowments and the repeal is specific to that extent and therefore the applicability of the Act to the Jain Religious Endowments Act, 1863 is still applicable to the Jains of Dakshina Kannada. Section 10; Maintainability of Application under  Power of the District Judge to fill up the vacancy of the membership of Jaina Mathasthapana Committee  Held, Section 10 of the Act would provide for filing application for filling up the vacancy which would occur among the members of the committee before the District Judge as contemplated under the provisions of the Act, since the same would remain in force in so far as the Jain Religious Endowments are concerned. Section 10 is the only provision on which the applicants would have to fall back upon to seek for filling of the vacancy that arises in the committee. That being so, the I Additional District Judge, was not justified in dismissing the petition filed under Section10 of the Act, as not maintainable. The Court has to consider the application filed by the petitioner under Section 10 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (Act XX of 18863).  -  5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and (7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along. It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. State of Bihar',AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in '1953CriLJ129 (C)',had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">13. Appeal allowed.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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 - RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1863 
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		'decidedon' => '1955-06-22',
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		'judge' => 'Sreenivasa Rau and ;Hombo Gowda, JJ.',
		'judgement' => '<p>Sreenivasa Rau, J.</p><p>1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.</p><p>2. The prosecution case is as follows :</p><p>3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.</p><p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.</p><p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.</p><p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:</p><p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.</p><p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.</p><p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.</p><p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'</p><p>(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.</p><p>(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and</p><p>(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.</p><p>7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:</p><p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.</p><p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.</p><p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.</p><p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)</p><p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.</p><p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.</p><p>12. Pronounced in open Court.</p><p>13. Appeal allowed.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 1 => '<p>1. This is an-appeal against the judgment, dated 12-8-1954, of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Division, in Kolar Sessions Case .No. 7 of 1954, convicting the accused-appellant, Chikka Byre Gowda alias Nadipina Byregowda, of an offence punishable under Section 302, 1. P. C. and sentencing him to death. The proceedings have also been submitted to the High Court for confirmation under S. 374, Cr. P. C.',
	(int) 2 => '<p>2. The prosecution case is as follows :',
	(int) 3 => '<p>3. The accused was the second of three brothers who were living as members of a joint Hindu family. The eldest brother Doddabyregowda had a son B, Byregowda and a number of daughters. The son studied up to the S. S. L. C. examination and returned home. He thereafter interested himself in the management of the family affairs. He took exception to the accused selling away the goats belonging to the family behind the back of his brothers. Ultimately this dissatisfaction resulted in a partition of the family properties amongst the three brothers much against the will of the accused. The latter was all the more incensed when the goats, belonging to the family were auctioned amongst the members of the family and the deceased outbid him and the accused was consequently deprived of them. The family owned two houses, one a big house and another a small one. The small one was allotted to the youngest brother while the big one was divided into two portions, the eastern portion falling to the share of the accused and the western portion to that of the eldest brother. There was only one door for the whole house leading to the street on the western side. Access to this front door could be had from the eastern portion which had fallen to the share of tho accused through a door' situated in the middle of the wall dividing the two portions. According to the arrangement arrived at during the partition the accused had to open a door into the lane situated on the southern side of the house and close the inner door mentioned above. The partition is said to have taken place about nine or ten days before the incident. There was some delay in the accused opening a door in the southern wall of his portion of the house. The deceased pressed him to expedite it and proceeded to collect bricks to close the inner door. This added to the resentment of the accused: In , consequence of all this resentment the accused, some time during the night of 19-2-1954, murdered B. Byregowda with a bachi marked M. O. 15 in the case.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>4. There are no eye-witnesses to the occurrence and the decision in the case rests entirely upon the circumstantial evidence available in the case.',
	(int) 5 => '<p>5. That the deceased Byregowda was alive and in normal health on the night of 19-2-1954 and that he met with an unnatural death at the hands of some other person than himself in the course' of the night has been established beyond doubt.',
	(int) 6 => '<p>6. The learned Sessions Judge's decision that the accused was guilty of murdering B. Byregowda is based on the following factors:',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(l) Amongst all the inmates of the house on the fateful night, the accused was the only one who had the strongest motive for doing away with the deceased, and he had the opportunity.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>(2) The accused was seen washing his bloodstained banian in the pond nearby some time during the following dawn.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>(3) The accused was found wearing a pair of blood-stained knickers when he was traced on the next evening.',
	(int) 10 => '<p>(4) The accused gave information to the Investigating Officer and the panchayatdars in consequence of which M. O. 15 (bachi) was traced and the said weapon could have inflicted the injuries which caused the death of B. Byregowda.'',
	(int) 11 => '<p>(5) The said article M. O. 15 fell to the share of the accused at the family partition.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(6) The conduct of the accused in coming out of the house early in the dawn and not answering Papanna, P. W. 5, when the latter spoke to him and the accused's conduct in going away from the house immediately after the murder was discovered and keeping away all through the day until he was traced by the Police, and',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(7) The accused had a strong motive for murdering' his nephew as the latter had been responsible for bringing about the partition, had brought shame to the accused and had deprived him of the goats which had been in the accused's charge all along.',
	(int) 14 => '<p>7. It has been repeatedly laid down that when a conviction is to depend upon circumstantial evidence, the incriminating facts must be such as to be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation on any reasonable hypothesis other than that of the accused's guilt. This has been laid down by this High Court in '8 Mys LJ 379 (A)', and -- Papiah v. Govt. of Mysore, 49 Mys HCR 444 (JJ), and'' by the Supreme Court in -- 'Hanumant Govind v. State of M. P.', : 1953CriLJ129 (C), in which it is stated:',
	(int) 15 => '<p>'It is well to remember that in cases where the evidence is of a circumstantial nature, the circumstances from which, the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should in the first instance be fully established, and all the facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Again, the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. and they should be such as to exclude every hypo- ' thesis but the one proposed tp be proved. In other words, there must be a chain of evidence so far complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence pf the accused and it must be such as to show that within all human probability the act must have been done by the accused'.',
	(int) 16 => '<p>8. The principle of this decision has been repeated and applied by the -Supreme Court in --'Ketlar Nath v. State of West Bengal', AIR 1954 SC 860 (D), and in -- 'Kutuhal Yadav v. State of Bihar', : AIR1954SC720 (E), the latter being a case in which the Supreme Court found that the tests laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C)', had been satisfied by the circumstantial evidence adduced in the case and confirmed the conviction.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>9. Adverting to the present case, the circum- stances mentioned above on the basis of which the -learnerd Sessions Judge has arrived at the concision that the accused was guilty may be considered.',
	(int) 18 => '<p>.(His Lordship then considered the circumstantial evidence and concluded as follows:)',
	(int) 19 => '<p>10. It is thus seen that far from the circumstantial evidence in the case leaving no room for any other hypothesis than the guilt of the accused it is totally inconclusive and fails to satisfy the test laid down in ' : 1953CriLJ129 (C). Not only are all the vital facts alleged by the prosecution not established by the evidence on record, but even if the said facts should be regarded as proved, they do not constitute a complete and unbroken chain leading to the inevitable inference of the accused's guilt.',
	(int) 20 => '<p>11. In the light of all the considerations mentioned above, it appears to us that the conviction cannot be sustained and the sentence pf death passed by the Court below cannot be confirmed. The decision of the learned Sessions Judge is accordingly set aside and the Appellant is hereby acquitted and he shall be set at liberty forthwith.',
	(int) 21 => '<p>12. Pronounced in open Court.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>13. Appeal allowed.<p>',
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