Andhra Pradesh Court April 1954 Judgments
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In Re Boya Burranna and ors.
Court: Andhra Pradesh
Decided on: Apr-12-1954
Reported in: 1955CriLJ81
Subba Rao, C.J.(1) These are appeals against the judgment of the Court of Sessions of Kurnool division, convicting the accused Under Section 302 and Section 148, Indian Penal Code and sentencing them to death and also to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 3 years.(2) One Lingareddi was hacked to death, on 18-1-1954 at about 10 P. M. near a well called Kurakulavandla Bhavi in the village of Pedda Hothur in Eluru Taluk.The case for the prosecution is, the 1st accused is the father of accused 2 and 3, and accused 4 and 5 are illegitimate sons of a divided brother of the 1st accused. They were manufacturing arrack illicitly in the hillock of Kurithegudda, which is close to the field of Lingareddi, the deceased. Lingareddi was a fairly well-to-do ryot of respectability and he naturally protested against the actions of the accused. Not only did they not heed to his advice, but they also shifted the materials used for distillation close to the field of the deceased.Two months prior to the occu...
Ahmed S. and ors. Vs. the State
Court: Andhra Pradesh
Decided on: Apr-02-1954
Reported in: 1955CriLJ1066
ORDERManohar Pershad, J.1. This is a reference by the District Magistrate, Hyderabad, recommending that the petitions in revision filed on behalf of the accused be allowed and the conviction and sentence passed by the trial Court be set aside and the case be remanded to the trial Court.Nobody is present on behalf of the accused, revision-petitioners, I perused the record with the help of the Government Advocate. From a perusal of the same, I find that the accused were charge-sheeted Under Section 13, Hyderabad Gambling Act for gambling in a public place. On behalf of the prosecution three witnesses were examined and the accused produced one defence witness. On a consideration of the evidence, the trial Court having found the accused guilty sentenced each of them to pay a fine of Rs. 21/-. Aggrieved by this, the accused filed separate revision petitions before the District Magistrate. Hence this reference.On the evidence, the District Magistrate also has upheld the conviction of the acc...
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