Andhra Pradesh Court July 1954 Judgments

Connabatula Satya Rao Vs. State

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1954CriLJ1529

ORDERChandra Reddi, J.1. This revision petition is directed against the conviction of the petitioner under Section 4-A, Madras Prohibition Act, and the sentence of a fine of Rs. 30/- in default imprisonment for 20 days.2. The charge against the petitioner, a Prohibition Guard, attached to the Prohibition Police Station, Yellamanchilli, is that he was found in a state of intoxication on 28-9-1952, The case for the prosecution is that the petitioner was quarrelling with a rickshaw-puller on the relevant night and that on seeing P. Ws. 5 and 6 passing that way, he began to run. This roused the suspicion of these two witnesses and they gave chase to him, caught' hold of him and found that he was smelling liquor. By then a number of people including P. Ws. 1 and 2, two of the local advocates, collected there. The plea of the accused was of denial. The prosecution evidence was accepted by the trial Court and a conviction followed.3. It looks to me that it is very doubtful whether the prosecu...