Jammu and Kashmir Court January 1962 Judgments

Parmanand Vs. State

Court: Jammu and Kashmir

Reported in: 1962CriLJ544

J.N. Wazir, C.J.1. This is an appeal filed by Parmanand who was convicted Under Section 326, R. P. C. by the Additional District Magistrate, Kathua and was sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 50/-. His appeal was dismissed by the Additional Sessions Judge and he has come up in further appeal to this Court.2. The prosecution case, briefly stateo, is as follows :Parmanand accused is a resident of Raj Bagh, Tehsil Kathua. He suspected that his wife, Mst. Lajwanti, was unchaste and unfaithful. It is alleged that she had gone to wash her clothes at a water edge. Her husband followed her, caught hold of her by the hand, made her lie prostrate on the ground and chopped her right hand and right foot with a hatchet. One Lekh Raj came to the scene of occurrence and carried Mst. Lajwanti to the Police Station, where the first information report was lodged. It appears that the accused also went to the Police Station and presented the chopped hand and foot to the police...