Kerala Court June 1950 Judgments

Kesava Pillai Kunjan Pillai Vs. State

Court: Kerala

Reported in: 1952CriLJ386

Kunhi Raman, C.J.1. The accused 1 is the appellant before this Court. He and his two sons were charged with the offence of murder and they were tried in the Additional Sessions Court at Trivandrum in Sessions Case No. 5 of 1125. The learned Judge reached the conclusion that the charge has not been proved against the first accused under Section 301 but under Section 326, Travancore Penal Code for stabbing the deceased with a knife which has been produced as M.O. III. He also found that no case has been made out against the two sons of the first accused, who were accused 2 and 3 in the Court below, and he has acquitted them. The first accused was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs. 50/- and in default of payment of the fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for one month more.2. The incident took place on 15.4.1123 where the deceased was passing along a public road at 8 P.M. He and the appellant accosted each other, and a quarrel ensued as a res...