Orissa Court September 1964 Judgments

Surendra Bisoi Vs. State

Court: Orissa

Reported in: 1965CriLJ168

R.K. Das, J.1. The appellant has been convicted under Section 307, I. P. C. and sentenced to R. I, for seven years, by the order dated 20-12-1963, passed by the Sessions Judge, Ganjam Boudh.2. The prosecution case may briefly be stated as follows : On 25th August, 1962 at about 9 P. M. the accused Surendra Bidoi came in a drunken state and abused the people in the village in filthy language. P. W. 3 Banshidhar asked the accused not to behave like that and to go home and sleep quietly. But the accused resented this and abused P. W. 3 and threatening to set him right, brought out a gun (M. O. I) from his house and aimed it at P. W. 3, but the shot struck P. W. 4 Narayan Bisoi who was standing near P. W. 3. Thereafter P. W. 5 Mangala Bisoi and P. W. 6 Chandrapani Bisoi snatched away the gun from the hands of the accused. P. W. 3 taking the gun and the Injured Narayan with him went to P. W. 2 the Mutha head of the village and informed him about the incident and P. W. 2 lodged the F. I. R. ...