Konanakunte Ps vs Rakesh D Alias Rocks on 8 July, 2026

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    Konanakunte Ps vs Rakesh D Alias Rocks on 8 July, 2026

    KABC010209402020
    
    
    
    
    IN THE COURT OF LXVII ADDL CITY CIVIL AND
         SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU CITY
                   (CCH.No.68)
                          PRESENT
                    SMT.RASHMI.M.
                                BA.LL.B., LL.M.
            LXVII Addl. City Civil & Sessions Judge,
                       Bengaluru.
    
            Dated this the 8th day of July 2026.
    
                       S.C.No.909/2020
    
    COMPLAINANT:         State by
                         Konanakunte Police,
                         Bengaluru.
                         (By learned Special Public
                         Prosecutor)
                       .Vs.
    
    ACCUSED :            Rakesh.D. @ Rocks,
                         S/o.S.T.Dasappa,
                         Aged about 25 years,
                         R/at.No.26/4, 2nd Cross,
                         2nd Main Road, Avalahalli,
                         Girinagar,
                         Bengaluru.
                         (By Sri.H.S.Chandramouli,
                         Senior Counsel for Advocate
                         Sri.P.Narayanaswamy, Advocate)
                         2                S.C.No.909/2020
    
    
                  JUDGMENT
    

    The Police Inspector of Konanakunte Police

    Station, Bengaluru has filed the charge sheet

    SPONSORED

    against the accused for the offences punishable

    under Sections 302 and 506 of IPC.

    2. The learned Magistrate after complying with

    the provisions under Section 207 Cr.P.C., has

    committed the case against the accused under

    Section 209 of Cr.P.C., to the Court of Hon’ble Prl.

    City Civil & Sessions Judge, Bengaluru, as the

    offence under Section 302 of IPC is exclusively

    triable by the Court of Sessions. After committal of

    the case, it was made over to this court for trial in

    accordance with law.

    3. The brief facts of the prosecution case
    are as under:

    It is the case of the prosecution that in

    the year 2008 C.W.1 got married
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    Smt.Pavithra, who is the sister of accused and

    some differences arose in their matrimonial

    life. 15 days prior to the alleged incident, the

    accused came to the house of C.W.1 and

    picked up the quarrel with the parents of

    C.W.1 namely Sri.Govindaiah and

    Smt.Shanthamma and took his sister

    Smt.Pavithra along with her child to his

    house. On 10.05.2020 at about 7-15 p.m.,

    C.W.1 called the accused and asked him to

    bring back his wife and daughter to their

    house. In this regard, there was a quarrel

    between the accused and C.W.1. At that time

    the accused had posed life threat to C.W.1

    and his father.

    Further on 10.05.2020 at about 8-15 p.m.,

    the accused with an intention to commit

    murder had gone to the house of C.W.1

    situated at No.337, 1st Floor, 11th Main Road,
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    RBI Layout, J.P.Nagar 7th Phase, within the

    limits of Konanakunte Police Station,

    Bengaluru, in his Splendor motorbike bearing

    No.KA-41-J-1279 and in the absence of C.W.1,

    the accused stabbed the father of C.W.1

    multiple times with a knife and also stabbed

    the mother of C.W.1 multiple times with the

    same knife, causing grievous multiple

    bleeding injuries and committed their murder.

    Thereby the accused is alleged to have

    committed the offences punishable under

    Sections 302 and 506 of IPC.

    4. On securing the presence of the accused, the

    charge has been framed against him for the

    offences punishable under Sections 302 and 506 of

    IPC. The accused has pleaded not guilty and

    claimed to be tried. Thereafter, the case was posted

    for prosecution evidence. In order to prove the guilt

    of the accused, the prosecution has 18 witnesses
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    from P.Ws.1 to 18 and got marked 58 documents

    from Exs.P.1 to 58 and M.Os.1 to 14. After closure of

    the evidence of prosecution witnesses, the

    statement of accused under Section 313 of Cr.P.C.,

    was recorded. The accused has denied the

    incriminating evidence stated against him. The

    accused has chosen not to lead any evidence on

    his behalf, however in confrontation got marked

    Ex.D.1.

    5. Heard the arguments of the learned Special

    Public Prosecutor and the learned advocate for

    accused.

    6. The points raised for determination are
    as under :

    1. Whether the prosecution proves
    beyond all reasonable doubt that
    on 10.05.2020 at about 8-15 p.m.,
    at House No.337, 1st Floor, 12th
    Main Road, RBI Layout, J.P.Nagar
    7th Phase, within the limits of
    Konanankunte Police Station,
    Bengaluru, the accused came to
    the house of C.W.1 in his Splendor
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    Motorbike bearing No.KA-41-J-1279
    with an intention to commit the
    murder and had assaulted the
    father of C.W.1 namely Govindaiah
    with a knife on his stomach, chest
    causing grievous bleeding injuries
    and with the same knife,also the
    accused had stabbed the mother of
    C.W.1-Smt.Shanthamma on her left
    chest and stomach 4 times causing
    grievous multiple bleeding injuries
    and committed their murder and
    thereby committed an offence
    punishable under Section 302 of
    IPC ?

    2. Whether the prosecution further
    proves beyond reasonable doubt
    that 15 days prior to the alleged
    incident, the accused came to the
    house of C.W.1 and picked up the
    quarrel with the parents of C.W.1
    namely Sri.Govindaiahand
    Smt.Shanthamma and took his
    sister Smt.Pavithra along with her
    child to his house. On 10.05.2020
    at about 7-15 p.m. C.W.1 called the
    accused and asked him to bring
    back his wife and daughter to their
    house resulting a quarrel and
    accused had posed life threat to
    C.W.1 and his father. and thereby
    committed an offence punishable
    under Section 506 of IPC ?

    3. What Order ?

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    7. My findings on the above points are as
    under :

    POINT No.1 – Negative
    POINT No.2 – Negative
    POINT No.2 – As per final order,
    for the following :

    REASONS

    8. POINT Nos.1 & 2 : Since both these points

    are interconnected to each other, they have been

    taken up together for discussion in order to avoid

    the repetition of facts.

    9. It is the case of the prosecution that in

    the year 2008 C.W.1 got married

    Smt.Pavithra, who is the sister of accused and

    some differences arose in their matrimonial

    life. 15 days prior to the alleged incident, the

    accused came to the house of C.W.1 and

    picked up the quarrel with the parents of

    C.W.1 namely Sri.Govindaiah and

    Smt.Shanthamma and took his sister
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    Smt.Pavithra along with her child to his

    house. On 10.05.2020 at about 7-15 p.m.,

    C.W.1 called the accused and asked him to

    bring back his wife and daughter to their

    house. In this regard, there was a quarrel

    between the accused and C.W.1. At that time

    the accused had posed life threat to C.W.1

    and his father.

    Further on 10.05.2020 at about 8-15 p.m.,

    the accused with an intention to commit

    murder had gone to the house of C.W.1

    situated at No.337, 1st Floor, 11th Main Road,

    RBI Layout, J.P.Nagar 7th Phase, within the

    limits of Konanakunte Police Station,

    Bengaluru, in his Splendor motorbike bearing

    No.KA-41-J-1279 and in the absence of C.W.1,

    the accused stabbed the father of C.W.1

    multiple times with a knife and also stabbed

    the mother of C.W.1 multiple times with the
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    same knife, causing grievous multiple

    bleeding injuries and committed their murder.

    Thereby the accused is alleged to have

    committed the offences punishable under

    Sections 302 and 506 of IPC.

    10. P.W.1-Sri.Naveen.V.G. has stated that in March

    2008 he got married to Pavithra.D., who is the elder

    sister of accused. His relationship with his wife was

    not cordial. They used to always have fights. He

    stated that in the year 2016, he had applied for

    divorce and mediation was held between them. In

    the mediation, as per the advise of the mediators,

    his wife was sent with him to his house and they

    managed for sometime. In April 2020, the accused

    came to his house and asked him to send his wife

    Pavithra and his daughter Pavana with him. As

    there was Covid-19 lock down, he refused to send

    them with the accused. The accused scolded him,

    so he sent his wife and daughter with the accused.
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    Even after 2 weeks his wife did not return back. So

    on 10.05.2020 at 7-00 p.m., he called up to the

    mobile of the accused bearing No.6363675285 and

    asked him to bring his wife and daughter, but the

    accused had refused to do so. He stated that his

    father had also requested the accused over phone

    to bring the wife and daughter of his son. As the

    accused had enmity with them, he gave threat to

    them. He stated that on the same day between

    8-40 to 8-45 p.m., when he was returning back to

    his house, the accused came in front of him and he

    thought that the accused might have brought his

    wife and daughter to his house. When he reached

    home, he noticed that somebody has murdered his

    parents. The body of his father was on the sofa and

    he had sustained stab injuries on the left side of his

    left. The body of his mother was lying on the floor.

    Both the dead bodies were lying in the pool of

    blood. He stated that by listening to his shouting,
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    the neighbours entered into the house and

    somebody informed the police and the police came

    to the spot. He stated that at 9-45 p.m., he went to

    the Police Station. He stated that the police had

    written down his report (Ex.P.1) as he does not

    know to write Kannada. He stated that on the same

    day at about 10-30 p.m., the Investigating Officer

    has drawn the mahazar (Ex.P.2) in the presence of

    panch witnesses and he has put his signature upon

    it. He stated that on the next day, after P.M.

    examination he received the dead bodies in the

    hospital. The police recorded his further statement

    and he had handed over the papers pertaining to

    M.C. proceedings. He stated that in the month of

    May 2020, the Investigating Officer had seized the

    CCTV footage fixed in the house of C.W.18 with the

    help of C.W.19-Sri.Javed, technician by conducting

    seizure mahazar (Ex.P.5). He stated that in the

    house of C.W.18, the Investigating Officer,
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    technician-Sri.Javeed, another witness by name

    Asmathulla and Vinod were there. He stated that

    the video clipping from7-00 to 9-00 p.m., of

    10.05.2020 was shown to him. At 8-45 p.m., a

    vehicle came near their house and it was parked

    under the tree, bike had fallen and a person who

    was going on the other side of the road came and

    picked up the vehicle and went away. The person

    who came in the vehicle went inside the house,

    after 3-4 minutes the person came out and went

    away in the vehicle by taking a ‘U’ turn. He stated

    that he had seen the person going and he can

    identify him. The recording was saved in 16 GB pen

    drive. He stated that as he is working in

    I.T.Company, daily he sees many pen drives, so he

    cannot identify the pen drive as the one which was

    used on that day for recording. He stated that he

    cannot identify the pen drive (M.O.6). He stated

    that the recording might have been done in a
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    similar pen drive.

    As the witness has not supported the

    prosecution case, on the request of learned Special

    Public Prosecutor he has been treated as partly

    hostile with respect to the pen drive (M.O.6). In his

    cross examination by the learned Special Public

    Prosecutor, he admitted that the police did the

    recording in the pen drive present before the court.

    He admitted that he knows about the recording in

    the pen drive. The witness on watching the video

    recording in the pen drive played on the laptop

    stated that at 8.24-58 hour the bike came and the

    bike went forward and was parked, at that time it

    fell down and the person who was coming from the

    opposite direction picked up the bike. Later at

    8.27.25 hour video it can be seen that a person

    took a ‘U’ turn and went away.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that his marital life was
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    good to certain extent and a daughter was born to

    them on 30.08.2011. He has denied the suggestion

    that he and his wife Pavithra used to have small

    family fights. He admitted that the accused was

    not visiting their house regularly. He stated that the

    accused used to come to their house on festivals.

    He has denied the suggestion that the accused

    never interfered with his family matters. He has

    denied the suggestion that he had demanded a

    site from his father-in-law and regarding the same

    he had frustration towards them. He admitted that

    in the mediation conducted in the Family Court,

    they had settled the family matter. He admitted

    that in the house he and his wife did not have

    extreme fights. He admitted that he had never

    gone to the Police Station with respect to the fight

    between him and his wife. He admitted that he

    used to go to her parents house for festivals. It is

    elicited that in 2020 as there was lock down he had
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    not gone to his father-in-law’s house. He admitted

    that the residents of RBI Layout are educated

    people and majority of them are the employees of

    RBI.

    It is elicited that there are 2 floors in their house.

    In the first floor, he along with his parents were

    residing, while his younger brother Chethan was

    residing along with his family consisting of Chethan,

    his wife and daughter in the house below. He

    admitted that one has to go to his house situated

    in the first floor through the gate which is facing the

    main road. It is elicited that before they go to sleep

    they lock the gate. He admitted that the residents

    of the ground floor can see the people go to the

    first floor through the gate. He admitted that there

    is a Doctor’s house in the front left side of his

    house. He admitted that Dr.Nalini Jayaraj, a

    Pediatrician is residing in front of their house. It is

    elicited that his wife had taken the child for
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    treatment to the Doctor, but he never went. He

    admitted that there are trees on the side of the

    road situated adjacent to their house. He admitted

    that during Covid lock down there was restriction on

    movement of people, but the people were allowed

    to go to the shops to buy vegetables, medicines

    and other items for daily needs. It is elicited that

    during that time he was working in Mind Tree

    Company and he was working from home. It is

    elicited that his brother was having a Xerox

    machine service shop and the shop was closed

    during Covid period. It is elicited that during the

    Covid period, his younger brother had gone to his

    mother-in-law’s house with his family situated in

    Nagasandra, Bengaluru-Tumkur Road. It is elicited

    that his brother was staying in a house at

    Nagasandra which is situated at a distance of 20

    kms., from the house. It is elicited that on the date

    of incident, he had last seen his parents at 7-30
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    p.m. The witness was questioned as to whether he

    has given the incoming and outgoing call details of

    his mobile to the police, to which the witness had

    answered that he had given the recent call details.

    It is elicited that on 10.05.2020 at 9-30 p.m., the

    police took his mobile call details and also recorded

    his statement. It is elicited that in the statement

    given by him to the police, he has stated that the

    accused had called him on 10.05.2020 at 7-00 p.m.,

    It is elicited that as of now the five year old call

    details are not available in his mobile. It is elicited

    that the police had taken his mobile phone and had

    returned it back. It is elicited that at 9-30 p.m., on

    the said day, the police took his mobile, checked

    the call details and returned back the mobile to him

    there itself. He has denied the suggestion that on

    10.05.2020 at 7-00 p.m., he had not called the

    accused from his mobile. It is elicited that he has

    signed the statement regarding the mobile at
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    9-30 p.m. It is elicited that the Konanakunte Police

    had come inside their house for the first time at 9-

    00 p.m. It is elicited that at 9-00 p.m., he had

    informed Konanakunte Police Inspector

    Sri.Dharmendra about the coming of the bike and

    all the details of this case. It is elicited that the

    Inspector Sri.Dharmendra did not take his signature

    to the statement which was recorded by him at the

    spot. It is elicited that even before the Inspector

    entered the house, the neighbours by name

    Diwakar and Bharath had gone inside the house. It

    is elicited that even before the Inspector came at 9-

    00 p.m., Hoysala Police had visited the spot and

    they were outside the house and after 9’0 clock the

    Hoysala Police gone inside the house. It is elicited

    that in the intervening time Lady Inspector did not

    go inside the house. It is elicited that at 9-00 p.m.,

    even before Inspector Sri.Dharmendra entered the

    house, no other police from Konanakunte Police
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    Station had gone into the house.

    It is elicited that at 7-30 p.m., he left his house

    to meet his friend and returned back at 8-45 p.m. ,

    and when he entered the house, the dead bodies of

    his parents were there, other than that no one else

    was present there. It is elicited that the room in

    which his parents had fallen was not fully covered

    with blood, but there was blood in the main portion

    of the room. It is elicited that as soon as the police

    came to the house they sent him outside the

    house. It is elicited that other than him no one else

    had gone inside the house.

    He has denied the suggestion that on seeing his

    parents fallen in the pool of blood, he had called

    Dr.Nalini Jayaraj, who is residing in front of his

    house. It is elicited that on seeing his parents

    fallen, he had stood at the spot, looked at them,

    called them and then he sat near the door. It is

    elicited that he was in a state of shock when he saw
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    his parents fallen inside the house. So he called up

    his friend Sathish over the mobile, whom he had

    gone to meet and informed Sathish about the

    incident over the phone, but he has not informed

    the police about the same. It is elicited that he had

    not told Sathish as to whom he suspected, but had

    asked Sathish to come immediately to the place of

    incident. It is elicited that on seeing the dead

    bodies, he was in a state of shock, so he did not

    suspect anyone. It is elicited that he did not

    suspect the commission of dacoity in his house. It

    is elicited that even before Sathish came to the

    spot, the police had come over there. He stated

    that the jurisdictional Konanakunte Police, the

    Investigating Officer Sri.Dharmendra had come to

    the spot and at that point of time he was not

    knowing his name. It is elicited that he had

    informed the Investigating Officer all the facts as

    stated by him in his examination in chief. It is
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    elicited that the police did not write down the facts

    told by him at the spot. It is elicited that along

    with Sri.Dharmendra, his staff had come to the spot.

    It is elicited that C.W.2-Sri.Chethan was not there.

    It is elicited that C.Ws.3, 4 and 5 had not gone

    inside the house. It is elicited that between 9-30 to

    9-45 when he went to the Police Station. It is

    elicited that he did not go to the station with the

    Investigating Officer, but had gone to the police

    station with a police personnel, whose name he

    does not remember. It is elicited that he knows to

    read Kannada, but does not write Kannada properly.

    It is elicited that the complaint was written in

    Kannada as per the information given by him. He

    stated that he does not know the name of the

    police personnel who wrote the complaint. He

    admitted that in the complaint, it is not mentioned

    that the complaint was read over and it was

    corrected and then signed by him. It is elicited that
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    as he was in a state of shock and his hands were

    shaking, so he did not write the complaint in

    English. It is elicited that he has not given further

    statement to the police, but has given the

    documents pertaining to his divorce proceedings. It

    is elicited that he took 45 minutes to 1 hours to

    record the complaint after the police came to the

    spot at 9-00 p.m. He admitted that he had given

    the complaint on the basis of suspicion and he did

    not have any clue. He has denied the suggestion

    that he has given the complaint after having

    discussion with Dharmendra.

    It is elicited that at the place of incident, two

    mobile phone were fallen and they were blood

    stained. But he does not know as to whether the

    police did not write anything regarding the same.

    It is elicited that he does not know the address of

    Bharath Kumar (C.W.4) and Sandesh Kumar (C.W.5)

    and they are not his friends. It is elicited that he
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    knows C.W.3 who is his neighbour. He admitted

    that the said witness does not know the internal

    matters of his house. It is elicited that his father-

    in-law’s house is at a distance of 30 kms., from his

    house. It is elicited that as he has not gone to his

    father-in-law’s house since 8 years, so he does not

    know as to how much time is required to go to their

    house from his house. It is elicited that after he

    gave the complaint in the Police Station, he did not

    give information to the police about the existence

    of CCTV camera in the neighbourhood. It is elicited

    that only after he saw the CCTV footage, he was

    confident that the accused had committed the

    offence, but before seeing the CCTV footage he was

    not knowing that the accused had committed the

    offence. It is further elicited that when he was

    coming in his Splendor 2 wheeler on the left side of

    his house towards his house, at that time the

    accused was going on his 2 wheeler towards his left
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    side. It is elicited that he had informed the police

    that the accused was coming, but has not stated

    that he was coming on the 2 wheeler. He further

    stated that he had informed that he had seen the

    accused coming on Splendor 2 wheeler. It is

    elicited that he has not mentioned the police the

    time at which he was going towards his house. It is

    elicited that as it was Covid lock down, so he was

    wearing mask but was not wearing helmet. The

    accused was not wearing mask and helmet. He has

    denied the suggestion that he had not seen the

    accused. He stated that both of them looked at

    each other. It is elicited that the number of the

    splendor bike of the accused was 1297 and he has

    given the accused’s splendor bike number to the

    police. It is elicited that after registering the case,

    he has not gone to the house of the accused. It is

    elicited that after the alleged day on which he had

    seen the splendor bike of the accused, he has not
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    seen it thereafter. It is elicited that before the

    incident, he had seen the bike in the house of the

    accused. He stated that the accused’s splendor

    bike was black in colour. It is elicited that he was

    able to see what was there on the bike of the

    accused. He admitted that he was able to see the

    pouch which was on the petrol tank of the bike. He

    stated that he has not noticed the knife or blood

    stains on the pouch. It is elicited that the accused

    was not wearing a jerkin, but was wearing a full

    sleeved blue colour shirt and he has not seen the

    said shirt till date. It is elicited that he had not

    noticed the blood stains on the shirt of the accused.

    He has denied the suggestion that he has stated in

    the complaint that the accused had committed the

    offence. It is elicited that he has not given any

    evidence to the police nor has met any witnesses

    with respect to the alleged offence. It is elicited

    that the place where he had seen the accused was
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    at a distance of 1000 mtrs., from his house. It is

    elicited that he has not informed the police that he

    had seen the accused from a distance of 1000 mtrs,

    as they did not ask him. It is elicited that he had

    seen the CCTV footage on the night of 10 th, but the

    police had seen the CCTV footage 7 days after he

    gave the complaint. On 17th the police took the

    CCTV footage. It is elicited that when he went to

    see the CCTV footage, the owner of the house,

    Inspector Sri.Dharmendra, Vinod, Javid-technician,

    Azmath had come over there. It is elicited that on

    10th when he seen the CCTV footage, writing was

    done, but he was not signed it. He does not know

    as to who signed the written document. It is elicited

    that on 10th when he was giving the complaint in

    the Police Station, the police knew about the writing

    and about the presence of witnesses and they also

    knew about his divorce. He has denied the

    suggestion that on 17th at the time of seizure of
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    CCTV footage, nothing was evident as to the

    manner in which the incident had taken place and

    the accused being present over there. He has

    denied the suggestion that he has victimized the

    accused in this false case due to the dispute in the

    family. The witness voluntarily stated that from 8

    years he had not gone to the house of the accused

    and had not seen the face of the accused, but had

    seen him in the face book. He has denied the

    suggestion that he is deposing falsely before the

    court.

    11. P.W.2-Sri.Chethan.B.G., brother of P.W.1 has

    stated that on 10.05.2020 his brother P.W.1 called

    him over phone and informed about the murder of

    his parents by his brother-in-law. At about 11-00

    p.m, he came to his house and saw the dead bodies

    of his parents, which were lying in the pool of blood.

    He has stated that when he reached the spot, the

    police were already present and the dead bodies
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    were shifted to the hospital. On the next day, the

    police called him to the Police Station and recorded

    his statement. He suspected that the culprits might

    be from the side of his brother’s wife. He stated

    that when he was coming to the house, his brother

    C.W.1/P.W.1 has told that the accused was going on

    the bike.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that since one week

    prior to the date of incident, he was in

    Channapatna. It is elicited that when his brother

    informed him about the incident over phone, he had

    enquired his brother as to whether he lodged a

    police complaint. It is elicited that the brother-in-

    law of his brother might have killed his parents. It

    is elicited that when he went to the spot, the police

    recorded his statement. Further on the next day

    when he and his brother went to the Police Station,

    the police recorded their statements. In the said
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    statement, as per the information given by his

    brother he has given the detailed version. It is

    elicited that there was no partition between him

    and his brother. He is residing in the ground floor,

    while his brother is residing in the first floor of the

    same building. It is elicited that he has not seen

    any blood stains on the stair case of his house

    leading to the first floor where the dead body of his

    parents were lying. Further he has stated that in

    the night as he was in shock, he had not noticed

    any blood stains outside the house. It is elicited

    that the police took him inside the house and there

    were blood stains all over the hall. It is elicited that

    as he was in shock, he had not noticed any foot

    prints of any other person in the hall. It is elicited

    that when he went inside the house, he did not feel

    any dacoit or robbers had entered the house. It is

    elicited that he knows about the matrimonial

    dispute between his brother and his wife and they
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    could not get along with each other. He has

    admitted that at that time there was COVID-19

    pandemic. He has admitted that during the partial

    lock down, the vegetable vendors, milk vendors and

    hawkers were moving around the house. He further

    stated that for one week he was in Channapatna.

    He has admitted that he does not know about the

    alleged incident till his brother informed him over

    phone. He admitted that no one else called him

    and informed about the incident. It is elicited that

    he had not informed to anyone near his house that

    he is coming to the house at 8-00 p.m. The witness

    has confronted with his examination in chief and

    stated that “his brother-in-law/accused has

    committed the murder of their parents at 11-00

    p.m.” and was suggested that he came to know

    about the incident at 11-00 p.m., and he is

    deposing falsely that he came to his house at 8-45

    p.m., to which the witness had answered that he
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    came to know about the incident at 8-45 p.m., and

    he came to the house at 11-00 p.m. It is elicited

    that other than his friend Chethan Gowda, he had

    not spoken about the incident with anyone at the

    spot. It is elicited that he was never in direct

    contact with the accused. He has admitted that

    there is a park near his house. He admitted that in

    front of their house, there is a house of Doctor. It is

    elicited that he did not go to the house of the

    Doctor to request him to attend his father. He has

    denied the suggestion that there are no street lights

    on the road leading towards the right side of his

    house and it is dark. It is elicited that there is

    heavy movement of vehicle in front their house

    during school time and peak hours. It is elicited

    that their house is situated in RBI Layout which is

    formed by RBI employees. He has admitted that in

    their layout, majority are RBI employees. It is

    elicited that when he went to the house, the
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    Inspector and Dy.S.P., were present in the ground

    floor. It is elicited that when he went to the spot, he

    has given his statement to the Dy.S.P. It is elicited

    that in his presence, the police did not record the

    statement of any other person. He has denied the

    suggestion that he left Channapatna at 11-00 p.m.,

    after receiving the information and thereafter

    reached his house. It is elicited that it takes one

    hour to reach his house from Channapatna in a car.

    He has denied the suggestion that he is giving

    false evidence before the court.

    12. P.W.3-Sri.Sandesh Kumar Shetty has stated

    that on 10.05.2020 at 8-00 p.m., he went to the

    house of his friend C.W.2, but he was not there in

    the house. So he made a phone call to him and he

    informed him that he was outside, so he was

    waiting for him. At that time one person came on a

    motorbike in front of the house of C.W.2. He stated

    that when the said person was trying to park his
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    motorbike, it fell down and someone parked his

    motorbike. While he was walking on the road, the

    said person entered the house. Thereafter he heard

    sound from the house. After 5 minutes, the said

    person came out of the house and kept a knife

    inside the pouch affixed on petrol tank of the

    vehicle and went away. Later even he left the

    place. He stated that at about 9-45 to 10-00 p.m.,

    C.W.2 called him over phone and informed that his

    parents had got murdered. On 13.05.2020, the

    police recorded his statement. He stated that C.W.2

    had informed about the matrimonial dispute

    between his brother and his wife and the brother-in-

    law of his brother (C.W.1) has committed the

    murder of his parents. He stated that on

    16.05.2020, he went to the police and had

    identified the accused and told the police that he is

    the person who has parked his motorbike in front of

    house of C.W.2 on the day of alleged incident,
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    entered the house and after 5 minutes came out of

    the house. The police recorded his statement.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, he has admitted that he and

    Naveen are friends. It is elicited that the brother of

    C.W.1 i.e., C.W.2 is his close friend. He has

    admitted that he and C.W.2 often meet each other

    and his house is at the distance of 150 meters from

    the house of C.W.1. The witness further stated that

    his house is in Annaporneshwari nagar which is next

    to RBI Layout. He has admitted that in May 2020

    there was COVID-19 pandemic and during that

    time, there was restrictions for movement, but the

    witness has stated that with permission one could

    go around to the shop during morning & afternoon

    & evening hours. It is elicited that 15-20 days prior

    to 10.05.2020, he had met C.W.2 and both of them

    used to talk over the phone regularly. It is elicited

    that on 10.05.2020 between 7.45 to 8.00 p.m., he
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    made the first call to C.W.2-Chethan. It is elicited

    that his mobile No. is 9964955557 and Chethan’s

    Mobile No. is 8123581524. It is elicited that after

    7.45 p.m., on the said day, he did not make any

    other telephone call to Chethan. It is elicited that

    the police had recorded his statement two times

    i.e., 13.05.2020 and 16.05.2020. It is elicited that

    on 10.05.2020 between 10.00 to 10.15 p.m., he

    met Chethan near his house and at that time, 50

    people had gathered over there, also the Police and

    police jeep was there near the house.

    It is elicited that that on 10.05.2020 between

    10.00 to 10.15 p.m., he was near the house, but the

    police did not record his statement. It is elicited

    that he has no problem to tell the police the very

    same facts as stated by him in his examination in

    chief. He has admitted that he does not know the

    accused and he has not met him at any point of

    time. It is elicited that on 13.05.2020 when he was
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    in the house of Chethan, the police recorded his

    statement and he has signed it. He has admitted

    that on 13.05.2020, other than the statement which

    he had signed, he had not given any any other

    statement without his signature. It is elicited that on

    16.05.2020 he has signed the statement given by

    him to the police and he has not given any other

    statement without his signature on the said day.

    The witness has confronted with his statement

    dated:13.05.2020 and 16.05.2020 and was

    suggested that he has not signed the statement,

    the witness on examining the statement admitted

    that it does not contain his signature. It is elicited

    that he knows as what was written in the statement

    to which he has signed, but he does not know the

    contents of the statement shown to him. He has

    denied the suggestion that he does not know the

    contents of the statement now shown to him. It is

    elicited that he did not see any blood stains or
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    blood stained foot prints on the steps of the said

    house, as he did not enter the house, also he did

    not get any blood stains on his legs. He has

    admitted that after the police showed him the

    accused and told him that he is the person who

    committed the offence, therefore he came to know

    about him. It is elicited that the police had not

    brought any other person to the police station along

    with the accused. It is elicited that when he was

    with his friend, he came to know that the police had

    arrested the person. It is elicited that he knows that

    it was splendor bike, but he does not know its

    colour, model and number.

    The witness was suggested that in his

    examination chief he has stated ” I made phone call

    to him, he has informed that he was outside, so I

    was waiting for him” and it was suggested that he

    had not made any phone call to CW-2 and did not

    inform him any thing and the same was denied by
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    the witness.

    It is elicited that when he heard the sound and

    screaming, he did not go to his friends house to

    check the same and did not call up his friend C.W.2

    and did not inform him. It is elicited that at that

    time he was speaking with his wife over the phone

    which was more important than calling up C.W.2. It

    is elicited that he was speaking with his wife for 25

    minutes and during the said 20 minutes while he

    was speaking with his wife, Naveen did not come

    near the house. The witness has further stated that

    he had walked away while speaking with his wife. It

    is elicited that as usual at 8.15 p.m., he went for a

    walk and he did not bother to go and see what

    happened in the house of C.W.1.

    It is elicited that on 10.05.2020 between 10-00

    to 10-15 p.m., he had seen the police. It is elicited

    that after Chethan called him up, then he went to

    the spot. It is elicited that that when he went to the
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    spot, Chethan was there even before he reached

    the spot. It is elicited that he had seen the accused

    on 16.05.2020 when the police showed him the

    accused and thereafter he had seen the accused in

    the Court. The witness has stated that earlier to the

    police station he has seen him on the bike. He

    admitted that after seeing the accused in the

    station, he has seen him in the court. It is elicited

    that he has seen the knife from a distance of 25 to

    30 meters, so he cannot identify the knife. It is

    elicited that he cannot identify the pouch which he

    has stated in his examination chief. It is elicited that

    he has not informed the police that he was at the

    distance at 25-30 meters, so he cannot identify the

    knife and pouch. It is elicited that he cannot identify

    the person stated by him in his examination chief

    as who had helped to lift and park the fallen bike.

    He has denied the suggestion that he had not

    called up Chethan and he was not waiting near the
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    house where he said to have heard the sound and

    he was not waiting for him. He has denied the

    suggestion that he did not see any person entering

    the house and coming out of the house and keeping

    a knife inside the pouch fixed on the petrol tank of

    motorbike and going away. It is elicited that he had

    discussed with the Lawyer before coming to the

    court to give evidence. He admitted that he had

    spoken with Naveen who was outside the Court. He

    has denied the suggestion that what he has stated

    in his examination chief is not true.

    13. P.W.4-Sri.V.S.Bharath Kumar has stated that

    he knows the parents of C.W.1. On 10.05.2020

    there was Covid 19 period, C.W.3 called him over

    phone and informed that he heard sound from

    abutting house and asked him to come to the spot.

    Accordingly, he went to the spot along with

    Hoysala vehicle and met C.W.3. With Hoysala Police,

    he entered the house of C.W.1, where he saw the
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    parents of C.W.1 were dead.

    As the witness has not supported the

    prosecution case, on the request of learned Special

    Public Prosecutor he has been treated as hostile. In

    his cross examination by the learned Special Public

    Prosecutor, he has denied the suggestion that he

    has given statement (Ex.P.6) to the police that

    while he came to the house of C.W.1, one person

    came out from the house by holding a knife, went

    near the motorbike, put the knife inside the pouch

    on the petrol tank of the motorbike and went away.

    He has denied the suggestion that he has given

    statement to the police regarding seeing the

    accused while he was coming out of the house. He

    has denied the suggestion that on 16.05.2020 the

    police called him to the Police Station and showed

    him the accused and he had identified him and

    given his statement as per Ex.P.7. He has denied

    the suggestion that on the day of incident, he was
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    in front of the house of C.W.1 and had seen the

    accused stepping down from the house and going

    on the motorbike. He has denied the suggestion

    that he has giving a false evidence before the court

    to help the accused.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that about 8-00 to

    8-15, C.W.3 had called him over the phone and

    informed him that sound is coming from the

    neighboring house. It is elicited that he had

    informed about it to the Hoysala Police that his

    friend had heard the sound and asked them to

    come, in 2-3 minutes 2 Hoysala personnels came in

    the vehicle to the spot. He has denied the

    suggestion that C.W.3 had not called him over the

    phone and he is deposing falsely before the court.

    It is elicited that the Hoysala police were on the

    road and he went in his bike to the spot. It is

    elicited that he is doing social work.
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    14. P.W.5-Sri.Diwakar has stated that on

    10.05.2020 at 8-00 p.m., while he was returning

    home after the walk on 11th Main Road, RBI Layout,

    he heard the screaming voice from a house and one

    person was stepping down stairs and went away.

    He stated that as there was darkness, so he does

    not know the person who went away. He stated

    that he has not given any statement before the

    court earlier to the one which he had given

    statement before the Judge through video

    conference. He has stated that he came to know

    that there was a murder and he does not know the

    cause of death.

    As the witness has not supported the

    prosecution case, on the request of learned Special

    Public Prosecutor he has been treated as hostile. In

    his cross examination by the learned Special Public

    Prosecutor, he has denied the suggestion that as

    there was difference between C.W.1 and his wife,
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    the accused has committed the murder of the

    parents of C.W.1 and in this regard, he has given

    statement (Ex.P.8) before the police. He has denied

    the suggestion that on 13.05.2020 he had given

    statement to the police. He has denied the

    suggestion that he is deposing falsely before the

    court to help the accused. He has stated that he

    told the police what he had seen.

    In his cross examination by the learned

    advocate for the accused, it is elicited that on

    11.05.2020 there was Covid pandemic when he was

    returning back from his walk, he was alone, at that

    time he heard the sound. It is elicited that Naveen

    is his neighbour and when he heard the sound,

    Naveen was not in the house. It is elicited that at

    8-00 p.m. he heard the sound and he saw a boy

    coming out of the house, but he does not know as

    to who that boy was. He then went away. At 8-30

    the police came to the said place. On the same
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    night from 10-00 to 10-30 p.m., the police enquired

    with him and recorded his statement. He stated

    that the Police Inspector Sri.Dharmendra had come

    to the spot. It is elicited that at that time he was

    not knowing about the incident, but later he came

    to know about it.

    15. P.W.6-Sri.Kemparaju has identified his

    signature on the mahazar (Ex.P.2) as per Ex.P.2(b).

    He has stated that at the time of mahazar, the

    police had recovered two mobile phones and blood

    sample. In this regard, he has given his statement

    to the police.

    In his cross examination by the learned

    advocate for the accused, it is elicited that the

    police have not issued any notice to him to act as a

    pancha, but over phone the police have called him

    through an advocate. It is elicited that before this

    case, he had gone to the Police Station one time for
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    2 days to do some electricity work. It is elicited

    that he has not given his mobile phone number to

    the police and he does not know as to how the

    police collected his mobile number. He has denied

    the suggestion that he does not know the contents

    of Ex.P.2. It is elicited that he is not able to say the

    detailed contents of Ex.P.2. It is elicited that he

    does not know the company name of the mobile

    phones, but stated that black coloured mobile

    phones were recovered. It is elicited that he does

    not know whether the name of the mobile

    company is mentioned in Ex.P.2 or not. He has

    denied the suggestion that he has signed the

    mahazar (Ex.P.2) in the Police Station. He has

    denied the suggestion that he was not present in

    the spot and in his presence the mahazar (Ex.P.2)

    was not conducted. He has denied the suggestion

    that no properties were recovered by the police in

    his presence. He has denied the suggestion that
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    he is deposing falsely as per the say of police.

    16. P.W.7-Sri.Raghavendra D. Shenoy, friend of

    C.W.2 has stated that on 11.05.2020 he went to

    KIMS Hospital with C.W.2 and saw the dead body

    which was on the stretcher. He stated that he saw

    pierce injuries on the left side of the body and

    stomach. He stated that he came to know that the

    brother of the wife of C.W.1 had committed the

    murder of the deceased. He has identified his

    signature on Form No.144 of Police Manual (Ex.P.9)

    and Inquest Panchanama (Ex.P.10) as per Exs.P.9(a)

    and 10(a). He stated that C.Ws.11 and 12 were

    present.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, he admitted that the police did not

    issue any notice to him to be present in the

    hospital. He has denied the suggestion that he has

    not gone to the hospital and not noticed any pierce
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    injuries on the left side body of deceased. He has

    denied the suggestion that he has signed Exs.P.9

    and 10 in the Police Station.

    17. P.W.8-Sri.Sathish has identified his signature

    on the spot mahazar (Ex.P.2) as per Ex.P.2(c). He

    stated that 4 years ago, C.W.1 called him over the

    phone and told him to come to his house. When he

    went to the house of C.W.1, he saw the bodies of

    the parents of C.W.1 and the police were present

    there. He has stated that the police have seized

    blood stains of Govindaiah and Shanthamma from

    the floor, 2 mobile phones were seized under the

    mahazar and they were wrapped in a cloth and

    signed slips were affixed on them. He has identified

    the articles (M.Os.1 to 4) and his signature upon

    them as per M.Os.1(a) to 4(a). The mahazar was

    conducted between 9-00 to 10-00 a.m. He has

    stated that on the next day, the police called him to

    KIMS Hospital by issuing notice (Ex.P.11). The
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    police conducted the Inquest panchanama (Ex.P.12)

    of the deceased Smt.Shanthamma. He has stated

    that there were injuries on the left part of the body.

    He has stated that there were ornaments and

    nighty on the body of deceased Shanthamma. He

    came to know that due to family dispute, the

    accused had committed the murder of

    Smt.Shanthamma.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that from the past 15

    years he knows C.W.1 who is his good friend of him.

    He has denied the suggestion that as per the

    request of his friend C.W.1, he has signed the

    papers. It is elicited that with respect to this case,

    he had gone to the Police Station only once. It is

    elicited that on 10.05.2020 the police asked him to

    the come to the Police Station by issuing notice

    and on the same day he went to the Police Station

    between 5-00 to 5-30 p.m. He has further stated
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    that on the same day at 11-00 a.m. It is elicited that

    he had been to the hospital after 11-30 a.m., and

    he does not remember the timing as many years

    have lapsed. It is elicited that in the evening

    between 5-00 to 5-30 p.m., he signed the papers in

    the Police Station. It is elicited that he has signed

    the Inquest mahazar and spot mahazar in the Police

    Station. It is elicited that when the police

    conducted the mahazar between 9-00 to 10-00 a.m,

    one Kempa was also with him. He has denied the

    suggestion that he had not visited the spot

    between 9-00 to 10-00 a.m., and is deposing falsely

    before the court. It is elicited that the police have

    not issued any notice to him to be present at the

    spot at the time of mahazar. It is elicited that when

    he went to the spot, two police personnels were

    present there, but stated that he does not

    remember the exact number of the persons. It is

    elicited that 2 Constables were present, but
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    Inspector was not present. The witness was

    questioned as to who seized the blood stains, to

    which he has answered that the Inspector wrapped

    it and further stated that the Inspector and

    Constable were present. It is elicited that the

    sample seal was not given to him. He has denied

    the suggestion that he has not gone to the spot, as

    everything was conducted in the Police Station. He

    has admitted that he came to the court with P.W.1

    and signed the document to help P.W.1.

    18. P.W.9-Sri.Vinod Kumar has stated that

    deceased is his neighbour and they used to meet

    while walking. He has stated that on 10.05.2020

    the alleged incident had taken place and on

    11.05.2020 he went to the hospital at 9-10.00 A.M.

    He has stated that the police had issued him a

    notice (Ex.P.13) asking him to be present in the

    hospital. He has given a statement to the police

    that body was on the stretcher. He stated that on
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    the same day, the police called him to the Police

    Station, where the police seized a mobile phone

    from the accused under mahazar (Ex.P.14). He has

    stated that again the police called him on 17 th by

    issuing a notice (Ex.P.15). He has identified white

    coloured Samsung mobile (M.O.5). He stated that

    the police obtained his signature on the slip

    attached to the white bag as per M.O.5(a). On the

    same day, the police have recovered the CCTV

    footage of the house. He has identified the photo

    (Ex.P.5). The police have obtained the CCTV

    footage in a pen-drive (M.O.6). He stated that

    police recorded his statement, and also recorded

    video in the house which is situated 3 houses after

    the house of the deceased Govindaiah. The total

    recording is of one hour 19 minutes 18 seconds.

    The recording starts from 7.30pm to 9.00 p.m., of

    10.05./2020. The witness saw the recording of CC

    TV footage and stated that recordings starts from
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    52 minutes, 30 seconds where vehicle passes

    towards the house of deceased persons and witness

    stated that the vehicle fell down in front of the

    house of deceased Govindaiah and a passerby

    helped to lift the vehicle. After 3-3½ minutes the

    vehicle took a ‘U’ turn and went away. He has

    stated that he has given statement to the police

    pertaining to both the mahazars.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that he knows the

    deceased person from 2-3 years from the date of

    incident. It is elicited that he knows deceased

    Govindaiah but he does know his son/complainant

    Naveen. He has admitted that he was not knowing

    C.W-1 Naveen i.e., son of deceased Govindaiah before

    the alleged incident. It is elicited that his residential

    address is No.1, Naidu Building, Chunchaghatta,

    Kothanur Main Road, Bengaluru. It is elicited that his

    house is at a distance at 1-1½ k.m from the house
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    where the alleged incident took place. He has

    admitted that deceased Govindaiah was not his

    neighbor. It is elicited that he has stated in his

    examination in chief that deceased was his neighbor,

    the witness further stated that he has stated

    neighboring area. It is elicited that he has stated

    before the police that he is residing in the

    neighboring area of the deceased person. It is

    elicited that 20 days before the incident, he had been

    for a walk. It is elicited that he had not gone to the

    house of deceased person nor he had visited his

    house. It is elicited that while they were going for a

    walk, they were not talking about our happiness and

    sorrows in their personal life. It is elicited that he

    walks for 40-45 minutes. It is elicited that the

    deceased Govindaiah was aged 55-60 years. It is

    elicited that after the alleged incident, he had been to

    the house of deceased on 11.05.2020 but he had not

    gone to his house on 10.05.2020. He had gone to the
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    house of deceased to attend last rites which was held

    within one month, but he does remember the date. It

    is elicited that except the deceased he was not

    knowing anyone else in his house. It is elicited that

    the notice was issued to him in the morning house of

    11.05.2020. It is elicited that in the notice, they had

    mentioned the date, time & place where he had to be

    present. It is elicited that he does not have the said

    notice because the police have obtained his signature

    and had taken it back. It is elicited that the police

    came to his house and took his signature on the

    notice. It is elicited that before the service of the

    notice he had met the police two times near his

    house. It is elicited that for the first time he met the

    police regarding the locals making galata pertaining

    to the road repair and second time when his tenant

    was not paying the rent and he was not vacating the

    house. It is elicited that for the alleged two incidents

    he had been to the police station. It is elicited that
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    even before the first incident stated by him, he had

    been to the police station and at that time

    Dharmendra was the Police Inspector.

    He has admitted that when the alleged incident

    took place and when the notice was served to him,

    Dharmendra was the Police Inspector. He has

    admitted that he was knows to Police Inspector

    Dharmendra. It is elicited that the police helped him

    to get the tenant vacated from his shop. It is elicited

    that the Police Inspector Dharmendra did not come

    to serve the notice, but some police personnel had

    come to serve the notice to him. It is elicited that 7

    days after receipt of notice he went for the purpose

    of drawing mahazar. It is elicited that when the

    notice was served on him, no one else was present

    with him. It is elicited that he does not know as to

    who were the other mahazar witnesses. It is elicited

    that even before he went the place where the

    mahazar was being drawn, the police were present
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    at the said place. It is elicited that to the north of the

    house there is a two floored house, to the south of

    the house there is a one or two floored house, to the

    west of the house he does not know what is there.

    It is elicited that the CCTV was East facing

    situated on the West facing wall. It is elicited that

    the house number was informed to him by the

    police he was not knowing about it. It is elicited that

    when he went to the house CCTV was mounted, the

    police have conducted another mahazar regarding

    the place where CCTV was installed in the house. It

    is elicited that in his presence in the said house the

    police conducted only one mahazar wherein it is

    mentioned as to where the CCTV installed in the

    house. It is elicited that in the same mahazar the

    police wrote down about the DVR. It is elicited that

    in the mahazar they have mentioned the name,

    model, company & model numbers mentioned on

    the DVR. He has admitted that the police have
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    written down the model No. & color of the CCTV

    camera. It is elicited that he does not remember the

    model numbers of the DVR and CCTV camera. It is

    elicited that the DVR box was kept below the

    monitor and the monitor and computer screen were

    the same. It is elicited that the monitor was of black

    color, but he does not know its make & model

    number.

    It is elicited that the police seized the DVR,

    monitor, CCTV camera, regarding which the police

    have drawn the mahazar. It is elicited that in the

    said house father and son were present, other then

    that he does not know who resided in the said

    house. It is elicited that when he went to the said

    house another two people were present, but he does

    not know who they were. He has admitted that he

    does not know C.W.1-Naveen. It is elicited that when

    he went to the said house for the purpose of

    mahazar, Naveen was not there. It is elicited that
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    when he went to the said house, Inspector

    Dharmendra, technician, Police Constable & another

    one person were present. It is elicited that after the

    alleged mahazar, he had not visited the police

    station. It is elicited that he does not know Kannada

    and the mahazar was conducted between 12-00 to

    12-30. It is elicited that the police had brought the

    pen drive and showed it to him and also had drawn

    the mahazar to that effect. It is elicited that the pen

    drive belongs to Sandisk and it was 16GB pen drive.

    It is elicited that the procedure of the downloading

    from the DVR is called data copying and it does not

    have audio. He had admitted that during the said

    time Bengaluru was under COVID pandemic and at

    that time there was no complete COVID lock-down.

    It is elicited that he does know few of the models of

    motorbike namely TVS, Hero Honda, Suzuki,

    Yamaha, Royal Enfield and out of the said models on

    the said day, he saw Hero Honda Black color. It is
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    elicited that after seeing the said bike in CCTV

    footage, he had not seen it till date and he does not

    know its registration number which he had seen in

    the CCTV footage. It is elicited that the person

    whom he saw in the motorbike in the CCTV footage

    was a man between 30-35 years. He has admitted

    that there was no complete visibility or clarity in the

    CCTV footage. He has admitted that even today

    when he saw the CCTV footage, he could not see the

    person who was riding the alleged bike. He has

    admitted that even today he cannot identify the

    person or the alleged bike which he saw in the CCTV

    footage. He has admitted that in the CCTV footage

    the color of the bike cannot be seen as it is a black

    and white CCTV footage. He has admitted that as

    the CCTV footage is in black & white, he is guessing

    the alleged bike was black in color. He has admitted

    that in the said CCTV footage, there were quite

    many two wheelers which were going through and
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    fro. It is elicited that he had no personal knowledge

    about the alleged incident and he came to know

    about it from the locals and the police. He has

    admitted that only after the police informed him, he

    came to know as to who got down and who went in

    the alleged bike. He has admitted that in the CCTV

    footage, at the alleged relevant point of time one

    can see many people walking on that particular

    road. It is elicited that on the night of alleged day of

    incident, he came to know about it but he did not go

    to the spot at that time. He has admitted that since

    he and deceased used to walk he knows the

    topography of the area. He has admitted that few

    yards from the place of the alleged incident there is

    a Doctor’s clinic. It is elicited that there is a shop

    below the house of the deceased person and also in

    front of their house. It is elicited that the shops near

    the house of deceased are not opened between 8.00

    to 9.00 pm due to COVID lock down restrictions, only
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    the milk booth, provisional & vegetable stores were

    opened. It is elicited that there is no milk shop near

    the house of the doctor but according to him there is

    a boutique. He has admitted that there is a park

    near the alleged place of incident.

    He has admitted that in the CCTV footage, he

    noticed that as it was dark the vehicle head lights

    were flashing. He has admitted that it was

    mandatory to wear face mask during the alleged

    time and everyone used to wear. He has admitted

    that as the vehicle lights were flashing and people

    were wearing the mask, one cannot find out in the

    CCTV footage as to who was the person who was

    riding the bike. It is elicited that when a person is

    wearing mask and a helmet while riding a bike when

    the vehicle light flashed it is difficult to identify.

    It is elicited that the house of deceased is

    situated in Reserve Bank Layout. He has admitted

    that in the said layout predominantly officials &
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    educated peoples are residing. It is elicited that on

    the road where the house in which the alleged

    incident took place there is beauty parlor and

    vegetable shop but there is no cafe, but the cafe is

    situated in the main road. He has denied the

    suggestion that at a distance from 11th main road

    there is a cafe. He has admitted that during Covid

    lock down there was exemption for the vegetable

    shops. He has admitted that as per the CCTV

    footage on the 11th Main where the alleged house is

    situated, one can seen two wheelers, cars and

    people moving on the road.

    He has admitted that only after the police

    informed him then only he came to know as who

    was riding alleged bike and who went to the house

    and came outside. It is elicited that other than going

    to the house where the CCTV camera was situated,

    he went to the police station on 11.05.2020. It is

    elicited that after he went to the said house, the
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    police seized the articles. He has denied the

    suggestion that no seizure has been conducted as

    stated by him. He has denied the suggestion that

    as the Police Inspector Dharmendra is his friend, he

    has signed the mahazar at the later point of time. It

    is elicited that he had seen the accused in the police

    station and there after in the Court. He has admitted

    that he used to come to the court along with CW-1

    Naveen. The witness further stated that he came to

    the court when he was summoned. He has denied

    the suggestion that as per the information given by

    Naveen, he is identifying the accused and he has

    not seen him earlier. He has admitted that what he

    has stated before the court was also witnessed by

    two other witnesses who were present in the said

    house where CCTV footage was downloaded. He has

    denied the suggestion that as the police helped him

    to get his shop vacated, he is deposing falsely as

    per the instruction of the Police Inspector
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    Dharmendra. He has denied the suggestion that no

    CCTV footage downloaded and seizure & mahazar

    was conducted in his presence by the police as

    stated by him in examination chief. It is elicited that

    he does not get opportunity to see the police other

    than the two places namely the police station & the

    house where the alleged mahazar was drawn.

    19. P.W.10-Sri.Javeed Babu has stated that on

    17.05.2020 he received the notice (Ex.P.16) in the

    afternoon hours he was taken to a house where DVR

    was examined. He stated that after obtaining the

    Password from its owner, he had opened the DVR.

    He was instructed to open the data of 10.05.2020

    between 7-00 to 9-00 p.m., and they were watching

    the said data. At 8-30 they saw a bike coming and

    the son of deceased Naveen told the Inspector that

    it was his brother-in-law. After sometime the bike

    went away. The data was transferred to a pen drive

    as per the instructions given to him. He has
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    identified the pen drive (M.O.6). On the same day

    i.e. on 17.05.2020 he signed the seizure mahazar

    (Ex.P.5) as per Ex.P.5(c). He has identified the

    sample seal (Ex.P.17). In this regard he has given

    statement to the police.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that he has not gone to

    the Police Station with respect to this case. It is

    elicited that the police did not obtain any certificate

    from him to show that he is a technician, but he has

    kept a shop. It is elicited that he has studied up to

    PUC and has 7 years experience. It is elicited that

    he had gone to the house next to the house of

    deceased person in RBI Layout and the said house

    was situated on the right side. It is elicited that it

    was a Global company DVR, but he does not know

    its model and serial number. It is elicited that they

    were in the house from 1-45 to 2-00 p.m. It is

    elicited that the police had brought 16GB pen drive.
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    He has denied the suggestion that he has not down

    loaded or transferred any footage. It is elicited that

    the police had obtained his signature, but it was not

    in respect of seizure of DVR.

    20. P.W.11-Dr.S.R.Jagannath has deposed about

    the post mortem conducted by him on deceased

    Govindaiah on 11.05.2020 between 11-20 a.m, to

    12-20 p.m., as per the requisition given by

    Konanakunte Police. He has deposed about the

    injuries found on the dead body i.e., 1 to 3 :-

    1. Stab wound measuring 3.5cms X
    1cm, present over left side abdomen in
    the epigastric region, it is 12cms
    above umbilicus and 15cms from left
    nipple, 1cms from midline. It is
    obliquely placed, margins are clean
    cut, upper end is sharp and lower end
    is blunt. On dissection and tracing the
    tract it is seen to have pierced the
    skin, subcutaneous tissue, fasica,
    muscles, vessles and terminated by
    puncturing the underlying body of
    stomach anteriorly for 0.5×0.1cms.

    Blood extravasation present in and
    around the tract of stab wound.

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    2. Stab wound measuring
    3.5cmsx1cms present over left side
    abdomen in the epigastric region it is
    5cm below previous injury and 7cms
    from midline. It is It is obliquely
    placed, margins are clean cut, upper
    end is sharp and lower end is blunt. On
    dissection and tracing the tract it is
    seen to have pierced the skin,
    subcutaneous tissue, fasica, muscles,
    vessles and terminated by puncturing
    the underlying transverse colon large
    intestine for 0.5×0.1cms. Blood
    extravasation present in and around
    the tract of stab wound.

    3. Stab wound measuring
    3.5cmsx1cms present over left side
    abdomen in the lumbar region it is
    10cm left to previous injury and 19cms
    from midline. It is obliquely placed,
    margins are clean cut, upper end is
    sharp and lower end is blunt. On
    dissection and tracing the tract it is
    seen to have pierced the skin,
    subcutaneous tissue, fasica, muscles,
    vessles and terminated by puncturing
    the underlying descending colon of
    large intestine for 0.5×0.1cms. Blood
    extravasation present in and around
    the tract of stab wound.

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    21. He has given his relevant observations as
    under :

    1. Injuries are ante-mortem in
    nature.

    2. The stab injury mentioned
    could have been cause by a light
    cutting weapon with sharp pointed
    tip like knife.

    Clothes on the Body:

    1. White color – Baniyan, Blood
    stains – torned corresponding to
    the stab wounds.

    2. Grey color underwear , labeled
    as “LUXCOZI” blood stains.

    The above mentioned clothes
    packed, sealed, labeled and
    handed over to concerned police
    along with sample seal (Wax seal –

    KIMS-FM)

    22. He stated that the cause of death was due to

    shock and hemorrhage as a result of multiple stab

    injuries sustained. In this regard, he has given the

    P.M.Report (Ex.P.18). He stated that he can identify

    the sealed clothes. He has identified white colour
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    banian (M.O.7), Lux Cozy grey colour underwear

    (M.O.8).

    23. On the same day between 1-20 a.m., to 2-20

    he conducted the post mortem of deceased

    Shanthamma, aged about 58 years as per the

    requisition given by the Police Inspector of

    Konanakunte Police Station. He has deposed about

    the injuries found on the dead body i.e., 1 to 4 :-

    1. Stab wound measuring 3.5cms
    X 1cm, present over left side upper
    chest, 4cms below clavicle and
    4cms from midline. It is obliquely
    placed, margins are clean cut,
    upper end is sharp and lower end
    is blunt. On dissection and tracing
    the tract it is seen to have pierced
    the skin, subcutaneous tissue,
    fasica, muscles, vessles,
    intercostal muscle in the 2nd
    intercostals space and terminated
    in the pleural cavity by puncturing
    the underlying superior lobe of
    lung for 0.5×0.1cms. Blood
    extravasation present in and
    around the tract of stab wound.
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    2. Stab wound measuring 3.5cms
    X 1cm, present over left side chest,
    5cms left to the nipple. It is
    obliquely placed, margins are clean
    cut, upper end is sharp and lower
    end is blunt. On dissection and
    tracing the tract it is seen to have
    pierced the skin, subcutaneous
    tissue, fasica, muscles, vessles,
    intercostal muscle in the 5th
    intercostals space and terminated
    in the pleural cavity by puncturing
    the underlying superior lobe of
    lung for 0.5×0.1cms. Blood
    extravasation present in and
    around the tract of stab wound.

    3. Stab wound measuring 3.5cms
    X 1cm, present over front of
    abdomen in epigastric region in
    midline, 2cms below xiphoid
    process. It is obliquely placed,
    margins are clean cut, upper end is
    sharp and lower end is blunt. On
    dissection and tracing the tract it
    is seen to have pierced the skin,
    subcutaneous tissue, fasica,
    muscles, vessles and terminated by
    puncturing the underlying right
    lobe of liver for 0.5×0.1cms. Blood
    extravasation present in and
    around the tract of stab wound.
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    4. Stab wound measuring 3.5cms
    X 1cm, present over left side of
    abdomen in left flant (lumbar
    region, in mid axillary line). It is
    obliquely placed, margins are clean
    cut, upper end is sharp and lower
    end is blunt. On dissection and
    tracing the tract it is seen to have
    pierced the skin, subcutaneous
    tissue, fasica, muscles, vessles and
    terminated by puncturing the
    underlying descending colon of
    large intestine for 0.5×0.1cms.

    Blood extravasation present in and
    around the tract of stab wound.

    24. He has given his relevant observations as
    under :

    1. Injuries are ante-mortem in
    nature.

    2. The stab injury mentioned
    could have been cause by a light
    cutting weapon with sharp pointed
    tip like knife.

    Clothes on the Body:

    1. Nighty – Light Yellow Color with
    blue flower design lablel –

    “SENORA” – , Blood stained, torned
    corresponding to the external
    injuries.

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    2. Langa – White color – Blood
    stained.

    3. Bra – Cream color – with blood
    stained – torned corresponding to
    external injury No.2.

    The above mentioned clothes
    packed, sealed, labeled and
    handed over to concerned police
    along with sample seal (Wax seal –
    KIMS-FM)

    25. The cause of death is due to shock and

    hemorrhage as a result of multiple stab injuries. In

    this regard, he has given the P.M.Report (Ex.P.19).

    He has identified the clothes found on the dead

    body, which he had packed namely nighty (M.O.9),

    langa (M.O.10) and bra (M.O.11).

    26. On 19.10.2020 he received a packed knife

    along with a requisition for examination. On the

    same day he examined the knife and gave 2

    separate reports i.e., P.M.No.232/2020 (Ex.P.20) and
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    P.M.No.233/2020 (Ex.P.21). He stated that he has

    given the opinion that the external injury Nos.1 to 9

    and corresponding internal injuries causing the

    death could have been caused by the above type of

    weapon (knife) examined and in another report he

    has stated that the external injury Nos.1 to 4 and

    corresponding internal injuries causing the death

    could have been caused by the type of weapon

    (knife) examined. He has identified the knife

    (M.O.12). He has identified his signature on the 2

    slips, which were there in the packet of M.O.12 as

    per M.Os.12(a) and (b). He has identified the

    sample seal pertaining to P.M.No.232/2022 (Ex.P.22).

    He has identified the sample seal pertaining to

    P.M.No.233/2022 (Ex.P.23).

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that he had seen the

    weapon for the first time on 19.10.2020 when it was

    sent for examination along with a requisition. He
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    admitted that in the P.M.Report he has not

    mentioned the date on which it was sent to the

    Police Station. He stated that they would have

    received the report on signing the register. He

    admitted that he has not mentioned the date below

    his signature in the P.M.Report. He has denied the

    suggestion that after receiving the weapon he has

    created the P.M.Report. It is elicited that the sharp

    edged weapon as mentioned by him in the

    P.M.Report can be light sharp edge weapon,

    moderately heavy sharp edge weapon, heavy sharp

    weapon. The knife, dragger, machu, choori, kathi,

    glass pieces are called as sharp edged weapons. It

    is elicited that the injuries mentioned in the

    P.M.Reports can be caused by a sharp edge light

    weapon. He stated that the knife or any weapon

    with a sharp edge falls in the category of light sharp

    edged weapon. It is elicited that in the P.M.Reports,

    he has stated that as to from which weapon the
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    injuries could have caused. It is elicited that based

    on the pattern of injury he has stated that “the stab

    injury mentioned could have been caused by a light

    cutting weapon with sharp pointed tip like knife” in

    the P.M.Report (Ex.P.19). It is elicited that the said

    pattern of injury can be caused by any other weapon

    other than a knife. He has denied the suggestion

    that the police had showed him the knife and

    informed him that the injuries were caused by the

    knife and on that basis he has created the

    P.M.Reports. He has denied the suggestion that he

    has created the P.M.Reports by inserting the word

    ‘knife’. It is elicited that if a person is stabbed by a

    weapon several times, the measurements and the

    depth of the injury may or may not be revealed. He

    admitted that the measurement of the wound

    depends what force a person was stabbed with a

    knife. He stated that if a person stabbed several

    times, then there might be difference in the
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    circumference and depth of the injury. He admitted

    that when stabbed with a knife if a bone comes in

    the path, then the measurement and depth of the

    injury would be different. He stated that 3 stab

    injuries mentioned in the P.M.Report of Govindaiah

    and 4 stab injuries found on Shanthamma might be

    3.5 cm X 1 complainant, but there is difference in

    the measurement of the injuries. He has denied the

    suggestion that he has not conducted the post

    mortem. He has denied the suggestion that as per

    the instructions of the police, he has created two

    P.M.Reports.

    27. P.W.12-Sri.Abhay Sudakar Rao has stated

    that the incident took place on 10.05.2020. The

    neighbours have requested him to show the CCTV

    footage and he had permitted them to watch the

    same. Thereafter on 17.05.2020 the police have

    watched the CCTV footage and they took the DVR.

    In this regard he has given statement to the police.
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    Also the police have issued the notice (Ex.P.24). He

    has given the certificate under Section 65-B of The

    Indian Evidence Act (Ex.P.25). He stated that in the

    CCTV footage, it was dark, he could see a bike going

    and he had given access to them. He stated that in

    the CCTV footage the bike had fallen them and the

    person who had come from other side lifted the bike

    and after 5 minutes the bike went away.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that at about 9-30

    many people from the neighbourhood came and

    asked him to show the CCTV footage, especially a

    man asked. It is elicited that till date he does not

    know his name. After 20 minutes the police came to

    his house an asked him to access the CCTV footage

    camera and he allowed them to access the CCTV

    footage. After 7 seven days he was given a notice by

    the police. It is elicited that when the police came

    for the first time they had questioned him. It is
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    elicited that he does not know as to what is written

    in 65-B Certificate. It is elicited that on the 10 th he

    had not signed any document and he had not gone

    to the Police Station. It is elicited that the police

    came to his house 3 times and the police who came

    on 10th again visited his house after 2-3 days. It is

    elicited that a 3 star police official came to his

    house. It is elicited that the said 3 star police official

    had come after 5-10 minutes after the neighbours

    came to his house. It is elicited that on the 10 th and

    13th the police did not conduct any mahazar and did

    not take any property, but they had just verified. It

    is elicited that as it was Covid period, he had not

    gone to the house where the alleged incident took

    place. When it was suggested to the witness that he

    does not know anything other than the bike being

    stopped and the same person having taken the bike

    to which the witness had answered that the same

    person did not take the bike, but a different person
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    had taken the bike. He admitted that he does not

    know anything more about this case. He admitted

    that as CCTV footage was dark, he does not know as

    to who came on the bike and as to who was walking.

    He admitted that he has not seen anyone in the

    Police Station. It is elicited that the DVR was

    returned back to him and it was in his possession.

    28. P.W.13-Sri.Anand Kumar.K.R., Retired A.E., has

    stated that on 12.05.2020 the office of AEE received

    a requisition (Ex.P.26) from the P.I., of Konanakunte

    Police Station to prepare the sketch of the place of

    incident. As per the direction of AEE on 1.06.2020

    he along with H.C.8245 Sri.B.V.Ramesh went to the

    place of incident situated in RBI Layout, 11 th Main,

    7th Phase, J.P.Nagar and there he went to the first

    floor of the house, he was shown the hall where the

    dead body had fallen and accordingly he prepared

    the sketch (Ex.P.27). He submitted the sketch to his
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    higher officials. The said sketch was given with a

    covering letter (Ex.P.28).

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, he has denied the suggestion that

    he had prepared the sketch on the Engineering

    Table. He has denied the suggestion that the

    measurements shown in Ex.P.27 is wrong. He has

    denied the suggestion that he has prepared the

    sketch (Ex.P.27) as per the instructions of the police.

    29. P.W.14-Sri.Siddegowda, Head Constable has

    stated that on 10.05.2020 at 9-30 a.m., he reported

    for duty at the Police Station. When he was on duty

    between 8-30 p.m. to 9’0 clock, the Police Inspector

    (C.W.34) formed 2 teams consisting of himself,

    C.W.30, Head Constable-Sri.Kumar, Head Constable-

    Sri.Sreeshaila, Police Constable-Sri.Gopi, Police

    Constable-Sri.Amarathani to trace the accused.

    Accordingly, he along with C.W.30 as per the

    information given by the informant that the accused
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    is in his relatives house in Gavipuram Guttahalli, so

    on 11.05.2020 at 12-50 p.m., they went near the

    house and they saw a person. They then went

    inside the house and enquired his name, parents

    name and address. The said person was Rakesh.D.

    the accused who was wanted in this case. He was

    brought to the Police Station and produced before

    the P.I. (C.W.34) at 1-00 p.m., and gave a report

    (Ex.P.30). He has identified the accused present

    before the court.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, he admitted that his higher officials

    had given him the address of the accused person

    and accordingly he along with his team went to that

    house. It is elicited that they had not given him the

    photograph, but the person who had to be traced

    was said to be aged about 20-24 years old boy, but

    they were not given his facial or physical features.

    He stated that he had seen the accused for the last
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    time about 5½ years ago. It is elicited that he had

    taken one informant along with him, who had shown

    him the house and the accused. It is elicited that he

    has not stated in his report that the informant had

    identified the accused and had showed him the

    accused. It is elicited that he does not know the

    name of the informant, but he can identify him. It is

    elicited that he does not know the boundaries of the

    said house. He admitted that Guttahalli does not

    come within the jurisdiction of their Police Station. It

    is elicited that they had not sought the help of the

    jurisdictional police. It is elicited that he did not

    conduct the mahazar at the time of arresting the

    accused. It is elicited that he does not know as to

    who was the owner of the house, where the accused

    was residing alone. He admitted that giving shelter

    to the accused is an offence and he has not stated

    the same in his report. It is elicited that as soon as

    they knocked the door, the accused had opened the
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    door. He admitted that after seeing the accused for

    the last time in the Police Station, he seeing him in

    the open court. It is elicited that they had taken the

    accused in a white coloured private Maruthi Omni

    vehicle, but he does not know its number. It is

    elicited that they left the Police Station between 10-

    30 to 11-00 p.m. It is elicited that Guttahalli is at a

    distance of 8 kms, from their Police Station. He has

    denied the suggestion that even though he did not

    apprehend the accused, he is deposing falsely

    before the court.

    30. P.W.15-Smt.B.R.Mamatha Yadhav, Senior

    Scientific Officer has stated that on 28.05.2020

    their office received 10 sealed articles pertaining to

    Crime No.104/2020 of Konanakunte Police Station

    from P.C.10462 for scientific examination. Their

    departmental head had deputed her for conducting

    the examination. She examined the seal on the 10
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    articles which were not tampered. The 10 articles

    namely :

    1. Blood stained cotton,

    2. Blood stained cotton,

    3. One shirt said to be of accused
    Rakesh,

    4. One jeans pant said to be of accused
    Rakesh,

    5. One knife,

    6. One Banian said to be of
    S.T.Govindaiah,

    7. One underwear said to be of
    S.T.Govidaiah,

    8. One Nighty said to be of
    Smt.Shantamma,

    9. One Petticoat said to be of
    Smt.Shantamma,

    10. One Bra said to be of
    Smt.Shantamma.

    She subjected the said 10 articles for scientific

    examination. The blood stains were found on Article

    Nos.1 to 10, it was human blood. She then prepared

    the report (Ex.P.31) and sent the report to the

    Director and on obtaining the permission the said

    articles along with FSL Seal, FSL Report (Ex.P.31),
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    sample seal (Ex.P.32) was sent to the Investigating

    Officer. She has identified 10 articles (M.Os.3, 4, 7

    to 12, 13 and 14) along with one shirt of the accused

    (M.O.13) and one jeans pant of the accused

    (M.O.14).

    In her cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that in the

    acknowledgment, Item No.8 is mentioned as ‘nighty

    yellow colour with blue coloured flower design’, but

    the blood stains is not mentioned in it. She stated

    that the said acknowledgment was not issued by

    her. She has denied the suggestion that even

    though in the acknowledgment it is mentioned that

    the Item No.8 does not have blood stains, but she

    has stated wrongly in her report (Ex.P.31) that there

    were blood stains on Item No.8. She has denied the

    suggestion that she has falsely mentioned in her

    report that Item No.8 has blood stains and has given

    a bogus report. She has denied the suggestion that
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    under the influence of the police even though there

    were no blood stains on the articles, she has stated

    that there were blood stains on the articles. She has

    denied the suggestion that to get accurate result

    Teichmall (Teckmen) test has to be done. She

    admitted that liquid blood sample had to be stored

    in a sterilized pipet at the time of collecting the

    blood at the spot. It is elicited that the dry blood

    stains have to be collected in a cotton swab or it has

    to be scraped and collected. It is elicited that if

    there are blood stains on the weapon then it has to

    be shade dried and then stored. She has denied the

    suggestion that as the clothes was not preserved

    properly and it was exposed to climatic changes,

    one cannot say the age of the blood. She has

    denied the suggestion that without doing any

    chemical analysis she has given a false report.

    31. P.W.16-Sri.Azmathulla has stated that

    between 7-00 to 9-00 p.m., the CCTV footage was
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    tested. At that time a person came on a splendor

    vehicle and he fell down and he was lifted. He

    stated that he has seen only that much. They had

    downloaded the CCTV footage. From the camera,

    photographs were taken. He has identified his photo

    in the mahazar (Ex.P.5). He stated that the pen drive

    was newly opened to down load the CCTV footage.

    He has identified the pen drive (M.O.6) which was

    played on the laptop and showed to him. He stated

    that he had received the police notice (Ex.P.15). He

    stated that he had seen the footage on the said

    date.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, he admitted that as the played

    footage was dark, it was not visible as to who was

    coming and going. He admitted that he had only

    seen downloading done to the pen drive. It is

    elicited that he had seen the footage from 1-30 to

    2’0 clock. He admitted that as it was dark, he was
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    not able to know as to who went and came. He

    admitted that he was not able to know the company

    and make of the bike from the footage. He admitted

    that he was not able to know as to whether it was a

    man or woman was on the bike. He has denied the

    suggestion that he has put his signature in the

    Police Station. He admitted that one cannot seeing

    the footage that the vehicle came and fell down. He

    admitted that only after the police informed him that

    the bike came and fell down. He admitted that he

    was not able to see and know anything from the

    footage. He has denied the suggestion that the

    police did not write the mahazar (Ex.P.5) vin his

    presence. He has denied the suggestion that as per

    the instructions of the police, he has deposed falsely

    before the court.

    32. P.W.17-Sri.Sunil Kumar has identified his

    signature on the notice (Ex.P.33). He stated that he

    was called to the Police Station where the notice
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    was given to him and at the time of mahazar, the

    accused was along with them, near the gate of

    house of the accused there was a Splendor vehicle

    and then they were taken to the room in the

    upstairs of the house, where his clothes namely

    shirt and pant was seized by the police. Inside the

    shirt there was a knife and it was seized by the

    police. Also the photos were taken at the spot. The

    seized articles were packed and slip was affixed.

    The mahazar was typed on a laptop and the

    signatures were obtained. He has identified the

    signature on the mahazar (Ex.P.34) as per

    Ex.P.34(a). He has identified the knife (M.O.12),

    shirt (M.O.13), pant (M.O.14). The police have

    seized the said 3 articles in his presence. He stated

    that he did not give any statement to the police.

    As the witness has not supported the prosecution

    case, on the request of learned Special Public

    Prosecutor he has been treated as partly hostile. In
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    his cross examination by the learned Special Public

    Prosecutor, he has admitted that he has given a

    statement to the police with respect to the

    mahazar.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that the police called

    him over the phone to come to the Police Station. It

    is elicited that he supplies water to the Police

    Station, so the police have got his phone number. It

    is elicited that he does not know the place and

    address where he was taken. It is elicited that he

    does not know as to what was there next to the

    place and he does not know the boundaries. It is

    elicited that he had seen the accused in the Police

    Station, but he cannot identify him. He admitted

    that he was not informed as to why the mahazar

    was being conducted and the police did not give

    him the details of the case. It is elicited that he

    does not know as to how many signatures he has
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    put in the Police Station. It is elicited that 5 people

    went in the jeep, but he does not remember as to

    who they were. It is elicited that at the place the

    motorbike was there, the police did not do any

    writing. He has denied the suggestion that even

    before taking him to the mahazar, the police had

    given him the full information of the case. It is

    elicited that the accused had shown the bike and

    then in the upstairs room, the clothes were shown

    where the mahazar was prepared. It is elicited that

    the police conducted a different mahazar to seize

    the knife and it was written at the spot itself. He

    further stated that the police prepared single

    mahazar with respect to the clothes and knife. It is

    elicited that he does not remember as to whether

    the police seized the knife (M.O.12) on the said

    date. It is elicited that in the knife shown to him

    there are 4 colours and they had written about it in

    the mahazar. He stated that he does not know as
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    to whether the knife (M.O.12 ) is available in the

    market. It is elicited that there were blood stains on

    the knife. It is elicited that he does not remember

    as to whether the police collected the blood stains

    on the knife. It is elicited that on the jeans pant

    shown to him, there are small blood stains. He has

    denied the suggestion that on the said date he did

    not see any blood stains on the jeans pant. He

    admitted that the shirt now shown to him is in the

    same condition as it was on the date of seizure. It

    is elicited that he does not remember whether the

    police collected the blood samples from the clothes.

    He has denied the suggestion that the police did

    not take him anywhere and no property was seized

    in his presence and he is deposing falsely before

    the court.

    33. P.W.18-Sri.Dharmendra, Police Inspector has

    stated that on 10.05.2020 when he was in charge of

    the Police Station, C.W.1 came to the Police Station
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    and gave a written complaint (Ex.P.1). He

    registered the FIR (Ex.P.35). On the same day, he

    gave notice to C.Ws.7 and 10 asking them to be the

    panchas to the spot mahazar. They agreed for the

    same. He conducted the spot mahazar at House

    No.337, 11th Main, RBI Layout, J.B.Nagar 7th Phase.

    He went to the spot in a Government vehicle. C.W.1

    was present and he took them to the first floor of

    the house. Inside the house there was a 10 X 20

    feet hall, there was Diwan cot, sofa set, tea poy,

    dining table. In the middle place, the murder had

    taken place. On the diwan set, sofa set, dining

    table middle portion, there were blood stains and

    the father of C.W.1 by name Govindaiah was

    murdered and he was fallen in a pool of blood in

    front of the sofa set and in front of diwan cot, the

    mother of C.W.1 was dead in a pool of blood. On

    the diwan cot there was one mobile phone and next

    to the teapoy there was another mobile. On
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    enquiry he came to know that the said mobiles

    belongs to the parents of the deceased. One

    mobile belonged to Samsung company bearing

    No.8861610764 and another was black coloured

    Nokia mobile No.9880011749. Both the mobiles

    were packed in a separate cora cloth and a seal ‘S’

    was affixed on it. The blood stain in front of the

    diwan cot was collected in a plastic box with

    cotton and it was covered in a cora cloth and sealed

    with alphabet ‘G’. The blood stains fallen in front of

    sofa set was collected and it was stored in the

    plastic box and covered with cora cloth and sealed

    with alphabet ‘G’. Thereafter between 10-30 to 11-

    45 p.m., the mahazar was typed in a laptop and

    printout was taken from the portable printer. He

    and panchas signed on the seized articles and the

    sample seal. At the time of seizure mahazar

    (Ex.P.2), photos were taken. He has identified

    Samsung and Nokia mobile phones (M.Os.1 and 2).
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    he has identified his signatures. The plastic boxes

    in which blood samples were collected are identified

    as M.Os.3 and 4. He has mentioned the seized

    articles in P.F.No.89/2020 (Ex.P.36). He recorded

    the statements of C .Ws.7 and 10. He deputed

    C.Ws.29 and 30 to trace the accused by giving

    them a Memorandum (Ex.P.29). He then shifted 2

    dead bodies to the mortuary of KIMS Hospital. On

    11.05.2020 he deputed C.W.24 to conduct the

    inquest of the deceased Shanthamma and then the

    body was sent for post mortem. He received the

    inquest report (Ex.P.12). On 11.05.2020 he

    conducted the inquest of deceased Govindaiah in

    the presence of panchas C.Ws.11, 12 and 13 and

    prepared the inquest report (Ex.P.10). The inquest

    was conducted between 9-00 to 11-00 a.m. The

    dead body had 2 stab wounds measuring 1.5 inch X

    1 inch in the middle portion of the stomach and also

    stab wound measuring 1.5 X 1 inch on the left rib.
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    There was a white coloured sandos banian, grey

    coloured underwear. Thereafter the dead bodies

    were handed over to the family of the deceased by

    C.W.27, who also gave a report (Ex.P.37). On

    11.05.2020 at 1-00 p.m., C.Ws.29 and 30 produced

    before him the accused along with the report

    (Ex.P.30). He recorded the statement of C.W.30. He

    enquired with the accused and recorded voluntary

    statement of the accused. The accused in his

    voluntary statement had stated that he would

    produce before them the knife used for killing his

    elder sister’s husband’s parents and the dress worn

    by him at the time of incident and also the mobile

    used by him to call and threaten his brother-in-law.

    He then called C.Ws.11 and 15 to the Police Station

    and issued them a notice. They searched the body

    of the accused. They seized a white coloured

    Samsung Galaxy Note phone with IMEI

    No.35530606884825/0 and its sim card No. was
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    8884248512 was seized from the pocket of the

    accused in the presence of panchas by conducting

    seizure mahazar (Ex.P.14) from 1-15 p.m., to 2-00

    p.m., in the Police Station. The mahazar was typed

    in the computer and the printout was taken.

    Thereafter the signatures of the panchas was taken

    on the mahazar. The mobile was packed in a cora

    cloth bag and sealed with the alphabet “TV” and he

    obtained the signatures of the panchas on the M.O.

    He has obtained the photographs at the time of

    mahazar. The seized articles was mentioned in

    P.F.No.90/2020 (Ex.P.38) and it was forwarded to the

    court. He recorded the statements of C.Ws.2, 6, 7,

    11 and 15. C.W.32 took six photographs and he

    handed over the photo prints with the bill (Exs.P.39

    to 45) and gave a report (Ex.P.46). On 12.05.2020

    he produced the accused before the court and took

    him for seven days to the police custody till

    18.05.2020. On 12.05.2020 he gave a requisition
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    (Ex.P.26) to the PWD Department to prepare the

    sketch of the place of incident. On 13.05.2020 he

    recorded the statements of C.Ws.3, 4 and 5. On the

    same day he gave a requisition (Ex.P.47) to the

    DCP, Bengaluru North, seeking the CDR details of

    the mobile phone of C.W.1 and that of the accused.

    On 16.05.2020 as per the voluntary statement of

    the accused (Ex.P.48), he called C.Ws.16 and 17 to

    the Police Station and gave them notice (Ex.P.33)

    asking them to be panchas. At 12-20 p.m., they left

    the Police Station in a Government vehicle and went

    in the route shown by the accused. They went to

    house No.26/4, 2nd Main Road, 2nd Cross, Avalahalli

    within the limits of Girinagar Police Station, the jeep

    was stopped in front of the house. The accused

    took them and the panchas in front of the house

    and produced before them a purple and black

    coloured Hero Honda motorbike bearing No.KA-41-J-

    1279 and thereafter the accused went to the 3 rd
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    floor of the house where he was residing and then

    went inside the bed room with toilet, there was

    wooden cup board and the accused opened the cup

    board and removed the shirt and pant. In the same

    shirt he had kept a knife which was produced before

    them. They examined the clothes. It was a dark

    blue coloured full sleeved shirt with blood stains. It

    was packed in a cora cloth bag and it was sealed

    with an alphabet “DNS”. The pant was a blue

    coloured with white shade with blood stains, even it

    was put in a cora cloth bag and sealed with an

    alphabet “DNS”. The steel knife was produced

    before them, it was having a white, blue and red

    coloured plastic handle. The said knife was sharp at

    the tip and one side of the knife was sharp, it was

    measuring 8.5 inches long and the handle was

    measuring 4 inches. The knife was packed in a cora

    cloth bag and sealed with an alphabet “DNS”. The

    room where the accused was residing was
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    measuring 8 X 10 feet. The mahazar (Ex.P.34) was

    conducted between 12-30 to 2-00 p.m. The

    mahazar was typed on a laptop and by using a

    portable printer its printout was taken. He along

    with the panchas signed the mahazar. He has filed

    P.F.No.94/2020 (Ex.P.49) with respect to the seized

    articles. He has identified the knife, shirt and pant

    (M.Os.12, 13 and 14) and his signatures at

    M.Os.12(a), 13(a) and 14(a).

    On 17.05.2020 he gave a notice to C.W.18

    seeking permission to down load the CCTV footage

    from DVR to pen drive. On obtaining the permission

    and signature on the notice (Ex.P24). He also

    issued notice (Ex.P.16) to the Technician (C.W.19) to

    appear and down load the footage from the DVR to

    the pen drive. He also issued notice (Ex.P.15) to the

    panchas (C.Ws.11 and 12) asking them to co-

    operate as panchas. He along with the panchas

    and C.W.19 went in a Government vehicle to the
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    house of C.W.18, there they went to the first floor of

    the house of C.W.18 where there was a computer

    table, on which the DVR was placed and CCTV

    monitor was installed on the upper part. C.W.19

    was asked to show the recorded CCTV footage of

    10.05.2020 from 7-00 p.m., to 9-00 p.m. When

    C.W.19 showed the footage, at that time 20.24.58

    i.e., night 8.24.58 hours a person came on a

    Splendor bike near the house and in tension made

    the bike fall down and another person came and

    lifted the bike. The person who came in the bike

    went inside the house where the murder had taken

    place, then at 20.27.25 i.e., 8.27.25 hours he went

    away in the splendor bike which was seen in the

    footage. When they enquired C.W.1 as to who that

    person was. C.W.1 told that he was his brother-in-

    law Rakesh. Thereafter by using a data cable the

    footage was down loaded and transferred to 16GB

    scan disc pen drive. The pen drive was put in an
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    envelop and sealed with an alphabet “DNS”. The

    panchas and C.W.1 signed on it. The seizure

    mahazar of the CCTV footage was conducted

    between 12-30 to 2-00 p.m. The mahazar was

    typed in a laptop and the printout was taken from

    the portable printer. He along with panchas

    (C.Ws.18 and 19) signed the mahazar. He has

    identified the pen drive (M.O.6). He then recorded

    the statement of C.W.18 and received the

    Certificate under Section 65-B of Indian Evidence

    Act. He recorded the statements of C.Ws.11, 19

    and 20.

    On 21.05.2020 C.W.31 received the P.M.Report

    and articles from the doctors at KIMS Hospital and

    produced before him along with 2 reports (Exs.P.50

    and 51). In the report, the details of the articles

    produced before him were mentioned i.e., white

    coloured banian with blood stains (M.O.7), grey

    colour underwear (M.O.8), nighty of deceased
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    Shanthamma (M.O.9), langa (M.O.10) and Bra

    (M.O.11). The said articles were seized and he has

    not removed the seal and sent it to FSL.

    On 28.05.2020 C.W.33 took the articles to FSL

    and then gave an acknowledgment (Ex.P.52) along

    with a report (Ex.P.53). On 9.06.2020 he gave a

    requisition to the court to record the statement

    under Section 164 of Cr.P.C., of the eye witnesses

    (C.Ws.3 and 4). Accordingly, the statement under

    Section 164 of Cr.P.C., was recorded in the court.

    On 18.06.2020 he received the sketch (Ex.P.25)

    along with a report (Ex.P.28) from AEE. On

    8.07.2020 he received 2 pages of CDR (Ex.P.54) of

    mobile No.8884248512 of the accused Rakesh from

    the office of DCP along with E-mail (Ex.P.55). On

    10.07.2020 he recorded further statement of C.W.1.

    C.W.1 furnished his marriage invitation card

    (Ex.P.56), documents pertaining to the cases filed

    by him before the Family Court. On 10.07.2020 he
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    recorded the statement of C.Ws.21 and 22. On

    13.07.2020 he received the 2 pages of CDR

    (Ex.P.58) of mobile No.6363675285 of C.W.1 along

    with E-mail (Ex.P.57). Awaiting the FSL Report and

    the opinion of the Expert on the knife. On

    completion of investigation, he filed the charge

    sheet against the accused. On 10.08.2020 he

    received the FSL Report (Ex.P.31) and produced it

    before the court. On 19.10.2020 he received the

    Expert’s opinion on the knife from the KIMS Hospital

    and placed one page report before the court. He

    stated that the CCTV footage in the pen drive

    (M.O.6) was transferred to the pen drive in his

    presence. He stated that even before obtaining the

    CCTV footage, he arrested the accused. He stated

    that on seeing the CCTV footage that at 20.24.58

    one person came on a splendor bike and stopped

    the vehicle and the vehicle fell down and another

    person came and lifted the bike. At 8.25 hours after
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    committing the murder he ran away from the

    house. He has identified the accused as the same

    person.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that he received the

    information for the first time at 9-00 p.m., that a

    person had killed 2 elderly people within the

    jurisdiction of his Police Station. It is elicited that

    he has not entered the said information the station

    diary. It is elicited that an unknown person had

    called up to the landline of the station and gave the

    information, so they were not able to see the phone

    number of that person. It is elicited that he did not

    verify as to who the caller was. It is elicited that he

    did not have any problem to go to the spot

    immediately as it was a heinous offence. He stated

    that after filing the FIR, he went to the spot. It is

    elicited that he has not mentioned in the station

    diary that he had sent his staff to the spot, but he
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    has mentioned the same in the CD. It is elicited

    that his staff had informed him over phone that the

    murder was committed within the jurisdiction of

    their station. It is elicited that he had sent the

    station staff by name Sri.Siddegowda to the spot.

    He has cited him as a witness in this case. It is

    elicited that he has not taken in writing the

    information given by Siddegowda. It is elicited that

    between 9-15 to 9-20 p.m., they received the

    information of the murder of 2 elderly husband and

    wife from police control room. It is elicited that he

    has not written about it in the station diary, but has

    mentioned it in the CD. It is elicited that at 9-15

    p.m., he had not gone to the spot, but at 9-30 p.m.,

    Siddegowda and lady police by name Rekha Valmiki

    had reached the spot. It is elicited that on receiving

    the wireless information from the control room, the

    lady police had visited the spot. The said lady

    police had not given him any information nor report,
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    but the Head Constable-Sri.Siddegowda had given

    information on her behalf. It is elicited that he has

    not mentioned in the station diary that the lady

    police had visited the spot, but had mentioned it in

    the CD. It is elicited that after receiving information

    about the heinous offence he informed about it to

    the ACP and DCP at 9-15. After giving the

    information between 10-00 to 10-30 the ACP and

    DCP visited the spot and he had also been to the

    spot at 10-00 to 10-15 p.m. It is elicited that he did

    not go to the spot between 9-15 to 10-15 p.m., as

    the complainant came to the Police Station at 9-25

    and gave the complaint. It is elicited that the

    complainant was not knowing Kannada and the

    complaint was written in Kannada as dictated by

    him. It is elicited that they did not compel the

    complainant to give the complaint in Kannada. It is

    elicited that the complaint was not written in his

    presence by the station writer Sri.Ramesh. It is
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    elicited that it is nowhere mentioned in the

    complaint that the complaint was written by

    Sri.Ramesh as dictated by the complainant. It is

    further elicited that the complaint was written by

    the Head Constable Sri.Shivaraj. He admitted that

    it is not mentioned in the complaint that Sri.Shivaraj

    wrote the complaint, but he has mentioned the

    same in the CD.

    It is elicited that in the complaint it was stated

    that Rakesh had committed the murder. It is

    elicited that it is stated in the complaint that he had

    gone away in the bike on seeing him. It is elicited

    that the station staff Sri.Siddegowda and lady

    constable did not inform him about the presence of

    eye witnesses at the spot. He admitted that before

    9-25 p.m., he did not receive any information about

    the eye witnesses and any evidence at the spot. It

    is elicited that after registering the case, he has
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    written down all the details of the investigation in

    the CD.

    It is elicited that they had received a written

    complaint. It is elicited that the complainant had

    informed that at 8-45 p.m, the accused had gone in

    a tensed condition in his vehicle and on that basis

    he called the accused and subjected him for

    enquiry. It is elicited that other than the

    complainant informing that he had seen the

    accused coming, the accused on enquiry had told

    that he had used the knife to commit the murder.

    On ascertaining the same, they had arrested the

    accused after recording his voluntary statement. It

    is elicited that before arresting the accused on 12 th

    he had recorded the statements of Vinod,

    Manjunath, Chethan, H.B.Puttachannaiah on

    11.05.2020. It is elicited that before obtaiing the

    accused to the police custody he had read the order

    of the court. He admitted that in the court order it
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    is mentioned that the accused had committed

    robbery. It is elicited that on 11.05.2020 the

    statements of the witnesses was not recorded

    under Section 164 of Cr.P.C., in the court. It is

    elicited that he had given a requisitio84n to record

    the statements of Diwakar, Bharath Kumar under

    Section 164 of Cr.P.C. It is elicited that the

    statement given to him is partly different from that

    given by Diwakar and Bharathkumar in the court

    under Section 164 of Cr.P.C. He has denied the

    suggestion that they have stated in the statement

    that they were not able to see the face of the

    accused properly. It is elicited that as in the CCTV

    footage the complainant had identified the accused

    and as the weapon was seized he continued with

    the investigation. It is elicited that on 10 th he had

    not checked the CCTV camera of surrounding areas

    as it was late and they were not certain about the

    CCTV camera. So on 10th he had seen the CCTV
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    camera, but had not seen the CCTV footage as the

    house owner was not there in the house. It is

    elicited that he himself went to check the CCTV

    footage. He has denied the suggestion that as

    there was no incriminating material in the CCTV

    footage on that day, so he did not seize the CCTV

    footage and he is deposing falsely that the house

    owner was not there. He has denied the suggestion

    that between 11th to 12th he did not go near the

    house to enquire with the owner of the house where

    the CCTV camera was there. It is elicited that

    without going through the CD, he cannot state as to

    what investigation he did from 11 th to 16th. He has

    denied the suggestion that in the CCTV footage,

    the accused was not seen and there was no CCTV

    footage as stated by him. It is elicited that he was

    able to see the accused partially. It is elicited that

    he was able to partially see the accused making the

    bike fall. It is elicited that he could properly see the
    113 S.C.No.909/2020

    bike used by the accused. It is elicited that the bike

    belong to the father of the accused. It is elicited

    that he did not issue notice to the father of the

    accused regarding the bike nor he questioned him.

    It is elicited that he did not have any problem to

    collect the B-Register Extract of the vehicle. He

    has denied the suggestion that the accused was

    not riding the 2 wheeler and he has not committed

    the offence. He has denied the suggestion that 2

    wheeler was not involved in the offence, so he has

    not secured the B-Register Extract of the 2 wheeler.

    It is elicited that he had searched for the owner of

    the vehicle, but he was not able to trace him. He

    has denied the suggestion that instead of enquring

    with the owner of the vehicle as to who was riding

    the vehicle he has falsely implicated the accused in

    this case on the say of C.W.1. It is elicited that

    C.W.1 has stated in his complaint that he was

    coming but has not stated as to whether he was
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    walking or was going on a 2 wheeler. It is elicited

    that during investigation he has not verified with

    C.W.1 as to whether on the said date he was going

    on a 2 wheeler. It is elicited that other than C.W.1

    there is possibility of other witnesses identifying the

    2 wheeler. It is elicited that Bharath Kumar and

    Diwakar have stated that the accused was coming

    on a 2 wheeler. It is elicited that Diwakar has not

    stated the vehicle number in his evidence. He

    admitted that in Section 164 statement of Diwakar

    he has only stated that it was a vehicle, but has not

    stated the nature of the vehicle, its registration

    number nor he has given any details of the vehicle.

    It is elicited that at the place of seizure no one had

    identified the 2 wheeler, but he stated that in the

    Police Station the accused and 2 wheeler was

    identified. It is elicited that on 16.05.2020 Hero

    Honda Splendor was seized. It is elicited that

    according to him the alleged offence was started at
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    8-24 and in 3 minutes he had gone away. It is

    elicited that as per the phone records (Ex.D.1) the

    location is shown as Byatarayanapura, but the

    accused was not there. It is elicited that the phone

    of the accused was seized from his relative’s house

    at Gavipuram Guttahalli the place shown by the

    accused. It is elicited that at the time of

    committing the offence, the accused had not

    brought his mobile with him. It is elicited that the

    offence has taken in RBI colony, but not in

    Byatarayapura. It is elicited that Byatarayapura is

    at a distance of 8 kms, from the place of incident. It

    is elicited that as per the CDR the mobile location

    was old Katha No.37, New katha No.382/1, House

    No.48, 2nd Main, Byatarayanapura, Karnataka. He

    has denied the suggestion that at the said time the

    accused had not gone to the place of offence and

    had not committed the offence. He admitted that

    one side of the knife is sharp and other side is
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    blunt. It is elicited that there are blood stains on

    the knife (M.O.12) which is medium weighed knife.

    He admitted that similar knives are available in the

    market. It is elicited that during investigation it was

    elicited that the knife was kept in the pouch which

    was on the petrol tank. It is elicited that seizure of

    the said pouch was not necessary. It is elicited that

    when they went to seize the bike the pouch was

    there on it, there were blood stains on it, but he has

    not seized the pouch. He has denied the

    suggestion that if there were really blood stains in

    the pouch, he would have seized it.

    34. It is further elicited that after registering of

    the FIR at 9-45, the investigation commenced and

    he started writing in CD. It is elicited that on 11 th

    when he arrested the accused he had mentioned

    his physical features in the PCR book. It is elicited

    that he had given a Memo to Siddegowda to arrest
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    the accused, but had not given facial features and

    description of the accused, but had orally told him.

    It is elicited that he had not told his team as to the

    place where the accused was hiding. It is elicited

    that the accused was hiding in the house owned by

    Vijayalakshmi. He has denied the suggestion that

    the accused was not arrested from the house in

    Guttahalli, but was arrested from his own house. It

    is elicited that he has mentioned in the CD that the

    accused was arrested at 1-00 p.m. He has denied

    the suggestion that no one identified the accused

    in the Police Station. It is elicited that he has not

    conducted Test Identification Parade. It is elicited

    that he has recorded the statement of Naveen, who

    has identified the accused. It is elicited that in the

    case records there is no information that as per the

    statement of Chethan at 10-20, he met Sandesh

    Shetty and informed Sandesh Shetty about the

    incident. He has denied the suggestion that
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    Diwakar, Sandesh Kumar, Bharath Kumar had not

    given any statements about the accused and the

    said statements were created. He admitted that

    as per the P.M.Report, the stab injuries found on

    both the dead bodies are measuring 3.5 X 1 cm. He

    has admitted that he has not enquired with the

    doctor regarding measurement of the wounds that

    all the injuries are 3.5 X 1 cm. He has partly

    admitted that the injured wound while conducting

    inquest mahazar and the injured wound in the

    P.M.Report are of 3.5 X 1 cm. He has denied the

    suggestion that the injuries found on P.M.Reporet

    are not caused by the seized knife (M.O.12).

    35. He has denied the suggestion that the stab

    injuries as shown in the P.M.Report are not caused

    with M.O.12 and falsely created the P.M.Report by

    colluding with the doctor. He has denied the

    suggestion that he has not conducted the

    investigation fairly. He has denied the suggestion
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    that the complaint (Ex.P.1) is a created document.

    He has denied the suggestion that he is deposing

    falsely regarding the arrest of the accused and

    seizure of material objects. He has denied the

    suggestion that he has not seized the knife

    (M.O.12) in this case. He has denied the suggestion

    that the accused has not given the statement as

    per Ex.P.48. He has denied the suggestion that the

    pen drive (M.O.6) is a fake pen drive. He has

    denied the suggestion that till 17 th until watching

    of the CCTV footage, he has no clue about the case

    and about the accused. He has denied the

    suggestion that he has not collected any clothes

    from the accused. He has stated that he had not

    made any efforts to do any artificial footage after

    arrest of the accused. It is elicited that the house of

    the accused is at a distance of 8 kms., from the

    place of offence. He has denied the suggestion that

    Ex.P.31 is a false document. He has denied the
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    suggestion that he has falsely implicated innocent

    accused by creating false documents and has filed

    a false charge sheet against him.

    36. In view of the evidence placed before the

    court it is necessary to refer to the arguments

    addressed before the by the learned SPP and

    the learned senior advocate for the accused.

    37. The learned SPP argued that in the present

    case, C.W.1 is the brother-in-law of the accused i.e.,

    he is the husband of the elder sister of accused.

    There was matrimonial discord between the C.W.1

    and his wife with respect to which documents are

    furnished before the court. The accused had

    developed hatred and enmity towards C.W.1 and his

    parents who were residing along with C.W.1. During

    April 2020 accused came and took his sister and

    her daughter against the wish of C.W.1. On

    10.5.2020 C.W.1 called up the accused on his

    mobile asking him to bring back his wife and
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    daughter and even the father of C.W.1 told the

    accused to bring them back, which agitated the

    accused and threatened them over the phone. On

    the same day between 8.24 to 8.27 hours in the

    absence of C.W.1, accused went in a bike and

    committed murder of the father and mother of

    C.W.1 in their house and went away which is

    recorded in the CCTV footage stored in the pen

    drive (M.O.6) and C.W.1 has identified the rider as

    his brother-in-law Rakesh.

    38. Further P.W.3 and P.W.5 are the residents of

    the area and they seen the accused on the alleged

    day of incident. While the seizure of knife and bike

    is proved as the seizure mahazar witness, also the

    witnesses to the spot mahazar and seizure

    mahazar with respect to downloading of CCTV

    footage to the pen drive, also witness to the seizure

    of mobile have supported the prosecution case.
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    39. The jewelry was on the body the deceased

    Smt.Shantamma. As such the 2 murders were not

    committed for gain. All the witnesses have

    supported the case of prosecution. Non seizure of

    pouch of bike for reason known to the Investigating

    Officer is not fatal to the case of prosecution.

    40. Also CCTV footage stored in the pen drive

    (M.O.6) was played in the open court to show that

    accused had come at 20.24.58 hours and went

    away at 20.27.25 hours on his bike. It was argued

    the bike was stopped after a tree in front of the

    house of C.W.1, bike fell down and a passerby who

    was on the other side of the road came and picked

    up the bike.

    41. The CCTV footage was played on 50 inch TV

    screen in the open court.

    As such prosecution has proved the identity of

    the accused and recovery of weapon and dress at

    the instance of the accused. As such submitted that
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    prosecution has brought out the guilt of the

    accused beyond reasonable doubt. Accused has

    committed murder of 2 senior citizens. Hence the

    accused has to convicted.

    42. Also relied upon the following citations:

    LIST OF AUTHORITIES PRODUCED BY THE
    PROSECUTION:

    Sl.             Citation                Relevant  Page
    No.                                    Paragraphs Nos.
    1.     1)    Balbir Chand         @
           Billa   .Vs. State         of
           Punjab.                           11, 20    1-11
           CRA-D-1134-DB-2013
           ( O&M)
    
           2) Surjit Lal .Vs. State of
           Punjab
           CRA-D-260-DB-2017
    
    2      State of Karnataka .Vs.
           K.Yarappa    Reddy  on
           October 1999                       3,5      12-18
           Crl.A.No.263/1994
    
    3      Ramesh .Vs. State of Tr.
           Insp. of Police on                 16       19-30
           1 August 2014.
    
           Crl.A.No.592/2010
                        124                   S.C.No.909/2020
    
    
    4     Subhash Aggarwal .Vs.
          State of NCT, Delhi.
    
          Crl.A.No......./2025         22, 23, 24               31-55
          @ Special Leave Petition
          (Crl.) No.1069/2025
    
    5     Chetan .Vs.        State      of     10.11.2
          Karnataka                            10.11.3      56-
                                               10.16.2      131
          Crl.A.No.1568/2013
    
    
    
    43.        The learned senior advocate             for the
    
    accused   argued    that the entire case of the
    
    

    prosecution is based on the complaint ExP1 which

    was lodged on 10.5.2020 at 9.45 p.m. The FIR was

    registered at 9.45 pm. The complaint is not written

    by C.W.1, but it does not disclose as to who wrote

    the complaint. As per Investigating Officer, an

    unknown person informed the police by

    telephoning to the land line about the incident and

    they also got information about the incident over

    the wireless, but case was not registered at the

    earliest point of time and without registering the
    125 S.C.No.909/2020

    case, the Investigating Officer cannot proceed with

    the investigation as per Lalitha Kumari’s judgment.

    There is contradiction in the timings if the

    complaint was received at 9.45 p.m., then it is not

    possible for the Investigating Officer to be at the

    spot at 9.50 p.m. Also as per the evidence of

    police personnel Sri.Siddegowda, they were

    deputed to trace the accused between 8-30 to 9-00

    p.m., and his higher official had given the address

    of the house where the accused will be found. As

    such, it can be said that the staff were deputed to

    apprehend the accused even before registering the

    FIR.

    44. Also as per the evidence of C.W.1, the

    Investigating Officer was there at the spot even

    before he gave the complaint. In the evidence of

    P.W.3 he states that he had called C.W.2, but the

    evidence of C.W.2 is silent about receiving any

    phone call from P.W.3. P.W.4 is treated as hostile
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    and his evidence contradicts with Ex.P.6. P.W.5 is

    treated as hostile, but his evidence contradicts with

    Ex.P.7.

    45. The CCTV footage relied by the prosecution is

    not clear which has been elicited in the cross

    examination of the owner and technician. Further as

    per the evidence of the owner of the CCTV, the

    police had been to his on 10 th, but no explanation is

    forthcoming as why CCTV footage was not seized at

    the earliest point of time.

    46. As per the evidence placed before the court

    the knife was kept in the pouch on the petrol tank

    of the bike. But admittedly the Investigating Officer

    has not seized the pouch. Seizure of bike is not

    proved.

    47. The accused was arrested on 11 th but after

    delay on 16th the knife has been seized in the first

    floor. There is no identification of the accused by
    127 S.C.No.909/2020

    the seizure mahazar witness. There no visible blood

    stains on the knife as stated by the Investigating

    Officer. The prosecution failed to prove whose blood

    stains were found on the knife. P.M.Report is

    created at the instance of the Investigating Officer

    as all the injuries in both the dead bodies are

    uniform, they are of the same measurement.

    48. In the cross examination of P.W.12, it is

    elicited that some other person took bike, but not

    the person who came on the bike. The CCTV

    footage does not show the bike fall. Also C.W.1

    cannot be seen the footage which is from 7-00 pm

    to 9-00 pm. As per the evidence of C.W.1, he

    shouted on seeing the dead bodies, but no

    neighbors have been examined to prove the same.

    49. The Investigating Officer has done dishonest

    investigation. No explanation is forth coming as to

    on what basis timing is mentioned as 7-30 to 8.45
    128 S.C.No.909/2020

    pm in Ex.P.35. Further the order sheet of

    C.M.M.Court states that the accused was produced

    for the alleged offense of robbery, which raises

    doubt on the very arrest of the accused with

    respect to the murders of this case.

    50. Further it is submitted that Motive is not

    brought out in the evidence placed before the court

    and last seen theory not proved.

    51. As per CDR, the accused mobile was in

    Bytarayanapura at the time of alleged offense, no

    evidence placed before the court to prove that

    accused was not there at that point of time. The

    whole investigation has been made to prove the

    contents of the complaint as true. The accused has

    been falsely implicated in this case due dishonest

    investigation. The prosecution has failed to place

    convincing evidence to prove the guilt of the

    accused. Hence prayed that the accused be
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    acquitted.

    52. LIST OF AUTHORITIES PRODUCED BY THE

    ACCUSED:

    Sl.           Citation             Relevant     Page
    No.                               Paragraphs    Nos.
    
    
    

    If the case of the prosecution is based on
    circumstantial evidence – the chain of
    circumstances has to be complete without any
    gaps

    1 Sharad Birdhichand 152, 153,
    Sarda .Vs. State of 154, 219 1- 100
    Maharashtra
    (1984) 4 SCC 1161

    Delay in filing FIR

    2 Lalitha Kumari .Vs.
    Government of Uttar
    44-72 101-136
    Pradesh & Others
    (2014) 2 SCC 1

    Motive is borrowed and not actual

    3 Shankar .Vs. State of 6, 21 137-153
    Maharashtra
    (2023) 19 SCC 553

    Recovery of incriminating materials
    4 Raja Khan .Vs. State of
    Chatisgarh 21 154-166
    (2025) INSC 167
    130 S.C.No.909/2020

    Test Identification Parade

    5 Nazim and Others .Vs.
    The State of Uttarkhand 41, 42, 42 167-189
    (2025 Live Law (SC)
    1019)

    Mere recovery of blood stained weapon is not
    sufficient

    6 State of Rajasthan .Vs.
    Hanuman 7, 8, 9 190-191
    (2025 Livelaw (SC) 691)

    Discrepancy in mahazar

    7 Anand @ Anand Thorat,
    S/o.Sh.Gajanan .Vs. CBI 12-16 192-309
    Police
    (Criminal Appeal
    No.660/2009)

    Test Identification Parade must be conducted
    when eye witnesses are present

    8 Pauly .Vs. Sate of Kerala
    (Crl. Rev. 22 310-334
    Pet.No.36/2026)

    Expert evidence is merely advisory in nature

    9 Narayan .Vs. State of
    Chhattisgar 28 335-370
    (Crl. A.No.3343/2025)
    131 S.C.No.909/2020

    53. On considering the oral and documentary

    evidence placed before the court, it is at first

    necessary to note that there is no dispute that the

    case of prosecution is based on purely

    circumstantial evidence in the form of motive and

    the last seen theory near the house of the

    deceased, since no witness claims to have seen the

    alleged incident wherein Govindaiah and

    Smt.Shanthamma i.e., parents of C.W.1 were done

    to death. The fact that the death of the parents of

    C.W.1 by name Govindaiah and Smt.Shanthamma

    was homicidal is duly proved by the evidence of the

    Doctor (P.W.11), who conducted post mortem. Also

    the doctor (P.W.11) from his evidence has proved

    the the Post Mortem reports (Exs.P.18 and 19).IN

    the Post Mortem reports cause of death is opined as

    “Death is due to “SHOCK AND

    HAEMORRHAGE” as a result of ‘MULTIPLE

    STAB INJURIES’ sustained”. Thus, there is no
    132 S.C.No.909/2020

    doubt on the aspect that the death of Govindaiah

    and Smt. Shantamma was homicidal in nature.

    54. In the present case, there are no eye

    witnesses to the murder of Govindaiah and

    Smt.Shantamma inside the house of CW1. The case

    of prosecution is based on the circumstantial

    evidence as there is no direct evidence in the case.

    55. At this stage, I may briefly recount the five

    ‘golden principles’ laid down in Sharad Birdhi

    Chand Sarda vs. State of Maharashtra (1984) 4

    SCC 116, i.e.:

    I. the circumstances from which the
    conclusion of guilt is to be drawn
    should be fully established;

    II. the facts so established should be
    consistent only with the hypothesis
    of the guilt of the accused, that is to
    say. they should not be explainable
    on any other hypothesis except that
    the accused is guilty;

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    III. the circumstances should be of a
    conclusive nature and tendency;

    IV. they should exclude every
    possible hypothesis except the one
    to be proved; and

    V. there must be a chain of evidence
    so complete as not to leave any
    reasonable ground for the
    conclusion consistent with the
    innocence of the accused and must
    show that in all human probability
    the act must have been done by the
    accused.

    56. The strongest circumstance put forth by the

    prosecution is specifically, is the motive so-called

    ‘last-seen’ evidence of C.W.1 which is also forth

    coming in the complaint (Ex.P.1) and reliance on

    CCTV footage.

    57. Here itself I would like to refer to the

    complaint (Ex.P.1), which reads as under :

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    ನನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಪವಿತ್ರ ರವರು ನನ್ನೊ ಂದಿಗೆ
    ಸಂಸಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಂದಾಣಿಕೆಯಾಗದೆ ಇದ್ದ ಕಾರಣ
    ಮನೆಬಿಟ್ಟು ಹೋಗಿ ನಂತರ ಕೌಟುಂಬಿಕ
    ನ್ಯಾ ಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೌನ್ಸಿ ಲಿಂಗ್‍ ಮಾಡಿ ವಾಪಸ್‍ ನಮ್ಮ
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    ಆಗಾಗ್ಗೆ ಗಲಾಟೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿ ದ್ದ ರು. ಈ ವಿಚಾರವಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ
    ಭಾಮೆೃದ ರಾಕೇಶ್‍ ನನಗೂ ಮತ್ತು ನನ್ನ ತಂದೆ
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    ಗಂಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನ ಭಾಮೈದ ರಾಕೇಶ್‍ ನನ್ನ ಮೊಬೈಲ್‍
    6363675285 ರಿಂದ ಆತನ ಮೊಬೈಲ್‍
    ನಂಃ8884248512 ಗೆ ಪೋನ್‍ ಮಾಡಿ ನನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ
    ಮತ್ತು ಮಗುವನ್ನು ಕರೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಬಂದುಬಿಡುವಂತೆ
    ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ ನನ್ನ ಅಕ್ಕ ಮತ್ತು ಮಗುವನ್ನು
    ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳು ವುದು‍ ನನಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತು , ಅವರನ್ನು ತಂದು
    ಬಿಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದು , ಇಬ್ಬ ರ ನಡುವೆ ಮಾತು
    ಮಾತು‍ ಬೆಳೆದಾಗ ರಾಕೇಶ್‍ ಈಗ ನಾನು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಗೆ ಬಂದು
    ಏನು ಮಾಡುತ್ತೆ ೕನೆ ನೋಡು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದನು.

    ಅಷ್ಟ ರಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನ ತಂದೆಯವರು ನಾನು ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತೆ ೕನೆ
    ಕೊಡು ಎಂದು ಪೋನ್‍ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಮಾತನಾಡಿದಾಗ
    ಅವರಿಗೂ ಸಹ ಜೋರು ಮಾಡಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಗೆ ಬಂದು ನಿಮಗೆ
    ಏನು ಮಾಡುತ್ತೆ ೕನೆ ನೋಡಿ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿ ಪೋನ್‍ ಕಟ್‍
    ಮಾಡಿದನು. ನಾನು ಕೆಲಸ ಇದ್ದು ದರಿಂದ ಸಂಜೆ 7-30
    ಗಂಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮನೆಯಿಂದ ಹೊರಗೆ ಹೋಗಿದ್ದು , ಕೆಲಸ
    ಮುಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ರಾತ್ರಿ ಸು‍ಮಾರು 8-45 ಗಂಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ
    ವಾಪಸ್‍ ಮನೆಗೆ ಬರಲು ನಮ್ಮ ಮನೆಯ ರಸ್ತೆ ಯಲ್ಲಿ
    ಬರುತ್ತಿ ರುವಾಗ ನನ್ನ ಭಾಮೈದ ರಾಕೇಶ್‍ ಸ್ಲೆ ಂಡರ್‍ ಬೈಕ್
    ನಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನ ಎದುರುಗಡೆ ಬುರುತ್ತಿ ದ್ದು ನನ್ನ ನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ
    ಸ್ವ ೀಡಾಗಿ ಗಾಡಿಯನ್ನು ಓಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋದನು.
    ನಾನು ರಾತ್ರಿ 8-45 ಗಂಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮನಗೆ ಬಂದಾಗ
    ಹಾಲ್ನ ಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನ ತಂದೆ ಎಸ್.ಟಿ.ಗೋವಿಂದಯ್ಯ ರವರು
    ಸೋಫಾ ಚೇರ್ ಮೇಲೆ ಕುಳಿತ ಸ್ದಿ ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ನನ್ನ
    136 S.C.No.909/2020

    ತಾಯಿ ಶಾಂತಮ್ಮ 58 ವರ್ಷದವರು ನೆಲದ ಮೇಲೆ
    ರಕ್ತ ಸಿಕ್ತ ವಾಗಿ ಬಿದ್ದಿ ದ್ದು ಕೊಲೆಯಾಗಿದರು. ನನ್ನ ತಂದೆ
    ಮತ್ತು ತಾಯಿಯವರ ಎದೆಗೆ ಬಲವಾಗಿ ಚುಚ್ಚಿ
    ಗಾಯಪಡಿಸಿದ್ದು ಮೃತಪಟ್ಟಿ ರುತ್ತಾ ರೆ. ನನ್ನ ಮತ್ತು ನನ್ನ
    ತಂದೆ ತಾಯಿಯವರ ಮೇಲಿನ ದ್ವೆ ೕಷದಿಂದ ನನ್ನ
    ಭಾಮೈದ ರಾಕೇಶ್‍ ಮನೆಗೆ ಬಂದು ಮಾರಕಾಸ್ತ ್ರದಿಂದ
    ನನ್ನ ತಂದೆ ತಾಯಿಯವರನ್ನು ಚುಚ್ಚಿ ಕೊಲೆ
    ಮಾಡಿರುತ್ತಾ ನೆ.

    ಆದ್ದ ರಿಂದ ನನ್ನ ತಂದೆ ತಾಯಿಯವರನ್ನು ಕೊಲೆ
    ಮಾಡಿರುವ ರಾಕೇಶ್ ನನ್ನು ಪತ್ತೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಆತನ ವಿರುದ್ದ
    ಕಾನೂನು ಕ್ರ ಮ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳ ಬೇಕಾಗಿ ಕೇಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳು ತ್ತೆ ೕನೆ.

    58. Having considered the afore said complaint

    (ExP1) given by CW1 , it is necessary to discuss the

    evidence led by the prosecution in order to bring

    home the charges charged against the accused.

    The prosecution has portrayed the following

    circumstances in order to establish the charge of

    murder against the accused.

    59. (1). MOTIVE : The accused is the brother-

    in-law of C.W.1 i.e., brother of the wife of C.W.1. It

    is the specific contention of the prosecution that
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    during Covid lock down in April 2020 the accused

    had come to the house of C.W.1 asking to send the

    wife of C.W.1 Pavithra along with her daughter

    Pavana with him to their house. As there was Covid

    lock down C.W.1 had refused to send them with the

    accused. As the accused scolded him, C.W.1 sent

    his wife and daughter with the accused. Even after

    2 weeks the wife of C.W.1 did not return back. So

    on 10.05.2020 at 7-00 p.m., CW1 called up to the

    mobile of the accused bearing No.6363675285 and

    asked the accused to bring back his wife and

    daughter, but the accused refused to do so. As per

    the C.W.1 his deceased father had requested the

    accused over phone to bring the wife and daughter

    of C.W.1 back to their house. Due to which the

    accused had enmity with them and he gave them

    threat. Due to the said enmity in the evening hours

    of 10.05.2020 between 8-40 to 8-45 p.m., the

    accused came in a 2 wheeler to the house of C.W.1.
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    In the absence of CW1 out of enmity the accused

    committed the murder of the parents of C.W.1.

    (2). LAST SEEN TOGETHER THEORY: The

    deceased parents of C.W.1 and the accused were

    the only persons present in their house. When

    C.W.1 had gone out to his house and the accused

    on entering into the house of C.W.1 committed the

    murder of the parents of C.W.1 and then absconded

    from their house. Hence as per the prosecution, the

    accused is last seen in front of the house of C.W.1

    by the passerby who lifted the bike of the accused,

    P.W.3, P.W.5 and CW1 had seen the accused on bike

    while he was returning back home,also it is

    specifically contended that CW1 has identified the

    accused in the CCTV footage.

    60. CCTV FOOTAGE:

    The whole prosecution case relies upon the

    CCTV footage furnished before the court in a Pen

    Drive (M.O.6)seized under seizure mahazar (ExP5 )
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    from the house of C.W.18/P.W.12 and technician

    C.W.19/P.W.10 transferred the CCTV footage to the

    pen drive.

    61. As per the evidence of the Investigating

    Officer the CCTV footage is from 7-00 p.m., to 9-00

    p.m. , and at 20.24.58 i.e., night 8.24.58 hours, a

    person came in a splendor bike near the house and

    in tension made the bike fall down and another

    person who was a passerby came and lifted the

    bike. The person who came in the bike went inside

    the house where the murder had take place, then at

    20.27.25 i.e., 8.27.25 hours he went away in the

    splendor bike, which can be seen in the footage.

    As per the evidence of Investigating officer the rider

    seen in the CCTV footage was identified by C.W.1 as

    his brother-in-law Rakesh. But as per the cross

    examination of P.W.12, the one who went in the

    bike is different from the one who returned in the

    bike.

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    62. Here itself, it is pertinent to note that as

    per the evidence of C.W.1/P.W.1, he left the house at

    7-30 p.m., and returned back at 8-45 p.m. but the

    prosecution chose not to identify as to which was

    the vehicle of C.W.1 or C.W.1 in the footage

    between 7-30 to 8-45 p.m.

    63. From the evidence placed before court it can

    be safely said that the footage is dark and blur.Also

    at the time of passing the judgment, on scrutiny of

    the entire CCTV footage, it was impossible to

    identify accused in the footage as the face is very

    blur rider’s facial features cannot be made out as

    the two wheeler goes away at a high speed , as the

    footage is in black and white the color of the dress

    worn by the rider cannot be made out .Also the two

    wheeler number is not visible, its make and colour

    cannot be identified.

    64. Even though the prosecution has relied upon

    the CCTV footage to establish the presence of the
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    accused on the ground that C.W.1 has identified by

    him. But in the footage spanning from 7-00 p.m. to

    9-00 p.m., the learned SPP nor the Investigating

    Officer chose to identify and establish the entry

    and exit of C.W.1 to his house, presence of P.W.3,

    P.W.5 in front of the house of C.W.1 or movement

    near the vicinity of the house of C.W.1 as alleged by

    the prosecution.

    65. Even otherwise, the black and white CCTV

    footage which is solely furnished to identify the

    accused at the spot. But it is pertinent to note that

    one can see a person going in a two wheeler

    stopping after a tree (The tree covers the visual of

    the two wheeler) and at that time a person who was

    walking on the other side of the road, crosses the

    road comes near the place where the alleged two

    wheeler was stopped, he bends a little and goes

    away. Though falling of the two wheeler is not

    evidently visible, but from the act of the passerby
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    bending and going up, one might presume that he

    might have lifted the two wheeler.

    66. Also in the said footage, it is visible that two

    wheeler which came at 20.24.55 hours and was

    parked took a ‘U’ turn and went away at 20.27.25

    hours. But the visual on the footage does not

    disclose the 2 wheeler number, due to black and

    white visual and speed in which the vehicle came

    and went away, one cannot see the face of the rider

    of the two wheeler.

    67. Here itself it is pertinent to note that the last

    person who has seen the accused cannot be said to

    be C.W.1, but it is the passerby man whose facial

    was clear in the footage who is alleged to lifted the

    bike. As such, he would have seen the rider of bike.

    As such, he is the “best witness” or “star witness”

    who can depose about the identity of the rider of

    the two wheeler, his physical behaviour. But for the
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    reasons best known to the Investigating Officer, he

    has made no efforts to secure that person as a

    witness in this case.

    68. It is to be remembered that it was a COVID

    lock down and locals were allowed to go out, for

    day to day needs. When that being so, the said

    passerby would have been a local resident of RBI

    Layout or nearby. It is not the case of the

    prosecution that they were not able to trace the

    said passerby.

    69. Even though the CCTV footage is supported

    by 65-B certificate given by the owner of house

    where CCTV camera was installed and CCTV

    footage recording was done a DVR. But the

    Investigating Officer has not sent the CCTV footage

    to FSL with a photo of the accused and alleged bike

    for identifying the accused person and the bike.

    70. It is necessary to note that the FSL provides
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    scientific validation through analysis like facial

    recognition, gait analysis or tamper detection. The

    present case is that involved the murder of two

    senior citizens, which is a heinous offence. When

    that being so, it is the primary duty of the

    Investigating Officer to scientifically validate the

    CCTV footage and to establish the identity of the

    rider of the two wheeler by scientific means , but he

    failed to do so.

    71. In the present case, the Investigating Officer

    has made no efforts to send the CCTV footage

    seeking an Expert’s opinion of the FSL regarding the

    identification of the accused. As discussed supra,

    on seeing the visuals of the CCTV footage, one

    cannot recognize the facial features, dress, bike

    alleged to have been that of the accused.

    72. Also the Investigating Officer has made no

    efforts to trace the passerby who is allegedly said
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    to have lifted the bike of the accused as he is a star

    witness or best witness, who could have deposed

    about the identity of the rider of the two wheeler

    and confirm the presence of the accused in front of

    the house of C.W.1.

    73. In view of the discussion made supra, the

    CCTV footage saved in pen drive (M.O.6) is not of

    any help to the prosecution to prove that the

    person who went and came in the bike between

    8.24.58 hours to 8.27.25 hours near the house of

    CW1 is the accused person.

    74. Here itself it is pertinent to note that the

    Investigating Officer has made no efforts to secure

    the CCTV footage of the traffic cameras as the

    accused is said to come from Byatarayanapura to

    Konanakunte on a 2 wheeler.

    75. RECOVERY OF WEAPON – KNIFE:

    As per the evidence of the Investigating Officer
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    (P.W.18), on 16.05.2020 he recorded the voluntary

    statement of the accused (Ex.P.48), wherein the

    accused had told that he would show the knife used

    for committing the offence and the blood stained

    clothes worn by him at the time of committing the

    offence and the place where the bike has been

    kept. So he secured the panchas (C.Ws.16 and 17)

    to the Police Station and gave them notice

    (Ex.P.33) at 12-20 p.m., they left the Police Station

    in a Government vehicle and went in the route

    shown by the accused. The accused took them to

    House No.26/4, 2nd Main, 2nd Cross, Avalahalli within

    the jurisdiction of Girinagar Police Station. The

    accused took them in front of the house and

    produced before them a purple and black coloured

    Hero Honda motorbike bearing No.KA-41-J-1279 and

    thereafter he went to the 3 rd floor of the house

    where he was residing and went inside the bed

    room and from the wooden cup board he removed a
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    shirt and pant and inside the shirt, there was a knife

    which was produced before them. The shirt was a

    dark blue coloured full sleeved shirt with blood

    stains and the pant was a blue coloured with white

    shade with blood stains and they were packed in a

    cora bag and sealed with an alphabet “DNS”. The

    knife was a steel knife with a white,blue and red

    coloured plastic handle with a sharp tip,one side of

    the knife was sharp measuring 8.5 inches length

    and its handle was measuring 4 inches. The knife

    was packed in a cora bag sealed with alphabets

    “DNS”. The mahazar (EX.P.34) was conducted

    between 12-30 to 2-00 p.m.

    76. The seizure mahazar witness (C.W.16/P.W.17)

    has stated that the accused had shown the

    Splendor bike kept near the gate of the house. Also

    the accused had taken them to the room and the

    police had seized the shirt, pant and a steel knife.

    He has identified the knife (M.O.12), shirt (M.O.13)
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    and pant (M.O.14).

    77. Here itself it is pertinent to note that in his

    examination by chief by the learned S.P.P., even

    though he has stated that the accused had taken

    them to his house. But there is no specific

    identification of the accused who was present

    before the court by the witness in his examination

    in chief. But in his cross examination it is elicited

    that he cannot identify the accused in the open

    court. Also he does not know as to why the

    mahazar was being conducted . Also it is elicited

    that total of 5 people had gone in the jeep, but he

    does not remember as to who they were.

    78. Further it is necessary to note that in the cross

    examination of panch witness (P.W.17), he has

    stated that he does not remember as to whether

    the knife (M.O.12) was seized on the said day. It is

    also elicited that the knife (M.O.12) had 4 colours

    and the same is mentioned in the mahazar. It is
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    elicited that he had signed the slip which was

    affixed on the knife, but his signature cannot be

    seen on the slip affixed on M.O.12. It is also elicited

    that he does not remember as to where the knife

    was there on that day. It is elicited that the knife

    had blood stains, but he does not remember as to

    whether the police collected the blood stains from

    the knife.

    79. Hereitself it is penitent to refer to the

    mahazar (Ex.P.34), wherein it is stated as under :

    “ಆರೋಪಿಯು ಹಾಜರು‍ಪಡಿಸಿದ ಚಾಕುವನ್ನು
    ನಾವುಗಳು ಅಜಮಾಯಿಸಿ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿ ಒಂದು ಬಿಳಿ,

    ನೀಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕೆಂಪು ಬಣ್ಣ ದ ಪ್ಲಾ ಸ್ಟಿ ಕ್‍ಹಿಡಿಕೆಯುಳ್ಳ
    ಸ್ಟ ೀಲ್‍ ಚಾಕುವಾಗಿರುತ್ತ ದೆ. ಮುಂಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ

    ಚೂಪಾಗಿದ್ದು ಒಂದು ಕಡೆ ಹರಿತವಾಗಿರುತ್ತ ದೆ.
    ಸದರಿ ಚಾಕ‍ು ಒಟ್ಟು 8½ ಇಂಚು ಉದ್ದ ವಿದ್ದು

    ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ 4 ಇಂಚು ಹಿಡಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುತ್ತ ದೆ.

          ಈ ಚಾಕುವನ್ನು        ಪೋಲಿಸರ‍ು ಮುಂದಿನ ತನಿಖೆಯ
    
          ಸಲುವಾಗಿ           ನಮ್ಮ ಗಳ         ಸಮಕ್ಷಮ         ವಶಕ್ಕೆ
          ಪಡೆದುಕೆಾಂಡು         ಖೋರಾ         ಬಟ್ಟೆ ಯ     ಚೀಲದಲ್ಲಿ
                          150              S.C.No.909/2020
    
    
          ಹಾಕಿ      ಬಾಯಿಯನ್ನು     ದಾರದಿಂದ    ಭದ್ರ ಪಡಿಸಿ,
          ಅರಗಿನ       ಸಹಾಯದಿಂದ       "DNS"        ಎಂಬ
    
    

    ಅಕ್ಷರದಿಂದ ಸೀಲು ಮಾಡಿ ಅದರ ಮೇಲೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಗಳ
    ಮತು ಪೋಲೀಸ್‍ ಇನ್ಸ್ ಪೆಕ್ಟ ರ್ ರವರ ಸಹಿಯ

    ಚೀಟಿಯನ್ನು ಅಂಟಿಸಿ ಅಮಾನತ್ತು
    ಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡರು”.

    80. Further it is pertinent to note that as per the

    evidence of Investigating Officer and the mahazar

    witness (P.W.17), there were blood stains on the

    knife. But on perusal of the mahazar (Ex.P.34)

    there is no mention of any visible blood stains on

    the knife. Here itself it is necessary to note that the

    Investigating Officer (P.W.18) has specifically stated

    in his cross examination that on the knife (M.O.12)

    there are blood stains when he was confronted with

    the knife (M.O.12) during cross examination. While

    the mahazar witness has stated that the knife had 4

    colours and same is mentioned in the mahazar. As

    such, it can be safely said that the description of
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    the knife is contradictory to the mahazar and

    evidence of the Investigating Officer and mahazar

    witnesses.

    81. Further on scrutiny of the knife (M.O.12), it is

    observed that one side of the knife is sharp, while

    the other side is blunt with a sharp tip. But there

    are no blood stains nor dried blood stains on the

    knife. Further the handle on one side has 3 colours

    i.e., red, blue and white. While on the other side it

    has blue and white. It is observed that the handle

    of the knife is broken on one side, where there are

    only 2 colours found and the attachment of other

    piece is evidently broken and there is a hole for its

    attachment. But unfortunately it is not preserved in

    such a manner that the blood stains could be seen

    on it over the passage of 5 years. Also it is

    necessary to note that at the time of mahazar

    (Ex.P.34), there is no specific photo of the knife

    taken by the Investigating Officer.

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    82. Further it is pertinent to refer to the

    acknowledgment of FSL (Ex.P.52) dated:28.05.2020

    wherein it is mentioned that one steel knife blood

    stained along with 9 other items were received by

    the FSL. As per the FSL Report (Ex.P.31),

    dated:7.07.2020,In the column result of

    examination, it is stated that the blood stain on the

    knife and all other articles are of human origin. But

    it is nowhere stated that the blood stains found on

    the knife were that of the deceased or the opinion is

    not given that the blood stains on the knife could

    not be ascertained.

    83. In the case of Mustkeem alias Sirajudeen

    v. State of Rajasthan (AIR 2011 SUPREME

    COURT 2769), it is held that “sole circumstance

    of recovery of blood-stained weapon cannot

    form the basis of conviction unless the same

    was connected with the murder of the
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    deceased by the Accused. Thus, only on the

    basis of sole circumstance of recovery of

    blood-stained weapon, it cannot be said that

    the prosecution has discharged its burden of

    proving the case beyond reasonable”.

    84. In the present case, the Investigating Officer

    made no effort to ascertain whether the blood

    stains on the knife were those of deceased nor was

    any effort made to ascertain whether the knife

    contained any fingerprints which matched with

    those of the accused.

    85. In view of the discussion made supra, it

    observed that prosecution has failed to prove the

    recovery of knife(MO12) at the instance of the

    accused. Also the prosecution has failed to prove

    that knife (M.O.12) was used by the accused to

    commit the 2 murders of Govindaiah and

    Smt.Shanthamma.

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    86. SEIZURE OF CLOTHES OF THE ACCUSED:

    It is the further case of the prosecution under

    the seizure mahazar (ExP34). As per the evidence

    of the Investigating Officer accused went to the 3 rd

    floor of the house where he was residing and went

    inside the bed room and from the wooden cup

    board he removed a shirt and pant and inside the

    shirt, there was a knife which was produced before

    them. The shirt was a dark blue coloured full

    sleeved shirt with blood stains and the pant was a

    blue coloured with white shade with blood stains

    and they were packed in a cora bag and sealed with

    an alphabet “DNS”.

    87. The mahazar witness (P.W.17) has identified

    the knife (M.O.12), shirt (M.O.13) and pant (M.O.14).

    As per FSL report (ExP 31) there were human blood

    stains of the shirt and pant.

    88. Here itself it is pertinent to note that the shirt

    and pant of the accused are not identified by
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    C.W.1/P.W.1, P.W.3 and P.W.5. As C.W.1 is said to

    have seen the dress worn by the accused when he

    was coming on the bike. While according to the

    prosecution, P.W.3 and P.W.5 had seen the person

    who was coming out of the house. But the

    prosecution chose not to confront the said

    witnesses with the shirt and pant for the purpose of

    identification.

    89. In view of the discussion made supra, non

    identification of shirt and pant alleged to have been

    seized the accused by P.W.1, P.W.3 and P.W.5 goes

    to establish that prosecution has failed to prove

    that accused was wearing the said shirt and pant on

    the alleged day and place of incident.

    90. SEIZURE OF BIKE & POUCH ON THE

    PETROL TANK :

    As per the seizure mahazar (Ex.P.34), it is stated

    that the accused had shown the bike parked near
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    the gate of the house. In page No.2 of the

    mahazar, there is a description of the bike wherein

    it is stated that it is a black and purple Hero Honda

    Splendor bike bearing No.KA-41-G-1279, but there

    is no mention of pouch on the said bike.

    91. Here itself it is necessary to refer to the

    evidence of the witness to the seizure mahazar

    (Ex.P.34) i.e., P.W.17. In his evidence he has stated

    about the seizure of shirt, pant and knife. But he

    has only stated that there was a Splendor bike near

    the gate. But in his examination in chief or in his

    cross examination by the learned SPP, it is nowhere

    stated that the police have seized the Splendor

    bike.

    92. Even otherwise the evidence of Investigating

    Officer is silent as to how the bike was taken to the

    Police Station. Even though the Investigating

    Officer has stated that there was a blood stained

    pouch on the bike. But according to him he did not
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    find it necessary to seize the pouch. The seizure

    mahazar (Ex.P.34) is totally silent about any pouch

    on the petrol tank of the bike. In this regard, it is

    pertinent to note that as per the evidence of P.Ws.1,

    3 and 5, the bike which had come near the house of

    C.W.1 had a pouch on the petrol tank.

    93. In the present case, the identity of the bike

    is solely on the basis of the presence of pouch on

    the petrol tank on which the accused is alleged to

    have kept the knife after committing the alleged

    murders.

    94. As such, the bike can be identified only if it

    had a pouch on the petrol tank. As it is not the case

    of prosecution that the accused had destroyed or

    thrown away the pouch which was there on the

    petrol tank. The seizure mahazar (Ex.P.34) is totally

    silent about the presence of any pouch on the

    petrol tank. Also the mahazar witness (P.W.17) has

    nowhere stated in his evidence that there was a
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    pouch on the petrol tank and the Investigating

    Officer did not find it necessary to seize it. So it

    was left behind by the Investigating Officer. Taking

    into consideration the seizure mahazar (Ex.P.34)

    along with the evidence of the panch witness

    (P.W.17), it can be safely said that the bike which is

    alleged to have been shown by the accused did not

    have any pouch on the petrol tank. Also there is no

    evidence before the court to establish that the

    Investigating Officer chose not to seize the pouch

    which had blood stains in it to corroborate the

    evidence of the Investigating Officer.

    95. In view of the discussion made supra, it can

    be safely said that the prosecution has failed to

    prove that the bike seized under seizure mahazar

    (Ex.P.34) had a pouch on the petrol tank. As such it

    can be safely said that the description of the 2

    wheeler which had a pouch on the petrol tank

    alleged to have been parked in front of the house of
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    C.W.1 is not the same bike as seized by the

    Investigating Officer alleged to have been shown by

    the accused under the seizure mahazar (Ex.P.34).

    96. THE FINGER PRINT AND SOCO TEAM

    EVIDENCE:

    The said offence has taken place on 10.05.2020.

    In the year 2020 the technology and the scientific

    way of collecting evidence had fully developed in

    India. When that being so, in a double murder case

    as that in the present case, the Investigating Officer

    should have mandatorily called the SOCO Team ,

    finger print experts, FSL experts to collect the

    evidence, finger prints and photographs of each

    and every item had to be taken , also photo of the

    house had to be taken as the alleged offence had

    taken place in the first floor of the building and the

    accused is said to have climbed the stairs which is

    situated outside the house to go to the first floor.
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    97. In the present case, the Investigating Officer

    has not collected the finger prints at the place of

    offence to establish that the finger prints at the

    house of C.W.1 where the double murder had taken

    place was that of the accused. Also as the accused

    is said to have climbed the stairs and got down

    from the stairs of the house after committing

    murder where the deceased had fallen in the pool

    of blood and the room was covered with blood.

    When that being so the foot prints would have

    certain blood stains. But the Investigating Officer

    has not collected the foot prints in the house or on

    the stair case of the house. Also there are no

    photographs of the staircase to show that the blood

    stains had fallen or not on the stairs.

    98. In the absence of the aforesaid scientific

    evidence, it can be safely said that the prosecution

    has failed to prove that the accused had stabbed

    two persons inside the house of C.W.1, as it is not
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    the case of prosecution that the accused was

    wearing glouse at the time of committing the

    alleged murders.

    99. IDENTIFICATION OF THE ACCUSED:

    As discussed supra, the CCTV footage is blur

    and the Investigating Officer has no made efforts to

    send it to FSL for scientific examination so as to

    ascertain the identity of the accused by scientific

    investigation. It is only C.W.1 who has identified the

    rider as his brother-in-law i.e., the accused herein.

    Even otherwise when the CCTV footage was played

    in the open court by the learned SPP, due to the

    blur and black & white visual, it was impossible to

    ascertain the physical features of the person who

    was riding the 2 wheeler, the make of the 2

    wheeler, the dress worn by the rider of the 2

    wheeler. As such it is impossible to identify the rider

    of the 2 wheeler as the accused in this case.
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    100. As per the evidence of C.W.1, he had seen

    the accused face to face when he was coming on

    his 2 wheeler and the accused was going in his 2

    wheeler. But as discussed supra, in the CCTV

    footage, which is recorded from 7-00 to 9-00 p.m.,

    nowhere shows that C.W.1 going or coming to his

    house nor the learned SPP has made efforts to point

    out C.W.1 in the CCTV footage. As such in the

    absence of corroborating evidence, one cannot

    believe the evidence of C.W.1 that he had seen the

    accused riding the bike face to face while he was

    coming back on his 2 wheeler.

    101. Further, according to C.W.1 he had seen the

    accused from a distance of 1000 meters while

    C.W.1 was going towards his house and accused

    was going on his splendor bike. C.W.1 has stated

    the same in his complaint (Ex.P.1). But his evidence

    is silent as to the exact location or place where he

    saw the accused. As it is necessary to ascertain as
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    to whether there were street lights for the CW1 to

    see the face of the accused. Admittedly in the

    complaint CW1 has not stated that he was on his

    two wheeler,when that being so in the absence of

    corroborating evidence it raises doubt as to where

    and how C.W.1 saw the accused or a bike.

    102. Further in the cross examination of C.W.1,

    he has voluntarily stated that he had last seen the

    accused 8 years ago and he had seen him only on

    facebook, the said cross examination is

    dated:5.09.2025 from which it follows that C.W.1

    had last seen the accused during 2017-18. Also it

    is elicited in the cross examination of P.W.1/C.W.1,

    the accused was not coming to their house

    regularly, but stated that he used to come to their

    house on festivals. From the aforesaid evidence of

    C.W.1, it can be said that the accused might have

    come to the house of C.W.1 during 2017-18.

    Further C.W.1 has stated that in April 2020, the
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    accused came to his house and asked C.W.1 to send

    his wife and daughter with him. But to corroborate

    the same, there are no eye witnesses. Further in

    the cross examination of C.W.2, it is elicited that

    since one week prior to the incident, he was in

    Channapatna. Admittedly C.W.2 resides in the

    ground floor and C.W.1 resides in first floor of the

    house and their relationship was cordial. He has

    nowhere stated that in April 2020, the accused had

    come to the house of C.W.1 and took the wife and

    daughter of C.W.1 along with him.

    103. Here itself it is pertinent to refer to the cross

    examination of C.W.1, wherein it is elicited that if

    anyone goes to the first floor by climbing the stairs,

    then the occupants of the ground floor will know

    about it. When that being so, when the incident

    had taken place in the peak of COVID lock down in

    April 2020 when the movement of people was

    restricted by the Government due to COVID
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    pandemic, then if really the accused had come to

    the house of C.W.1, the same would have been

    within the knowledge of C.W.2. But C.W.2 has

    nowhere stated about the said visit of the accused

    to the house of C.W.1 in the month of April 2020.

    As such, taking into consideration the evidence of

    C.W.1 along with C.W.2, it can be safely said that

    the prosecution has failed to prove that the accused

    had visited the house of C.W.1 in April 2020.

    104. In the present case, it is the specific

    contention of the prosecution that the accused had

    gone to the 1st floor house of C.W.1. When that

    being so, in the evidence of P.W.3, he has stated

    that a person who came in the motorbike entered

    the house and walked out of the house. He has

    nowhere stated that the person had climbed the

    stairs and went to the house of C.W.1. His evidence

    is silent as to which house the said person had

    entered.

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    105. Even though he has stated that he had

    identified the accused in the police station. But in

    his cross examination he admitted that after police

    showed him the accused and told him that he is the

    person who committed the offense therefore he

    came to know about it.

    106. Further in the cross examination of P.W.5, it

    is elicited that it was dark at the said place, so he

    was not able to see the face of the boy who came

    out of the house,so he cannot identify him.

    107. Here itself it is pertinent to note that in the

    CCTV footage, the learned SPP has chosen not to

    identify P.W.3 and P.W.5. Taking into consideration

    the evidence of P.W.3 and P.W.5 it can be safely said

    that their evidence is inconsistent and their

    presence is not proved in the CCTV footage.

    108. In view of the discussion made supra, it can

    be safely said that the prosecution has failed to
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    prove the presence of P.W.3 and PW5 anywhere

    near the house of C.W.1 when the alleged incident

    took place.

    109. Further in the present case, the alleged

    incident had taken place in the night hours. From

    the evidence of P.Ws. 5, it can be safely said that

    due to darkness face could not be seen clearly.

    110. Even otherwise the question as to whether

    they could see the accused in darkness has to be

    established by Test Identification Parade. But

    admittedly the Investigating Officer has chosen not

    to conduct the Test Identification Parade.

    111. Now the question before the court is as to

    whether there was street light in front of the house

    of C.W.1 placed in such an angle that one could see

    the people getting down from the stairs had to be

    established by the learned SPP by examining the

    concerned Engineer from the Electricity Department
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    to prove the location of the street lights and as to

    whether there was street light when the person was

    getting down from the stair case on the alleged

    date since it is common knowledge that at majority

    of times the street lights will not be working in

    Bengaluru. In the absence of the evidence of the

    Engineer of Electricity Department who is not cited

    as a witness and whose opinion has not been taken

    by the Investigating Officer, it raises doubt as to

    whether P.W.3 could see the person getting out of

    the house of C.W.1 as according to P.W.5 it was dark

    so he was not able to see the person who came out

    of the house.

    112. In view of the discussion made supra, it can

    be safely said that there is contradiction regarding

    the timings and also the evidence of P.Ws.3 and 5 is

    inconsistent in nature. Hence it raises doubt about

    their presence in front of the house of C.W.1 on the

    alleged date and time of incident. Hence this court
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    is of the considered view that the evidence of

    P.Ws.3, 4 and 5 cannot be relied upon.

    113. Even though C.W.1 has stated that he had

    seen the accused returning back in the bike, so he

    gave the complaint that the accused had

    committed the murder. He has also stated that the

    accused was not wearing helmet or mask. As

    discussed supra, CW1 had not seen the accused

    since 8 years has seen him only on face book.

    Hence it raises doubt as to whether CW1 had seen

    the accused on the alleged day of incident as stated

    him in his complaint.

    114. In view of the discussion made supra it can

    be safely said that prosecution has failed to prove

    that accused had visited the house of CW1 in April

    2020 to take his sister and her daughter. Also

    prosecution has failed to prove that the person seen

    in the CCTV footage near the house of CW1 is the

    accused.

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    115. In view of the discussion made supra it is

    observed that prosecution has failed place any

    convincing evidence before the court to prove that

    accused had been on a bike near the house of CW1.

    116. TIMINGS OF THE OFFENCE:

    As per the complaint lodged by C.W.1, he left the

    house at 7-30 p.m., and while he was returning

    home at 8-45 p.m., he had seen his brother-in-law

    coming on a Splendor bike and on seeing him,

    accused had driven his bike at a high speed and

    had gone away. At 8-45 p.m., when he entered the

    house he noticed that his father Govindaiah was

    stabbed while he was sitting on the sofa and his

    mother Shanthamma was also stabbed and she was

    fallen on the floor in the pool of blood.

    117. As per the seizure mahazar (Ex.P.5) with

    respect to the seizure of CCTV footage in 16 GB

    SANDISK, it is stated that in the CCTV footage
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    dated:10.05.2020 timings of the footage is

    between 7-00 to 9-00 p.m. At 20.24.58 hours in the

    night a person had come in a Splendor bike and he

    made his bike fall and at that time another person

    picked up the bike and he went inside the house

    where the murder was committed and he returned

    back at 20.27.25 hours and he went away in the

    Splendor bike and the complainant had identified

    that person as his brother-in-law Rakesh.

    118. On scrutiny of the CCTV footage in the pen

    drive (M.O.6), it is observed that a two wheeler

    shown by the prosecution came at 20.24.58 hours

    and it was seen going away at 20.27.25 hours. As

    such it can be said that as per the prosecution case

    the murder of Govindaiah and Shanthamma had

    taken place between 20.24.58 hours to 20.27.25

    hours. As such, the alleged murder had taken place

    within a maximum span of 3 minutes which

    includes the time of parking of the vehicle and
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    exiting with the vehicle.

    119. In view of the said evidence, it is pertinent

    to refer to the evidence of P.W.3-Sri.Sandesh Kumar

    Shetty who has stated in his evidence that on

    10.05.2020 at 8-00 p.m., he went to the house of

    C.W.2 and C.W.2 was not there in the house. So he

    called him and informed C.W.2 that he was waiting

    for him. One person came on a motorbike in front

    of the house of C.W.2 and while he was parking the

    bike it fell down and someone parked it and the

    person entered the house and that time he was

    walking on the road and he heard the sound from

    the house. After 5 minutes the person who entered

    the house came out of the house, kept the knife

    inside the pouch affixed on the petrol tank of the

    bike and went away. Also P.W.3 left the place.

    120. In his cross examination by the learned

    advocate for the accused, it is elicited that he had

    telephoned C.W.2 between 7-45 to 8-00 p.m., and
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    thereafter he was speaking with his wife over the

    phone for 25 minutes and during the said 20

    minutes when he was speaking with his wife,

    Naveen (C.W.1) did not come near the house. It is

    elicited that he had heard the sound and screaming,

    but he did not go to his friend’s house to check the

    same nor he called up his friend C.W.2 to inform the

    same. It is also elicited that at 8-15 p.m., when he

    went for the walk, he did not go to see as to what

    had happened in the house of C.W.1.

    121. Further in the evidence of C.W.3/P.W.5-

    Sri.Diwakar, he has stated that on 10.05.2020 at 8-

    00 p.m., while he was returning back home after a

    walk, he heard screaming from the house and saw a

    person stepping down the stairs and he had gone

    away. As there was darkness, he does not know as

    to who went away.

    122. Here itself it is pertinent to note that

    C.W.3/P.W.5was treated as partly hostile and cross
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    examined by the learned SPP, but no suggestion

    has been made that he had not heard the sound at

    8-00 p.m., nor that he had seen the accused on the

    said date.

    123. Further in his cross examination by the

    learned advocate for accused, it is elicited that at 8-

    00 p.m, he heard the sound and he had seen a boy

    coming from the house, but he does not know as to

    who he was.

    124. While in the evidence of C.W.4/P.W.4-

    Sri.Bharath Kumar, he has stated that C.W.3 had

    telephoned him and informed about hearing the

    sound from the abutting house, so he went to the

    spot with Hoysala vehicle.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that between 8-00 to

    8-15 p.m., C.W.3 had telephoned him informing him

    that he had heard sound from his neighboring
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    house.

    125. By taking into consideration the evidence

    of C.W.5/P.W.3, C.W.3/P.W.5 and C.W.4/P.W.4, it can

    be safely said that they had heard the sound from

    the house where the alleged incident had taken

    place at around 8-00 to 8-15 p.m., and the same

    has not been disputed by the prosecution.

    126. But as discussed supra, as per the CCTV

    footage relied by the learned SPP, the accused is

    said to have come to the house of C.W.1 between

    20.24.58 hours and had exited at 20.27.25 hours in

    the night. As such, it can be said that the

    screaming heard by the witnesses is even before

    the person identified by CW1 as accused alleged to

    have arrived near the house where the murder had

    taken place.

    127. It is pertinent to note that it is the case of

    prosecution that the house of C.W.1 wherein the
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    alleged murder of his parents had taken place is

    situated in the first floor of the residential house

    When that being so, it can be safely said that as per

    the prosecution case the accused who had come to

    the spot at 20.24.58 hours after parking his bike

    which he made to fall and was picked up had

    entered the gate of the house and climbed the

    stairs, entered the house of C.W.1 where the

    parents of C.W.1 were present and the accused had

    stabbed both of them multiple times and had got

    down from the stairs and took “U” turn on his bike

    and went away at 20.27.25 hours. As such the

    whole incident of the accused arriving in front of

    the house of C.W.1 and exiting from there after

    committing the alleged murder of two people in the

    first floor of the house has taken place within 3

    minutes. Further in the cross examination of

    Investigating Officer, he has admitted that the

    incident has started at 8-24 and in 3 minutes the
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    accused had gone away.

    128. Further it is pertinent to note that even

    though But as per the CCTV footage, the accused

    had exited the place with his bike within 3 minutes.

    Even one cannot expect a witness to note the

    timings especially in minutes accurately. But from

    the evidence of P.W.4 and P.W.5, it can be said that

    P.W.5 had heard the screaming at around 8-00-8.15

    p.m. As such, taking into consideration the

    evidence of P.Ws.3, 4 and 5 with respect to the

    timing mentioned in their evidence and timings

    mentioned in the CCTV footage in the pen drive

    (M.O.6) and seizure mahazar (Ex.P.5), it can be

    safely said that there is contradiction regarding the

    timing when the surrounding people had heard the

    scream from the house of C.W.1 and the time when

    the accused is alleged to have entered and exited

    from the house of C.W.1.

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    129. In view of the discussion made supra, it can

    be safely said that it raises doubt as to whether the

    deceased had shouted even before the alleged

    arrival of the accused near the house of C.W.1. The

    contradiction in the timings is not explained. As

    such, it can be safely said that the prosecution has

    failed to prove that the alleged incident took place

    between 8-24 p.m. to 8-27 p.m.

    130. THE EVIDENCE OF INVESTIGATING

    OFFICER :

    The Investigating Officer has been examined as

    P.W.18. He has stated that at the time of spot

    mahazar, he had visited the house of C.W.1 situated

    in the first floor, where there was a diwan cot, sofa

    set, one teapoy and dining table and in between the

    said place, the murder had taken place and there

    were blood stains and in front of the sofa set chair,

    the father of C.W.1 by name Govindaiah had fallen

    murdered in a pool of blood and mother of C.W.1 by
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    name Shanthamma had fallen in a pool of blood in

    front of diwan cot. The mobile phone of the

    deceased father was on the diwan set and the

    mobile phone on the teapoy was that of the

    deceased mother.

    131. In this regard, it is pertinent to refer to the

    spot mahazar (Ex.P.2), which reads as under :

    “ಮನೆಯ ಒಳಗಡೆ ಪ್ರ ವೇಶಿಸಿದಾಗ 10 X 20
    ಅಡಿ ಅಗಲದ ಹಾಲ್‍ ಇದ್ದು , ಹಾಲ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ತ ರದ

    ಕಡೆಯ ಗೋಡೆಗೆ ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಂಡಂತೆ ದಿವಾನ್‍
    ಕಾಟ್‍ ಹಾಕಿದ್ದು , ದಕ್ಷಿ ಣದ ಕಡೆಯ ಗೋಡೆಗೆ

    ಸೋಫಾ ಸೆಟ್‍ ಹಾಕಿದ್ದು , ಮಧ್ಯ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ
    ಟೕಪಾಯ್‍ ಇಟ್ಟಿ ರುತ್ತ ದೆ. ಪೂರ್ವದ ಕಡೆಯ

    ಗೋಡೆಗೆ ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಂಡಂತೆ ಡೈನಿಂಗ್‍ ಟೇಬಲ್‍
    ಹಾಕಿರುತ್ತ ದೆ. ಇವುಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೃತ್ಯ

    ನಡೆದ ಸ್ದ ಳವಾಗಿರುತ್ತ ದೆ. ಸದರಿ ದಿವಾನ್‍ ಕಾಟ್,
    ಸೋಫಾ ಸೆಟ್‍ ಮತ್ತು ಡೈನಿಂಗ್‍ ಟೇಬಲ್‍

    ಮಧ್ಯ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ರಕ್ತ ದ ಕಲೆಗಳು ಇರುತ್ತ ದೆ.

           ಸೋಫಾ     ಸೇಟ್‍      ಚೇರ್‍     ಮುಂಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ       ತನ್ನ
    
           ತಂದೆಯಿಂದ         ಸುರಿದಿರುವ         ರಕ್ತ ವೆಂದು    ಮತ್ತು
           ದಿವಾನ್‍         ಕಾಟ್‍          ಮುಂಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ         ತನ್ನ
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           ತಾಯಿಯಿಂದ                  ಸುಜರಿದಿರುವ      ರಕ್ತ ವೆಂದು
           ಪಿರ್ಯೂದುದಾರರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.               ದಿವಾನ್‍ ಕಾಟ್‍
    
           ಮೇಲೆ        ಒಂದು     ಮೊಬೈಲ್‍ ಮತ್ತು       ಟೀಪಾಯ್‍
    

    ಪಕ್ಕ ದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲದ ಮೇಲೆ ಒಂದು ಮೊಬೈಲ್‍ ಫೋನ್‍

    ಬಿದ್ದಿ ದ್ದು , ಅವುಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವಿಚಾರಿಸಿದಾಗ ದಿವಾನ್‍
    ಕಾಟ್‍ ಮೇಲೆ ಇರುವ ಫೋನ್‍ ತನ್ನ ತಂದೆಯವರು

    ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿ ದ್ದ ಮೊಬೈಲ್‍ ಎಂದು, ನೆಲದ ಮೇಲೆ
    ಬಿದ್ದಿ ರುವ ಮೊಬೈಲ್‍ ಫೋನ್‍ ತನ್ನ ತಾಯಿಯವರು

    ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿ ದ್ದ ಮೊಬೈಲ್‍ ಫೋನ್‍ ಎಂದು
    ಪಿರ್ಯಾದುದಾರರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು”.

    132. Further, it is pertinent to refer to the

    evidence of C.W.1 and complaint (Ex.P.1) and

    photos (Exs.P.39 to 44), it is observed that the

    deceased father who is said to have been murdered

    is sitting on the sofa with blood stained banian and

    there was tea/coffee filed cup on the left side

    handle of the sofa. The said evidence contradicts

    with the evidence of the Investigating Officer. If the

    evidence of Investigating Officer is to be believed,

    then it raises doubt as to whether the dead bodies
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    were moved from their position before the

    Investigating Officer came to the spot. Further no

    videography has been done at the time of spot

    mahazar.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that he received the

    information about the incident at 9-00 p.m., as per

    the information given by unknown person over the

    station landline. After receiving the information, he

    has deputed his police personnel Siddegowda to go

    to the spot and to carry out the enquiry. Between

    9-15 to 9-20 p.m., he received the information from

    control room about the incident. It is elicited that

    on receiving the information at 9-15 p.m., he did

    not immediately go to the place of incident, he had

    sent Sri.Siddegowda and woman police at 9-30

    p.m., to the place of incident. He did not receive

    any information from woman police. But he

    received information from Head Constable-
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    Sri.Siddegowda, but he has not written it down. At

    9-15 p.m., he informed about the heinous offence to

    the ACP and DCP, thereafter at 10 to 10-30 p.m.,

    DCP and ACP visited the spot. He went to the spot

    between 10-00 to 10-15 p.m. It is elicited that he

    had seen the complainant for the first time at 9-25

    p.m. It is elicited that in the complaint it was

    written that Rakesh had committed the murder.

    133. Here itself it is pertinent to refer to the

    evidence of Sri.Siddegowda, Head Constable, who

    has been examined as P.W.14. He has stated that

    at 9-30 p.m., he went to the Police Station and

    reported for duty. Between 8-30 to 9-00 p.m., the

    Police Inspector (C.W.34) deputed him along with

    along with other police personnels to trace the

    accused. On 11.05.2020 at 12-15 p.m., they

    apprehended the accused in a house at Gavipuram

    Guttahalli and brought him to the Police Station and

    produced him before C.W.34 along with report
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    (Ex.P.30).

    134. From the said evidence of P.W.14-

    Sri.Siddegowda, Head Constable, he has nowhere

    stated that the Investigating Officer had deputed

    him and lady police to go to the place of offence

    and carry out the investigation so he went there at

    9-15 p.m., on 10.05.2020. His whole evidence is

    only about apprehending the accused and his

    evidence is totally silent about visiting the spot as

    elicited in the cross examination of the

    Investigating Officer. As such it can be safely said

    that Sri.Siddegowda and lady police were not sent

    to the place of incident as stated by the

    Investigating Officer in his cross examination.

    135. Further the Investigating Officer has stated

    that at 9-25 p.m., the complainant (C.W.1) came to

    the Police Station and gave a complaint (Ex.P.1)

    accusing Rakesh for having committed the murder
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    of his parents. Here itself, it is pertinent to refer to

    the complaint (Ex.P.1), where there is an

    endorsement by the police that they received the

    complaint on 10.05.2020 at 9-45 p.m. When that

    being so, no explanation is forthcoming as to how

    even before receiving the complaint at 9-45 p.m.,

    the Investigating Officer had deputed his staff to

    trace the accused on 10.05.2020 between 8-30 to

    9-00 clock. No explanation is forthcoming in the

    evidence of Investigating Officer as to on what

    information he came to the conclusion that the

    accused Rakesh had committed the offence even

    before receiving the complaint at 9-45 p.m., and

    even before registering the case.

    136. Further it is elicited in the cross examination

    of Investigating Officer that he went to the spot for

    the first time at 10-00 to 10-30 p.m. But as per the

    evidence of C.W.1, the Inspector had come to the

    spot at 9-30 p.m., and had taken the call details and
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    had also recorded his statement. Further it is

    elicited that at 9-00 p.m., the Konanakunte Police

    had come to his house for the first time. It is

    further elicited in the cross examination of P.W.1 at

    9-00 p.m, the Inspector Dharmendra had come to

    the spot and recorded his statement, but had not

    taken his signature. Also at that point of time, the

    Inspector had entered the house. It is elicited that

    the Inspector and police personnels conducted the

    spot mahazar between 9-30 to 9-45 p.m. Here

    itself it is pertinent to note that the mahazar was

    conducted between 10-30 to 11-45 p.m. From

    which it follows that between 9-30 to 9-45 p.m., the

    Inspector Sri.Dharmendra had visited the spot and

    conducted the spot inspection, though he did not

    conduct the spot mahazar. After the Inspector went

    from the huse of C.W.1, thereafter C.W.1 had gone

    to the Police Station along with another police

    personnel and lodged the complaint.

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    137. Taking into consideration the evidence of

    C.W.1 along with the Investigating Officer, it can be

    safely said that for the reasons best known to the

    Investigating Officer, he has denied having gone to

    the spot earlier to 10-00 to 10-30 p.m. As such, it

    raises doubt as to the manner in which the

    investigation was conducted by the Investigating

    Officer in a heinous case where 2 people were

    murdered.

    138. Even otherwise as per the evidence of the

    Investigating Officer from 11th to 17th did not

    enquire with the owner of the house where the

    CCTV camera was installed as no one was in the

    house. On 17th he had gone to the house where

    the CCTV camera was installed and obtained the

    CCTV footage.

    139. Here itself it is pertinent to note that as per

    the evidence of P.W.12,in whose house the CCTV

    camera was installed. He has stated in his
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    evidence that on 10.05.2020 at 9-30 the

    neighbours came to his house and asked him to

    show the CCTV footage, but he does not know as to

    who they were, but he permitted them to see the

    CCTV footage. After 7 days he was issued notice

    and the police came to his house for the first time.

    In his cross examination by the learned advocate

    for the accused, it is elicited that the police had

    come to his house at 3 times. The police had come

    to his house on 10th and after 2-3 days they had

    again come to his house. A 3 star police official

    came to his house on 10th and had questioned him.

    On 10th and 13th no mahazar was conducted and no

    property was seized.

    140. From the very evidence of the owner of the

    house where the CCTV camera was installed, it can

    be safely said that 3 star police officer is none other

    than the Police Inspector had visited the house of

    P.W.12 where the CCTV camera was installed and
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    had verified the footage on 10th itself. The said

    evidence of P.W.12 contradicts with the evidence of

    the Investigating Officer who has stated in his cross

    examination that he had not seen the CCTV camera

    on the date of incident. As such, it can be safely

    said that even though the Investigating Officer had

    gone to the spot at the earliest point of time and

    had also visited the house where the CCTV camera

    was installed, but the Investigating Officer chose to

    take a contradictory stand in his evidence, for the

    reasons best known to him. Even though it is

    elicited in the cross examination that on 11 th the

    owner of the house where the CCTV camera was

    not there, but the same has been contradicted by

    the owner of the house (P.W.12).

    141. He admitted in his cross examination that

    the knife was found in the pouch on the petrol tank

    of the bike. It is elicited that he did not find it

    necessary to seize the pouch, so he did not do so.
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    It is elicited that inside the pouch there were blood

    stains. It is also elicited that the Test Identification

    Parade has not been conducted.

    142. Also the Investigating Officer has chosen not

    to take the Finger print experts and SOCO team to

    the house where double murder was committed to

    collect the fingerprints. No explanation is forth

    coming for securing the experts to the spot. Though

    the murder was committed in 2020, scientific

    methods for investigation were available even at

    that time but not made use of.

    143. In case of Lalitha Kumari .Vs.

    Government of U.P [(2014)2SCC1], the Hon’ble

    Supreme Court of India has mandated “that

    police must immediately register a First

    Information Report (FIR) under Section 154 of

    the Cr.P.C., if the received information

    discloses a cognizable offense, with

    preliminary inquiries strictly limited to
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    specific categories.”

    But in the present case, the Investigating Officer

    even though received the information of double

    even before receiving a complaint from CW1, but

    chose not to register a FIR.

    144. From the evidence of the Investigating

    Officer and the investigation carried out by him in

    this case appears to be very cursory. It appears

    that the Investigating Officer had made up his mind

    that Accused had murdered the parents of CW1 and

    the investigation was directed at proving this

    conclusion .

    145. MOTIVE: Firstly it is necessary to consider

    the theory of motive. It is trite law that proof of

    motive is not sine qua non in a case of murder.

    However, in a case based purely on circumstantial

    evidence, motive if properly established, assumes

    great significance and would definitely provide an
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    important corroborative link in the chain of

    incriminating circumstances and strengthen the

    case of prosecution.

    146. The complainant (C.W.1) has stated in his

    complaint and oral evidence that in April 2020, the

    accused came to his house and asked him to send

    his wife Pavithra and her daughter Pavana with him.

    As there was COVID-19 lock down, he refused to

    send them with the accused. The accused scolded

    him, so he sent his wife and daughter with the

    accused. Even after 2 weeks his wife did not return

    back. So on 10.05.2020 at 7-00 p.m., he called up

    to the mobile of the accused bearing

    No.8884248512 from his mobile no 6363675285

    and asked him to bring his wife and daughter, but

    the accused had refused to do so. He stated that

    his father had also requested the accused over

    phone to bring the wife and daughter of C.W.1. As

    the accused had enmity with them, he gave threat
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    to them.

    147. In view of the said evidence of C.W.1, it is

    becomes necessary to note that the younger

    brother of C.W.1 i.e., C.W.2 is residing in the ground

    floor of the house. As elicited in the cross

    examination of C.W.1, his younger brother (C.W.2)

    with his family had gone to his mother-in-law’s

    house one week prior to the incident. Also it is

    elicited that anyone coming to the house of CW1 in

    the first floor has to enter the gate facing the main

    road climb the stairs to enter their house situated in

    first floor and the residents of first floor will come to

    know about it. Taking into consideration the said

    evidence of C.W.1 and also that accused is said to

    have taken his sister with her daughter from the

    house of C.W.1 during COVID lock down from which

    it follows the C.W.2 or wife would have seen

    accused coming and taking his sister and daughter

    with him and also any fight or heated exchange of
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    words that would have happened at that point of

    time would be heard by C.W.2 or his wife. But the

    evidence of C.W.2/P.W.2 is totally silent about

    accused coming to the house of C.W.1 in April 2020

    and taking the wife and daughter of C.W.1 with him,

    also the neighbors of CW1 have not been examined

    to corroborate the contention of the prosecution.

    More soever the wife of C.W.1 i.e., sister of the

    accused, who is cited as prosecution witness

    (C.W.21) has not been examined by the

    prosecution. For the best reason known to the

    prosecution, C.W.21 has been given up by the

    learned SPP.

    148. Further the quarrels between C.W.1 and his

    wife, the matrimonial discord between C.W.1 and

    wife, that by itself could not be a ground to impute

    motive to the accused to murder the parents of

    C.W.1. Immediate cause of the incident as per the

    prosecution was a phone call made by C.W.1 to the
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    accused on 10.05.2020 at 7-00 p.m., asking the

    accused to bring back his wife and daughter and

    the deceased father of C.W.1 is also said to have

    asked accused to bring back the wife and daughter

    of C.W.1 which caused in enmity for the accused to

    kill the parents of C.W.1. To corroborate the same

    the CDR details (Ex.P.54) of the mobile phone of the

    accused and CDR details (ExP58) of the mobile

    phone of the complainant is placed before the

    court. From the CDR’s it can be said that there was

    exchange of phone calls between the accused and

    CW1.But it is not the case of the prosecution that

    the father or of the deceased made direct phone

    calls to the accused demanding him to bring back

    the wife and daughter of CW1. As such there is a

    total lack of direct evidence to convince the Court

    that the telephone conversation was with such

    rage that the accused impelled to murder the

    parents of CW1.

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    149. In Shankar .Vs. State of Maharashtra

    [(2023) 2 SCC 1], the Hon’ble Supreme Court

    ruled that “in cases relying on circumstantial

    evidence, a failure by the prosecution to

    prove motive is a significant factor that

    weakens the entire case. The Hon’ble Supreme

    Court of India highlighted that a proven motive acts

    as a vital link in the chain of circumstances; without

    it, the evidence may fail to exclusively point to the

    guilt of the accused.

    150. LAST SEEN THEORY: As discussed supra,

    there are no eye witnesses to state that they saw

    the deceased persons along with the accused. But it

    is alleged that accused with his bike was seen in

    front of the house of C.W.1. But the evidence of

    P.W.3 and P.W.5 are not of any help to prove the

    identity of the accused. As discussed supra the

    passerby who was seen in the CCTV footage who is

    said to have lifted the bike would have seen the
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    rider of the bike. He can identify the accused as the

    rider of the bike. But unfortunately Investigating

    officer has made no efforts to trace and secure the

    said person as a witness. Though CW1 states that

    he had seen the accused on the bike, but he had

    seen the accused from a distance of 1000meters

    and in view of the discussion made supra he had

    not seen the accused entering the exiting the house

    of the accused. Hence the evidence of CW1 is not of

    much help to the prosecution , even though CW1

    might have specifically stated in his complaint that

    accused has committed the murder of his parents,

    which clearly appears to have been stated out of

    suspicion.

    151. In the absence of Test Identification Parade

    renders the C.W.1 identification of the accused

    unreliable. Hence it can be safely said that

    prosecution has failed to establish the last seen

    theory in the present case.

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    152. In view of the discussion made supra it is

    observed that it is settled law that the suspicion,

    however strong it may be, cannot take the place of

    proof beyond reasonable doubt. An Accused cannot

    be convicted on the ground of suspicion, no matter

    how strong it is.

    153. Further in Raja Khan .Vs. State of

    Chhattisgarh (2025 INSC 167), the Supreme

    Court of India held that “the prosecution must

    establish a complete, unbroken chain of

    circumstantial evidence”.

    154. An accused is presumed to be innocent

    unless proved guilty beyond reasonable doubt. This,

    coupled with the fact that the blood stained knife

    seized was not subjected to finger print

    examination, also finger prints at the spot was not

    collected to prove that accused finger prints are

    found at the spot, also failure to prove the identity
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    of person seen in the CCTV as that of the

    accused ,non seizure of the pouch on the petrol

    tank of the bike, non-identification of the clothes of

    the accused by C.W.1 raises a grave suspicion that

    the investigation was not fair and the benefit of this

    doubt must go to the accused.

    155. It is true that the relevant circumstances

    should not be looked at in a disaggregated manner

    but collectively. Still, this does not absolve the

    prosecution from proving each relevant fact.In a

    case of circumstantial evidence, each circumstance

    must be proved beyond reasonable doubt by

    independent evidence and the circumstances so

    proved, must form a complete chain without giving

    room to any other hypotheses and should be

    consistent with only the guilt of the accused.

    156. It is the case of the prosecution that

    accused threatened CW1 and his father father over
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    the phone , as such accused is alleged to have

    committed offense punishable under Section 506 of

    IPC which reads as under:

    Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code
    (IPC) deals with the punishment for
    criminal intimidation. It applies when
    someone threatens another person,
    their property, or their reputation
    with the intent to cause alarm, force
    them to do something they are not
    legally bound to do, or prevent them
    from doing what they are legally
    allowed to do.

    157. It is contended by C.W.1 that on

    10.05.2020when he called up the accused over his

    mobile asking him to bring back the wife and

    daughter of CW1 the accused had threatened him

    and his father over the phone.

    158. In this regard it is observed that It is a settled

    position of law that single witness testimony should
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    be wholly reliable to form basis of conviction where

    only circumstantial evidence is available. As such

    in the absence of corroborating evidence it can be

    safely said that prosecution has failed to prove

    beyond reasonable doubt that accused had

    committed offense punishable under section 506 of

    IPC.

    159. Further it is a well established principle of

    criminal jurisprudence that when a charge of

    murder when based on circumstantial evidence,

    then it is crucial to ensure that the facts leading to

    the conclusion guilt are fully established and that all

    the established facts point irrefutably to the

    accused person’s guilt.

    160. The chain of incriminating circumstances

    must be conclusive and should exclude any

    hypothesis other than the guilt of the accused. In

    other words, from the chain of incriminating
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    circumstances, no reasonable doubt can be

    entertained about the accused person’s innocence,

    demonstrating that it was the accused and none

    other who committed the offence.

    161. The Honble Supreme court of India has laid

    down that the circumstances concerned “must or

    should” and not “may be” established. There is not

    only a grammatical but a legal distinction between

    “may be proved” and “must be or should be

    proved” as was held in Shivaji Sahabrao Bobade

    v. State of Maharashtra [(1973) 2 SCC 793 :

    1973 SCC (Cri) 1033 : 1973 Crl LJ 1783]

    “Certainly, it is a primary principle
    that the accused must be and not
    merely may be guilty before a court
    can convict and the mental distance
    between ‘may be’ and ‘must be’ is
    long and divides vague conjectures
    from sure conclusions.”

    (2) the facts so established should
    be consistent only with the
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    hypothesis of the guilt of the
    accused, that is to say, they should
    not be explainable on any other
    hypothesis except that the accused
    is guilty,

    (3) the circumstances should be of a
    conclusive nature and tendency,

    (4) they should exclude every
    possible hypothesis except the one
    to be proved, and

    (5) there must be a chain of evidence
    so complete as not to leave any
    reasonable ground for the conclusion
    consistent with the innocence of the
    accused and must show that in all
    human probability the act must have
    been done by the accused.

    These five golden principles, constitute the

    panchsheel of the proof of a case based on

    circumstantial evidence.

    162. In the present case, each of the links of

    incriminating circumstantial evidence has been
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    meticulously examined so as to find out if each one

    of the circumstances is proved individually and

    whether collectively taken, they forge an unbroken

    chain consistent only with the hypothesis of the

    guilt of the accused and totally inconsistent with his

    innocence. But in the present case, motive is not

    proved, the presence of the accused at the alleged

    spot is not proved, non seizure of bike with a pouch

    on the petrol tank, non identification of the accused

    by independent witnesses, non identification of the

    clothes of the accused from P.Ws.1, 3 and 5, not

    subjecting CCTV footage to scientific examination to

    prove that the person seen of the bike near the

    house of C.W.1 is the accused, discrepancy of the

    P.Ws.3 and 5 hearing the shout and the alleged time

    when the offence is committed and difference in

    description of the knife. Further the ill-will and

    hatred on the part of accused towards the deceased

    is not proved by the prosecution by leading
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    clinching and convincing circumstantial evidence .

    163. In the instant case, this Court is of the

    considered view that incriminating circumstances

    are not proved against accused beyond

    reasonable doubt and chain of evidence are not

    complete to infer with a degree of certainty that the

    accused has committed the murder of the parents

    of CW1 . Hence it can be safely said that the

    prosecution has failed to prove beyond all

    reasonable doubt that the accused has committed

    the offence punishable under Section 506 and 302

    of IPC. Accordingly, I answer the Points No.1 and

    2 are in the Negative.

    164. POINT No.3: In view of my findings on Point

    as above, I proceed to pass the following :

    ORDER
    Acting under Section 235(1) of
    Cr.P.C. accused is acquitted for the
    offences punishable under Sections
    302
    and 506 of IPC.

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    The bail bond and surety bond of
    the accused stands cancelled,
    subject to appeal.

    M.Os.1, 2, 5, 6 and 12 are ordered
    to be be confiscated to the State and
    M.Os.3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 being
    worthless, are ordered to be
    destroyed, after the appeal period.

    (Dictated to the Stenographer Grade-II directly on Computer, corrected, signed and then
    pronounced by me in the open court on this the 8 th day of July 2026)

    (RASHMI.M)
    LXVII Addl.City Civil & Sessions Judge,
    Bengaluru.

    ANNEXURE

    List of witnesses examined for prosecution:

           P.W.1                    Naveen.B.G.
           P.W.2                    Chethan.B.G.
           P.W.3                    Sandesh Kumar Shetty
           P.W.4                    V.S.Bharath Kumar
           P.W.5                    Diwakar
           P.W.6                    Kemparaju
           P.W.7                    Raghavendra D. Shenoy
           P.W.8                    Sathish.M.S.
           P.W.9                    Vinod Kumar
           P.W.10                   Javeed Babu
           P.W.11                   Dr.S.R.Jagannath
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      P.W.12        Abhay Sudhakar Rao
      P.W.13        Anand Kumar.K.R.
      P.W.14        Siddegowda
      P.W.15        B.R.Mamatha Yadhav
      P.W.16        Azmath Ulla
      P.W.17        Sunil Kumar
      P.W.18        T.M.Dharmendra
    
    
    

    List of documents exhibited for prosecution:

      Ex.P.1         Complaint
      Ex.P.1(a)      Signature of P.W.1
      Ex.P.1(b)      Signature of P.W.18
      Ex.P.2         Spot Mahazar
      Ex.P.2(a)      Signature of P.W.1
      Ex.P.2(b)      Signature of P.W.6
      Ex.P.2(c)      Signature of P.W.8
      Ex.P.2(d)      Signature of P.W.18
      Ex.P.3         Acknowledgment for having received
                     the dead body
      Ex.P.3(a)      Signature of P.W.1
      Ex.P.3(b)      Signature of P.W.18
      Ex.P.4         Acknowledgment for having received
                     the dead body
      Ex.P.4(a)      Signature of P.W.1
      Ex.P.5         Seizure Mahazar
      Ex.P.5(a)      Signature of P.W.1
      Ex.P.5(b)      Signature of P.W.9
      Ex.P.5(c)      Signature of P.W.10
      Ex.P.5(d)      Signature of P.W.16
      Ex.P.6         Statement of P.W.4
      Ex.P.7         Statement of P.W.4
      Ex.P.8         Statement of P.W.5
      Ex.P.9         Form No.144
      Ex.P.9(a)      Signature of P.W.7
      Ex.P.10        Inquest Panchanama
                  207             S.C.No.909/2020
    
    
    Ex.P.10(a)     Signature of P.W.7
    Ex.P.10(b)     Signature of P.W.18
    Ex.P.11        Notice
    Ex.P.11(a)     Signature of P.W.8
    Ex.P.12        Inquest Panchanama
    Ex.P.12(a)     Signature of P.W.8
    Ex.P.13        Notice
    Ex.P.13(a)     Signature of P.W.9
    Ex.P.13(b)     Signature of P.W.18
    Ex.P.14        Seizure Mahazar
    Ex.P.14(a)     Signature of P.W.9
    Ex.P.14(b)     Signature of P.W.18
    Ex.P.15        Notice
    Ex.P.15(a)     Signature of P.W.9
    Ex.P.15(b)     Signature of P.W.16
    Ex.P.16        Notice
    Ex.P.16(a)     Signature of P.W.10
    Ex.P.16(b)     Signature of P.W.18
    Ex.P.17        Sample Seal
    Ex.P.17(a)     Signature of P.W.10
    Ex.P.18        P.M.Report of Govindaiah
    Ex.P.18(a)     Signature of P.W.11
    Ex.P.19        P.M.Report of Shanthamma
    Ex.P.19(a)     Signature of P.W.11
    Ex.P.20        Report of P.W.11 regarding
                   examination of knife
    Ex.P.20(a)     Signature of P.W.11
    Ex.P.21        Further Report of P.W.11 regarding
                   examination of knife
    Ex.P.21(a)     Signature of P.W.11
    Ex.P.22        Sample Seal with respect to
                   P.M.No.232/2020
    Ex.P.22(a)     Signature of P.W.11
    Ex.P.23        Sample Seal with respect of
                   P.M.233/2020
    Ex.P.23(a)     Signature of P.W.11
    Ex.P.24        Notice
    Ex.P.24(a)     Signature of P.W.12
                  208              S.C.No.909/2020
    
    
    Ex.P.24(b)       Signature of P.W.18
    Ex.P.25          65-B Certificate
    Ex.P.25(a)       Signature of P.W.12
    Ex.P.26          Requisition
    Ex.P.27          Sketch
    Ex.P.27(a)       Signature of P.W.13
    Ex.P.28          Covering letter
    Ex.P.28(a)       Signature of P.W.18
    Ex.P.29          Notice
    Ex.P.29(a)       Signature of P.W.14
    Ex.P.29(b)       Signature of P.W.18
    Ex.P.30          Report
    Ex.P.30(a)       Signature of P.W.14
    Ex.P.31          FSL Report
    Ex.P.31(a)       Signature of P.W.15
    Ex.P.31(b)       Signature of P.W.18
    Ex.P.32          Sample Seal
    Ex.P.32(a)       Signature of P.W.15
    Ex.P.33          Notice
    Ex.P.33(a)       Signature of P.W.17
    Ex.P.33(b)       Signature of P.W.18
    Ex.P.34          Seizure Mahazar
    Ex.P.34(a)       Signature of P.W.17
    Ex.P.34(b)       Signature of P.W.18
    Ex.P.35          F.I.R.
    Ex.P.36          Property Form
    Ex.P.36(a)       Signature of P.W.18
    Ex.P.37          Report of C.W.27
    Ex.P.38          Property Form
    Ex.P.38(a)       Signature of P.W.18
    Exs.P.39 to 44   Photos
    Ex.P.45          Receipt
    Ex.P.46          Report of C.W.32
    Ex.P.47          Requisition
    Ex.P.48          Voluntary Statement of accused
                     (relevant portion)
    Ex.P.48(a)       Signature of P.W.18
    Ex.P.49          Property Form
                    209             S.C.No.909/2020
    
    
      Ex.P.49(a)     Signature of P.W.18
      Ex.P.50        Report
      Ex.P.50(a)     Signature of P.W.18
      Ex.P.51        Report
      Ex.P.51(a)     Signature of P.W.18
      Ex.P.52        Acknowledgment
      Ex.P.52(a)     Signature of P.W.18
      Ex.P.53        Report
      Ex.P.53(a)     Signature of P.W.18
      Ex.P.54        CDR (2 Pages)
      Ex.P.55        E-mail
      Ex.P.56        Marriage Invitation Card
      Ex.P.57        E-mail
      Ex.P.58        CDR (2 Pages)
    
    

    List of Material Objects produced and got
    marked for production:

      M.O.1         Samsung Mobile
      M.O.2         Nokia Mobile
      M.O.3         Blood stains of Govindappa
      M.O.4         Blood stains of Shanthamma
      M.O.5         Samsung mobile phone white colour
      M.O.6         Pen Drive
      M.O.7         Banian
      M.O.8         Grey colour underwear
      M.O.9         Nighty
      M.O.10        Petticoat
      M.O.11        Bra
      M.O.12        Knife
      M.O.13        Shirt
      M.O.14        Jeans pant
    
    

    List of witnesses examined for accused:

    -Nil-

    210 S.C.No.909/2020

    List of witnesses documents exhibited for
    accused:

      Ex.D.1           Call details of accused
    
    
    
                             (RASHMI.M)
    

    LXVII Addl.City Civil & Sessions Judge,
    Bengaluru.

    
    
           Digitally
           signed by
           RASHMI
    RASHMI M
    M      Date:
           2026.07.08
           17:39:57
           +0530
     



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