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Padmausundara Rao (Dead) &Ors vs State Of T.N. & Ors on 13 March, 2002

149. So far as the observations made in Roshan Lal and Mariadasan cases (supra), it is to be noted that the decision in the said case was rendered in a different factual scenario altogether. There is always peril in treating the words of a judgment as though they are words in a legislative enactment, and it is to be remembered that judicial utterances are made in the setting of the facts of a particular case. Circumstantial flexibility, on additional or different fact may make a world of difference between conclusions in two cases (See Padamasundara Rao (dead) and Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors., JT (2002) 3 SC 1. It is more so in a case where conclusions relate to appreciation of evidence in a criminal trial. When the factual scenario is analysed in the background of legal position highlighted above, the inevitable conclusion is that accused-appellants Charan Singh, Dev Dutt, Virender. Kunwar Pal and Harkesh have been rightly convicted by application of Section 149 IPC. Their appeals are without merit and are dismissed. In the ultimate result, the appeal of accused- appellant Raj Pal is allowed while those of the other accused-appellants stand dismissed. Appellant Raj Pal Shall be released from custody unless required in any other case.
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