PANAJI
The Bombay High Court at Goa has granted bail to one Laxman Chavan accused of killing one Sachit Borkar, who was killed after a minor altercation in which Chavan attacked Borkar with a chair after he made allegedly offensive remarks against Chavan’s business partner Renuka along with whom he was running a food stall gadda on the Aquém side of the Margao Railway station.
Chavan who has been in jail since July 27, when he was arrested after the incident plead before the court that even if the accusations against him were taken at face value it didn’t amount to a murder but rather a killing on account of a sudden provocation, which entitled him to bail.
The incident dates back to July 26 at about 00.45 hours, the victim came along with another person and made the vulgar comment concerning the Renuka alias Lambi, leading to an altercation, wherein the Chavan allegedly slapped the victim, who fell to the ground and thereafter the allegedly hit him with a plastic chair causing injuries that resulted in his death.
Chavan told the court that considering the contents of the chargesheet as also statement and the post mortem report, that even if the case of the Investigating Officer was to be accepted, the incident occurred due to sudden provocation and it would fall within the first Exception to Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
