Delhi Court acquitted a man of robbery charges
- Delhi Court Acquits Man Accused of Robbery
- Judge Points Out Faulty Investigation by Delhi Police
- Case Background: Robbery Allegations Against Ved Prakash
- Lack of Key Witnesses and Evidence Dents Prosecution Case
- Missing Daily Diary Entry and Questions on Evidence Authenticity
- Court Raises Doubts on Accused’s Arrest and Evidence Recovery
- Judgment: Failure to Prove Case Beyond Reasonable Doubt Leads to Acquittal
NEWS CHARIOT (New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) : A court in Delhi here has acquitted a man of robbery charges, saying Delhi Police conducted a faulty investigation and pointed to contradictions in the statements of prosecution witnesses. It observed that the prosecution had “miserably failed” to prove the charges, and added that the genesis of the case could not be proved.
Additional Sessions Judge Atul Ahlawat was hearing the case against Ved Prakash who was accused of robbing the complainant’s mobile phone and wallet near a bus stand in northeast Delhi’s Sonia Vihar on May 12, 2018.
In its judgment pronounced on October 18, the court said that according to the complainant, the police reached the spot after someone made a Police Control Room (PCR) call.
“However the investigating officer (IO) did not make any efforts to trace the said caller and he was not made a prosecution witness in the present case. Therefore, the prosecution could not establish the genesis of the prosecution story,” the court said.
It said that the daily diary (DD) entry of the case was not produced before the court, which further dented the prosecution’s case.
“There is nothing except the alleged recovery of the mobile phone from the accused to link him with the offences in question. However, there are considerable doubts regarding his apprehension and arrest in the present case,” the court said.
“Also, the prosecution could not prove the said mobile phone belonged to the complainant; therefore based on the material brought on record, the accused cannot be convicted for the offences he has been charged with in the present case,” it added.
It said the evidence brought on record was not worthy of acceptance, nor did the prosecution witnesses inspire confidence. “Therefore, in the opinion of this court, there is no doubt that the prosecution has miserably failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt and hence, the accused is acquitted,” the court said.
Keywords:
Delhi Court, Robbery Charges, Ved Prakash, Acquittal, Faulty Investigation
Delhi Police, Prosecution Failure, Sonia Vihar, Additional Sessions Judge Atul Ahlawat
Evidence Contradictions, Prosecution Witnesses, Police Control Room (PCR) Call
Daily Diary (DD) Entry, Reasonable Doubt, Judgment
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