Yamunanagar: Court acquits one in murder case, terms probe casual

Shiv Kumar Sharma

Yamunanagar, January 18

Sessions Judge Deepak Aggarwal has asked the Yamunanagar Superintendent of Police (SP) to look into the probe conducted into a murder case by an investigating officer (IO) in a “casual manner” and to act accordingly against the erring official.

The Sessions Judge passed this order while delivering a judgment in a murder case on January 14.

The judge had to acquit a murder accused in the absence of concrete evidences, which could not be established due to the improper investigation conducted by the IO of the case.

The judgment reads that keeping in view the nature of the offence, this court is of the opinion that the IO has conducted the investigation in this case in a casual manner and left several lacunae.

“Had the IO probed the matter properly by bringing the CCTV footage on record, joining the owner of the factory as well as other independent witnesses available at the spot and resorted to scientific investigations like the matching of blood groups etc, it certainly would have helped this court in arriving at a conclusion in a better way,” reads the judgment.

It further reads, “Hence, a copy of this judgment is ordered to be sent to the Yamunanagar SP for looking into the matter and act accordingly against the erring official.”

According to information, on the complaint of a plywood factory chowkidar, Amar Nath, a case was registered against Madan Ram, alias Sitamani, under Section 302 of the IPC at Sadar police station, Yamunanagar on April 21, 2021.

The complainant had said that Madan Ram and Chhote Lal worked in the said factory. He said Madan Ram beat Chhote Lal with a wooden stick on the factory premises on the night of April 21, 2021. “Chhote Lal had died due to the injuries caused by Madan Ram,” Amar Nath had alleged in his police complaint.

As per the judgment, the court had to acquit the accused after the defence counsel contended that the owner of the factory was not joined in the probe, footage of CCTV cameras installed in the factory were not collected by the IO and no independent witness joined the investigation at the time of interrogation of the accused as well as the alleged recovery.