Udhampur petrol bomb case
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 31: In the much publicized Udhampur petrol bomb case, 2nd Additional Sessions Judge Jammu Virender Singh Bhou has acquitted eleven accused as prosecution failed to prove its case.
As per the prosecution story, on 09/10/2015 accused persons namely Sunit Singh, son of Pardeep Kumar, Sandoor Singh, son of Thakur Dass, Harish Singh, son of Chuni Lal, Varinder Singh, son of Bahadur Singh, Rahul Sharma, son of Parshotam Kumar, Amit, son of Hemraj and others threw petrol bomb in the cabin of one truck bearing registration No. JK03D-1142, which was proceeding towards Srinagar.
In the incident, Showkat Ahmed, son of Ghulam Ahmed Dar of Anantng and Zahid, son of Ghulam Rasool sustained grievous injuries. Later, Zahid Ahmed died in Safdarjung Hospital New Delhi.
After hearing Senior Advocate PN Raina, Advocates Prince Khanna, Anil Sharma, Manohar Chand Anthal, Sumit Khajuria for the accused persons, the court observed, “prosecution has failed to fulfil the standard of proof on the basis of evidence to bring home guilt against the accused persons and all the relevant facts leading to the occurrence have not been proved beyond reasonable shadow of doubt”.
“The prosecution has failed to prove that the accused persons had actually thrown petrol bomb on the vehicle bearing registration No JK03D-1142 and neither the prosecution was able to prove the post mortem report of the deceased and injuries sustained by other injured victim during the trial as the doctor who conducted the post mortem of the deceased was also not examined by the prosecution”, the court said.
“So, benefit of doubt goes to the accused persons. Challan, as such, fails and is dismissed against the accused persons”, the court said.
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