STATE OF HARYANA Vs. BASTI RAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The question for our consideration is whether the High Court erred in not taking into account the statement and testimony of H.L. that the respondent had raped her on several occasions and thereby acquitting him.

(2.) On 12th March 1990, PW-3 Sardara Singh, a resident of Village Farmana, lodged a complaint with PW-1 ASI Mehar Singh of Police Station Kharkhoda to the effect that his granddaughter H.L. aged about 14-15 years and staying with him had been missing since 8.00 p.m. on 27th February 1990.

(3.) The complaint was registered as a First Information Report and investigations commenced to trace out H.L.