SAMEER KHAN Vs. STATE OF DELHI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) On 25.02.2020 riots took place in various areas of North East Delhi,in which a mob of rioters not only destructed public properties but also caused injuries upon hundreds of persons of other community and around forty-two people lost their lives. On that unfortunate day, one Ankit Sharma, a young Officer of Intelligence Bureau, also lost his life.

(2.) On 26.02.2020, complainant Ravinder Kumar, father of Ankit Sharma, registered a complaint with police station Dayalpur, Delhi that on the previous day i.e. 25.02.2020 his son had returned from office and at about 05:00 PM had gone out of the house to buy some household goods but he did not return home and so, a search was made at nearby places, hospitals etc. and after waiting overnight, had made the complaint regarding missing of his son. Then, he came to know from the local boys that a boy had been thrown into the Khajuri Khas nala from the Masjid of Chand Bagh Pulia after he was killed. Dead body of his son, Ankit Sharma, was recovered and he was found without clothes and with only underwear on his body. The deceased had sharp injuries on his head, face, chest, back and his waist. His face and other body parts were burnt with acid to conceal his identity. In the complaint, father of Ankit Sharma had specifically stated that he had a strong suspicion that his son was killed by Tahir Hussain and his goons, who had gathered in his office and after killing him, his body was throwninto the nala from Masjid.

(3.) On the basis of aforesaid complaint, crime spot was inspected, bloodstained samples were drawn and sent to FSL, site plan was prepared and statements of eye witnesses were recorded. During the course of investigation, one video footage of the incident showing three persons throwing body of a person in Khajuri nala near Chand Bagh pulia was received and its source was traced and was sent to FSL for verifying its authenticity. Based on the aforesaid complaint, FIR No. 65/2020 was registered at police Station Dayalpur, Delhi on 26.03.2020.