RAJENDER SINGH Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) ON 3.12.2002 at about 12.05 A.M. DD Entry No. 29, Ex. PW -3/A, was recorded by PW -3 Const. Sanjay Kumar to the effect that a wireless message has been received informing that a lady is sitting at the Dogra Taxi Stand near Gurudwara Rakab Ganj and her luggage is missing.

(2.) THIS swung the police into action. SI Mohan Singh PW -19, accompanied by Const. Veerpal Singh PW -11, reached the spot. Simultaneously, other police officers ASI James Kujur PW -12, Inspector Surenderjeet Kaur PW -14, HC Virender Singh PW -9 and Lady Const. Asrita PW -8, who had received the information also reached the spot.

(3.) IN her statement Ex. PW -2/DA, the prosecutrix stated that she was a resident of Ghaziabad and used to regularly visit Gurudwara Bangla Sahib for offering prayers. That on 2.12.2002 she had reached Gurudwara Bangla Sahib at 6.00 P.M. and as usual offered prayers. She stated that around 10.30 P.M. while she was standing at the bus stand waiting to board a bus to New Delhi Railway Station, a white coloured Maruti Esteem car bearing registration No. HR -01 -L -4952 took three rounds of the bus stand. That on the fourth round the said car stopped in front of her and the driver of the said car named Rajender Singh s/o Kushal Singh r/o village Chaltha PS Lohaghat, District Pithoragarh, Uttar Pradesh (the accused), offered her a lift. That she refused to sit in the car. The accused forcibly dragged her inside the car and locked all the doors of the car. That when she tried to raise an alarm he slapped her twice and gave her two fist blows. That thereafter he threw her on the rear seat of the car and drove the car to look for a lonely place. That when she was shouting for help he took out a bottle containing yellow coloured liquid and threatened that if she would make noise he will throw acid on her face. That he kept driving the car for a long time and after some time stopped the car near a footpath and came to the rear seat. That after removing her clothes he committed rape on her. She stated that thereafter she wore her clothes, came out of the car and screamed for help at which some people gathered and apprehended the accused and soon thereafter the police reached the spot.