BINDU Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) A ghastly murder took place on the intervening night of 25-26. 07. 2005 in a jhuggi near Ganda Nala, kishan Ganj, Delhi. Appellant Bindu used to reside with deceased Chanda in her jhuggi. Appellant was an alcoholic. He had borrowed a sum of Rs. 6,000/- from Chanda. But on demand to repay the loan by Chanda, he used to quarrel with her. On the fateful night, the appellant picked up a quarrel with chanda in the jhuggi, gave her physical beating and killed her and threw her dead body on the railway track.

(2.) THE investigating agency swung into action on receipt of information on 26. 7. 2005 on wireless at Police Post Kishan ganj at about 2. 05 p. m. from HC Subhash that in Block No. 65 Chowk, Railway Line, ganda Nala, Kishan Ganj a lady had been run over by the train. This information was recorded in DD No. 12 (Ex. PW-5/a) by Lady ct. Kavita PW-5. On receipt of this information through additional SHO Shri O. P. Sharma, Insp. Jagjit Singh, SHO went to the railway track near jhuggis, Ganda Nala, kishan Ganj where he met other police officials. However, nobody could be found on the track till 4. 00 p. m. Insp. Jagjit Singh also could not get any information if any person was removed to the hospital. He met a boy, namely, Sunil Kumar, aged about 10 years, the son of the deceased Chanda. Sunil kumar PW-7 during interrogation disclosed that the appellant Bindu was residing with his mother and him in their jhuggi and that he (Bindu) had given beatings to his mother chanda, killed her and threw her body in the Nala near the railway track. On this information Insp. Jagjit Singh and other police officials conducted search and they found blood on the stones near the plank 5th BG track near Km. Pole 3/22, Kishan ganj towards North of Andha Mughal side. Despite best efforts, the dead body could not be found in the Nala. The police party searched for the dead body in the gutter. At about 6. 00 p. m. the dead body was spotted in the open flowing gutter, about 8-9 ft. deep in between Railway line and DCM ground wall near electric pole No. 3/19-A at a distance of 40 paces from Kishan Ganj Railway Station. The headless dead body of chanda was removed from the gutter by pw-2 Khusranjan.

(3.) ON 27. 7. 2005 head-neck of the deceased Chanda was recovered from Ganda nala. The dead body was identified by PW-7 sunil Kumar as that of his mother Chanda.