SHAHIDA Vs. STATE OF UTTARANCHAL AND OTHERS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS revision has been directed against the judgment and order dated 21.06.2004 passed by Special Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun in criminal case No. 1194 of 2003 titled as State v. Rukhsar and Others. In the said case, accused persons namely Sri Ruksar, Smt. Zameela, Ms. Afsana, Shaheena Parveen and Shaheen Parveen were tried for the offence under Section 147, 506, 324, 504 Indian Penal Code and the trial ended in acquittal.

(2.) IT is pertinent to mention that a cross criminal case No. 110 of 1999 titled as State v. Maqbool and Ors. was also tried by the same Magistrate and vide judgment, delivered on the same date i.e. 21.06.2004, accused Maqbool, Smt. Shahida, Nazim and Smt. Chanda were acquitted from the charge of Section 323, 325, 504 Indian Penal Code. Thus, both the cross cases could not be proved against each other and the learned Magistrate passed the judgment and order of acquittal in both the cases.

(3.) I have heard Learned Counsel for the revisionist on merits of this revision. After perusal of the impugned judgment and order, it appears that no independent witness was produced in order to prove and corroborate the evidence of the victims, notwithstanding the incident alleged to have taken place in the dense population of a street occupied by Muslim families. Even the natural witness, a scavenger, who was indulged in the altercation, could not be examined by the prosecution. The prosecution story discloses that a number of persons assembled to rescue the victims but none of them has been examined. No medical officer has been produced by the State to prove the injury reports of the victims. The case was initially registered as NCR, which was later on converted as cognizable one. The first information report, which was given to the police, was not produced before the court below. No motive was indicated by the prosecution for the alleged dispute between the parties.