RAJESH KUMAR AND ANR. Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The prosecution story is as under:-

(2.) In support of its case, the prosecution relied upon the evidence of PW-1 Dr. Kundan Kumar, who had conducted the postmortem examination on the dead body and had opined that death had been caused by electrocution and that ligature marks were present on her wrists; PW-5 Hari Kishan, the complainant and the uncle of the deceased; PW-6 Lalit Kumar, the brother of the deceased and an eye-witness; PW-8 ASI Dharam Pal; PW-9 Inspector Siri Bhagwan, who had investigated the case; and PW-10 Tara Chand, a witness to the extra-judicial confession who, however, did not support the prosecution. Bhopal Singh, who was also cited as a witness, was, however,-given up as having been won over.

(3.) The prosecution case was then put to the accused and their statements recorded under Sec. 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Accused Rajesh Kumar while admitting the fact of his marriage, denied the other allegations and stated as under:-