ABDUL KADIR Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) ABDUL Kadir resident of Mohalla Pannigaran in the city of Jaipur (hereinafter to be referred to as the accused) has been convicted by the learned City Magistrate, Jaipur under sec. 326 of the Penal Code and sentenced to 3 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 200/-, in default of payment of fine, he is to undergo six months* rigorous imprisonment more. The prosecution is as follows: -

(2.) ONE Abdul Waheed s/o Sikendra Khan (hereinafter to be referred to as the injured) was engaged to one Mst. Hamidan. The accused who is also called Fodi had a desire to marry the same girl. On the 12th October, 1949, at about 9 P. M. , when the injured was sleeping in the varandah of his house on a cot, someone threw strong sulphuric acid on his face with the result that he sustained very seviour acid burns on his face and other parts of his body. According to the prosecution it was the accused, who threw this acid on account of his grudge, resulting from the engagement of the injured with Mst. Hamidan.

(3.) THE District Magistrate, Jaipur may either try the case himself or make it over to some other Magistrate subordinate to him, who is competent to try it.