ANIL PANJWANI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) A short point but of surest nature has come to limelight after the arguments were heard on 16th October, 1986 and Mr. Dhankar was required to produce the original copy of the challan given to his client. The short point is that the name of Bhanwar Singh was never included in the charge sheet. At serial No. 6 the name is Bharat Singh. This Bharat Singh was not produced by the prosecution. Instead of Bharat Singh, the prosecution now wants to produce Bhanwar Singh. The efforts to produce Bhanwar Singh is based on an interpolation in the original challan. The interpolation is obvious by naked eye. The interpolation is further confirmed by the comparison of the orignal challan with the copy given to Panjwani. The copy does not have any sort of semblance or mention Bhanwar Singh before or after serial No. 6 of the witnesses calender in the charge sheet, it is surprising and shocking how this interpolation has been done in challan after it was filed in the court.

(2.) IT is still more surprising because the effort to call this witness Bhanwar Singh has started only when the prosecution realised that Bharat Singh cannot be produced or is not useful for them.

(3.) I am of the opinion that this is one of those cases where the prosecution has interpolated the name and this interpolation has been done in the record of the court.