HC awards life term for two in acid attack case

March 20, 2012

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Bangalore, March 20: In a major relief to an acid attack victim, the High Court on Monday sentenced two persons convicted of the offence to life imprisonment along with imposing a fine of Rs 10,000 each.

The verdict, which came after a span of 10 years, can be seen as justice delivered to Sudesh, a resident of KGF, who was blinded in the acid attack.

The Division Bench comprising Justice K Bhaktavatsala and Justice H S Kempanna, which set aside a trial court order, has not only sentenced the accused Amanullah and Moinuddin to life imprisonment, but has also directed them to pay a sum of Rs one lakh each to the victim.

Sudesh, a diploma student in KGF, was in love with Naheeda, his neighbour.

Although Sudesh’s parents had consented for the marriage as Naheeda’s parents objected to it.

However, Sudesh and Naheeda continued the affair. Being aware of it, Moinuddin, the girl’s brother, threatened Sudesh with dire consequences.

When the couple did not heed his threat, Moinuddin and his friend Amanullah hatched a plan. On May 1, 2002, the two threw nitric acid on Sudesh at a library.

The acid blinded Sudesh in both the eyes. He also suffered severe burns on the face, neck and chest.

On July 3, 2006, the trial court acquitted Moinuddin and Amanullah citing lack of evidence. The court acquitted the accused on the grounds that victim Sudesh, the prime witness in the case, could not reveal the identity of the accused during the medical examination.

When the State appealed before the High Court, Additional State Public Prosecutor (ASPP) N S Sampangiramaiah submitted that the trial court had erred in not considering the evidence. The ASPP highlighted a Supreme Court order which laid down that the victim need not mention the name of the accused in the FIR or even testify before the doctor.

The Division Bench upheld the contention of the State, setting aside the trial court order and observed that the duty of the doctor was not to record any statement but to treat the patients. The Bench said that the victim, being in a state of unbearable pain at the time of the incident, could not possibly be in a position to identify the accused or reveal details and motive of the accused.


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July 8,2020

Kanpur, Jul 8: The Special Task Force (STF) shot dead Amar Dubey in an encounter in Maudaha on Wednesday morning. Amar, a right hand man of gangster Vikas Dubey, who shot dead eight police personnel on Friday last, figured prominently in the list of wanted persons released by the Kanpur police on Tuesday.

He was a named accused in the massacre.

According to STF sources, the police team had received a tip off about Amar's presence in the district and when they tried to close in on him, the criminal opened fire on them, He was killed in retaliatory firing around 6.30.a.m,

Amar was reportedly heading towards the house of one of his relatives in Maudaha area.

"We asked him to surrender but he opened fire at us and was killed when we returned the fire," said an STF official.

Earlier, he had been hiding in Faridabad but moved out after police pressure increased there.

Amar Dubey was a trusted accomplice of Vikas Dubey and the police had announced a reward of Rs 25,000 on him after the Kanpur massacre.

Incidentally, reports claim that Vikas Dubey was also seen at a hotel in Faridabad on Tuesday night but fled before the police could close in on him.

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July 22,2020

Mathura, Jul 22: A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura on Wednesday sentenced 11 policemen, including the then Deputy Superintendent of Police, to life imprisonment in a case pertaining to the murder of royal Raja Man Singh in 1985.

District Judge Sadhana Rani Thakur announced the life imprisonment sentence a day after holding them guilty of the killing. Three policemen were, however, acquitted. Four men died during the trial.

The policemen were convicted under Section 302 (murder), 148 (rioting) and 149 (Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) of the Indian Penal Code.

The verdict comes 35 years after Man Singh was killed. He, along with two others, was shot dead in police firing a day after he crashed his jeep into the then Rajasthan Chief Minister Shiv Charan Mathur's helicopter in a fit of anger.

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February 6,2020

Kochi, Feb 6: A 46-year-old Thailand national was allegedly raped by two men here, following which they were arrested, police said on Thursday.

The accused hailing from a north Kerala district have been arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by the woman.

Police said the accused-- Mohammed Insaf and his friend Ansaruddin from Kondotty in Malappuram district were arrested after recording the statement of the victim.

The woman from Thailand had been a Facebook friend of Insaf for the last seven months after she enrolled her child in a school in Malappuram district.

The woman who came from Bangkok recently to visit her child and was staying in a hotel here.

When Insaf came to meet the woman, he was accompanied by his friend Ansaruddin and both allegedly raped the woman at the hotel room, police said.

All formalities including medical examination of the woman were completed, police said.

The accused will be produced before the court on Thursday, they added.

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