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Delhi District Court

State vs 1. Mukesh on 7 June, 2018

         IN THE COURT OF SH. SANJEEV KUMAR MALHOTRA:
    ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE; FTC : E COURT: SHAHDARA:
                KARKARDOOMA COURT: DELHI.


                         SESSIONS CASE No.89/13
                         Unique Case ID No. 48/2016

FIR No.315/12
U/S: 308/323/34 IPC
P.S: GTB Enclave


State       Versus            1.     Mukesh
                                     S/o. Sh. Surender Pal Singh
                                     R/o. 340, Janta Flats, GTB Enclave,
                                     Delhi.


                              2.     Jitender Pal @ J.P. @ Pappu
                                     S/o. Sh. Surender Pal Singh
                                     R/o. 340, Janta Flats, GTB Enclave,
                                     Delhi.


                              3.     Komal Verma
                                     W/o. Late Sh. Rajesh Arora
                                     R/o. 169, 3rd floor, Janta Flats,
                                     GTB Enclave, Delhi.

_________________________________________________________________________
_FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave     Page 1 of 21          St. Vs. Mukesh etc.
 Date of Institution                     : 31.08.2013
Date of Arguments                       : 16.05.2018
Date of Judgment                        : 07.06.2018


                                        JUDGMENT

Case of Prosecution 

1.   Criminal law was set into motion on 16.12.2012 at about 5.30  pm, on  receiving  a  call  regarding   quarrel  at  PS GTB Enclave, which was recorded vide DD No.21­A and was assigned to SI Ajay Kumar, who alongwith Ct. Jaswant reached at the spot i.e in front of flat no. 169, Janta Flats, GTB Enclave, Delhi, where they came to know that   injured   were   already   taken   to   the   GTB   Hospital   by   PCR. Thereupon, after leaving Ct. Jaswant there to guard the spot, SI Ajay Kumar   reached   at   GTB   Hospital   and   obtained   MLCs   of   injured Gajender Nath Rai & his wife Sandhya Rai.  SI Ajay Kumar recorded the statement of Gajender Nath Rai and on the basis of statement of complainant   Gajender   Nath   Rai,   present   case   FIR   was   registered. Accused persons were arrested Further investigation was carried out and after completion of investigation, charge­sheet was filed.

2.   On   appearance   copies   were   supplied   to   the   accused _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 2 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. persons   u/s   207   Cr.P.C.   and   as   section   308/34   IPC   is   triable   by Sessions Court, the case was committed to Session Court.  

Charge framed against the accused persons

3. All the accused persons were charged u/s. 308/323/34 IPC, to which they all pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.

Witnesses examined

4.   The prosecution examined  12 witnesses to prove its case.

The  brief  summary  of   the  deposition   of  prosecution   witnesses   is  as under:­

5.   PW­1 is complainant Sh. Gajender Nath Rai, who deposed that accused Komal resides at the third floor of the building in which he is residing at first floor.  He deposed that on 16.12.2012 in the morning time,   accused   Komal   threw   dirty   water   from   the   third   floor   on   the clothes,  which  were  lying  at  the  first   floor   for  drying  and   when  he objected, accused Komal said that she would do so and also abused him. He ignored her abuses as on previous occasions also she had done so.   He deposed that they lifted their clothes from there quietly and _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 3 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. went inside.   PW­1 further deposed that at about 5 pm, he got down from his house for buying milk from the market, suddenly a brick fell in front of him and he barely survived.   He saw that accused Komal was standing at the third floor and she said that she had thrown the brick and it was his good luck that he survived.  Thereafter, Karan son of   accused  Komal  (Juvenile),  accused  Mukesh   & Pappu  came  there alongwith one more person and started beating him.  In the meanwhile, accused   Komal   also   came   down   from   her   house   and   asked   other accused persons to catch hold of him while saying that she would set him right.   Accused Mukesh & Pappu caught him and gave beatings while accused Komal  lifted a brick and gave multiple blows on his head till he fell down.   On hearing his noise, his wife Sandhya Rai came down to rescue him, however, she was also beaten with leg and fist blows and was also caused injuries with brick, due to which she started bleeding profusely.   Thereafter, accused persons left the spot. PW­1 further deposed that his wife Sandhya Rai informed the police at 100 number. Police came to the spot and rushed them to GTB Hospital, where   his   statement   Ex.PW1/A   was   recorded.     He   deposed   that   his daughter also accompanied them to the hospital.   He was discharged from the hospital next morning and on that day, he had shown the place of occurrence to the police, whereafter site plan was prepared by the police.  He deposed that accused Mukesh had come to the hospital on 16.12.2012 perhaps to seek pardon and was arrested by the police from _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 4 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. the hospital.  He deposed that he had handed over his gray colour jacket and green colour T­shirt having blood to the police.  He deposed that on 18.12.2012, he saw accused Pappu moving around the road near his house   and   then   informed   the   police   telephonically.     PW­1   further deposed that on 28.12.12 accused Komal, her son Karan (juvenile) and 1­2 other boys surrounded his wife and threatened that this time they have survived and asked her to withdraw the case, failing which they will not be spared.  A complaint regarding the same was made at 100 number.  He deposed that on 28/29.12.12 accused Komal and her son banged the door of his house with flower pot; broke the flower pot; hurled   abuses   and   threatened   them   to   withdraw   the   case,   regarding which  complaint  was  again made at 100 number  but  no  action  was taken by the police.

6. PW­2 is Dr. Akshay Bhandari, who had prepared MLC of injured   Sandhya   Rai.     He   proved   the   MLC   of   Sandhya   Rai   as Ex.PW2/A.

7.   PW­3 Ms. Jyoti Rai is the daughter of complainant, who deposed that on 16.12.2012 at about 5 pm, she alongwith her mother and younger brother Shobit was watching T.V at her house while her father had gone out to buy milk.   Suddenly, they heard the noise of quarrel from outside.   She alongwith her mother came in the gallery _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 5 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. outside the house and saw that two persons including Mukesh Uncle had caught her father; accused Komal, who resides on the third floor above their flat, was hitting brick on the head of her father and accused Jitender was giving leg and fist blows to her father.  She deposed that her   mother   went   down   stairs   to   rescue   her   father   and   when   she followed her, she was stopped by her mother, therefore, she alongwith her brother went inside the room of the house.  She further deposed that after some time the noise from outside slowed down and then she came outside and saw that her mother and father were bleeding.  Her mother informed the police at 100 number; the PCR Van came at the spot and rushed her parents to GTB Hospital.  She also accompanied them to the hospital.  She deposed that since after the incident, accused Komal and her associates have been threatening them to withdraw the case and they also broke their flower pot & locked their door.

8.   PW­4   is   Dr.   Praveen   Kumar   Tripathi,   Senior   Resident, Neuro Surgery  Department,  who  had  given  opinion  on  the  MLC  of injured Sandhya Rai from Neuro Surgery point of view.   

9.   PW­5   W/HC   Indu   Bala   is   the   duty   officer,   who   had recorded  DD No.21­A Ex.PW5/A.   She had  also  registered the  FIR Ex.PW5/B on the basis of rukka received from Ct. Jaswant and proved her endorsement on the rukka as Ex.PW5/C. _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 6 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc.

10.  PW­6   is   injured   Sandhya   Rai   wife   of   complainant Gajender Nath Rai.   She deposed that her house is on the first floor while accused Komal lives on the third floor.  She deposed that accused Komal   had   been   quarreling   with   them   from   time   to   time   regarding which they had made many complaints to the police.   PW­6 further deposed that in the night of 15.12.2012 she had put the clothes in the balcony for drying.  Next morning accused Komal threw water on the clothes,   due   to   which   the   clothes   became   wet.     She   informed   her husband   and   then   they   lifted   their   clothes   from   there.     She   asked accused Komal as to why she was troubling her, at which, she abused her and they quietly went inside their house.  She deposed that at about 5 pm, her husband Gajender Nath Rai had gone outside to buy milk and after   sometime   she   heard   the   noise   and   abuses   from   outside.     She alongwith her daughter went out in the gallery and saw that Karan son of accused Komal and accused Mukesh, who work as a property dealer alongwith some other boys were beating her husband on the road.  She rushed down to save her husband.   In the meanwhile accused Komal also came down and gave multiple blows on the head of her husband with brick.  When she tried to apprehend Komal, Pappu and one other boy   started   beating   her   with   leg   and   fist   blows.     She   fell   down, whereafter, accused Komal hit the same brick to her causing injuries to her.   She deposed that  lots  of  people  then gathered  at the spot  and thereafter, accused and their associates left them and ran away.   She _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 7 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. informed   the   police   at   100   number   from   the   mobile   phone   of   her husband.  PCR Van came at the spot and rushed them to GTB Hospital. She deposed that accused Mukesh came at the hospital and threatened her not to lodge the FIR, failing which, she would be killed.  She raised the noise and then he fled away from there.  She further deposed that even after the registration of FIR, on 28.12.2012 at about 2 am, she and her family members were intimidated by banging the door of her house. She deposed that on 28.12.12 at about 9.15 am, accused Komal banged the door of her house and gave filthy abuses.  At that time, she was not present in the house and was informed on telephone by her son.   She informed her husband about the same, who called the police at 100 number.

11.  PW­7 is Dr. Ravi Sriniwasan, Sr. Orthopedics, who on the basis of clinical record and X­ray of   injured Sandhya Rai, gave his opinion that injuries were simple in nature. 

12.  PW­8 is Ct. Jaswant, who on 16.12.2012 was posted at PS GTB Enclave and was on emergency duty between 8 am to 8 pm.  He deposed that at about 5.30 pm, on receipt of DD No.21­A regarding a quarrel at H.No.169, Janta Flat, GTB Enclave, he alongwith SI Ajay Kumar went to the spot, where they came to know that injured had already been rushed to GTB Hospital.   He deposed that some brick _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 8 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. pieces were lying on the road near the spot.  After deputing him at the spot, SI Ajay Kumar went to GTB hospital and at about 7.15/7.30 pm, returned to the spot.  He deposed that brick pieces were lifted from the spot and were seized by the IO vide memo Ex.PW8/A.    He deposed that injured Gajender Nath Rai and his wife injured Sandhya Rai had handed over their blood stained clothes, which were seized by the IO. He   was   sent   to   the   PS   with   rukka   for   registration   of   FIR   and   he accordingly, got the FIR registered. 

13.  PW­9 HC Bhola Nath is the MHC (M), who deposed about depositing   of   parcels   by   IO   at   the   malkhana   on   16.12.2012   and 18.03.2013 and proved the relevant entries in this regard as Ex.PW9/A and Ex.PW9/B.  He deposed that on 21.03.2013 he sent the parcels to FSL Rohini through Ct. Neelam Singh.

14.  PW­10   is   Dr.   P.K.Phukan,   who   proved   the   MLC   of complainant/injured   Gajender   Nath   Rai,   prepared   by   Dr.   Chirag   as Ex.PW10/A.

15.  PW­11 is SI Ajay Kumar, IO of the case.  He deposed that on 16.12.2012, on receipt of DD No. 21­A, he alongwith Ct. Jaswant reached at the spot and found some brick pieces lying in front of Flat No. 169.  He deposed that it appeared that some quarrel had taken place _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 9 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. there.  He came to know that injured had already been rushed to GTB Hospital by PCR van.  No eye witness was present at the spot.  After deputing   Ct.   Jaswant   at   the   spot,   he   went   to   GTB   Hospital   and collected the MLCs of injured Gajender Nath Rai and Sandhya Rai. Since injured Gajender Nath Rai was fit for statement, he recorded his statement, made his endorsement and then returned to the spot.  He got the FIR registered through Ct. Jaswant.  He also deposed about arrest of accused   persons;   preparation   of   site   plan   at   the   instance   of complainant;     steps   taken   by   him   during   investigation   and   various memos prepared by him.

16.  PW­12   is   Dr.   Jaskaran,   Sr.   Neurosurgeon,   AIIMS.   He deposed   that   on   16.01.2013,   he   had   examined   CT   Scan   and   other relevant documents of complainant Gajender Nath Rai and opined from the neurosurgery point that the nature of injury is simple.   He proved his opinion as Ex.PW12/A on MLC Ex.PW10/A.  He also proved the opinion   Ex.PW12/B   given   by   Dr.   Praveen   on   the   MLC   of   injured Sandhya Rai Ex.PW2/A. Statement and Defence of accused persons 

17.  Statement   of   accused   persons   u/s.   313   Cr.P.C   was _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 10 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. recorded,   wherein   they   denied   all   the   incriminating   evidence   put   to them and pleaded innocence. Whereas accused Mukesh pleaded false implication at the instance of complainant, accused Jitender Pal @ J.P @ Pappu stated that after three days, he was called by the IO, who falsely implicated him.  He stated that he also made a complaint against IO to DCP as he was demanding money from him.   Accused Komal stated   that   the   staircase   of   the   house   is   very   narrow   and   wife   of complainant Sandhya used to switch off the light of the staircase during night hours, therefore, there was some altercation between them, due to which  she was falsely implicated.   She stated  that no such  incident occurred at the alleged spot.  Two witnesses were examined by accused persons in their defence.

18.  DW­1   Sh.   Gagan   Jain   deposed   that   he   is   working   with accused Mukesh as a driver.  He deposed that one day in the month of December   2012,   he   was   present   in   the   office   of   partner   of   accused Mukesh at Dilshad Garden. On that day, at about 8.30 pm, he came to the house of Mukesh, where he came to know that 3­4 persons were taken to GTB Hospital.     Thereupon, he alongwith Mukesh went to GTB Hospital, where they saw that complainant was having dressing on his head.  He deposed that they remained there for about 45 minutes. Thereafter, police officials came there and took accused Mukesh with them.    He came back to the house of Mukesh and informed his elder _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 11 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. brother   about   taking   of   accused   Mukesh   by   the   police.     He   further deposed that he was having a civil litigation pending with the counsel for complainant Sh. Vijay Rana before the court of Dr. T.R.Naval, the then   District   Judge,   Shahdara   and   due   to   that   grudge,   counsel   for complainant got included the name of Mukesh in the FIR, although he was not present at the time of incident.  

19.  DW­2   is   accused   Komal   Arora,   who   was   examined   as defence witness u/s. 315 Cr.P.C.  She deposed that she is residing at 3 rd floor   of   H.No.169,   GTB   Enclave,   Delhi   for   last   about   10   years alongwith her son Karan aged about 14 years and running her cloth shop   on   the   ground   floor   in   the   same   premises.   Complainant   also resides alongwith her family on the first floor.   She deposed that there were   grievances   between   her   and   the   complainant   &   his   family   on account   of   the   passage/stairs,   which   are   very   narrow   and   the complainant/his wife used to remove the bulbs and pour water upon the stairs only to harass her and her son and on this account verbal talks have been made a number of time but the complainant and his family did not reform themselves.  She deposed that she had made number of complaints at 100 number against the complainant and his wife and that similarly complainant and his wife also had made several calls against her and her son on this account.  

  With regard to incident, she deposed that on 16.12.2012 at _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 12 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. about 5 pm, she was sitting at her shop and she saw that complainant and his wife sustained injuries as complainant was organising Shakha at Masjid Wala Park.   She and other people heard the noise and then saw that Muslim persons were causing injuries to the complainant and his wife on account of Shakha as there was the time of Azan and he was creating hindrances.  Later on, she came to know that complainant and his wife had lodged the case against her and her son alongwith other persons.       She   deposed   that   she   is   innocent   and   has   been   falsely implicated due to abovesaid grievances.

Arguments and conclusion 

20. Arguments   have   been   addressed   by  Sh.   K.P.Singh,   Ld. Addl. PP for the State assisted by Sh. Vijay Kumar Rana, Ld. Counsel for complainant as also by Sh. A.K.Pandey & Sh. R.S.Goswami, Ld. Defence Counsels for all the accused persons.    

21.    Ld. Defence Counsel for accused Mukesh and Jitender Pal @ J.P argued that all the material witnesses examined by prosecution are interested witnesses being family members. It has been submitted that   admittedly   IO   noted   down   the   name   and   addresses   of   public witnesses who were present at the spot but their details have not been _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 13 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. provided.   Ld. Defence Counsel further argued that name of accused Jitender   Pal   @   J.P   is   not   mentioned   in   the   rukka   and   pointed   out contradictions   in   the   statement   of   complainant   and   IO   regarding discharge of complainant from hospital.  

22.  Sh. R.S.Goswami Ld. Defence Counsel for accused Komal argued   that   the   incident   occurred   due   to   sudden   provocation   and ingredients of section 308 IPC are not attracted.  It has been submitted that nature of injuries is opined as simple and it is impossible that in a quarrel with complainant accused persons did not receive any injury. Ld. Defence Counsel further argued that there is delay of two hours in registration of FIR.  

23.  On the other hand, Ld. Addl. PP for the State argued that prosecution has been able to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt and that testimonies of all the prosecution witnesses are consistent and sufficient to hold the accused persons guilty.   He further argued that minor   contradictions   coming   out   in   the   testimonies   of   prosecution witnesses are ignorable keeping in view the time gap between incident and their deposition before the Court.  He further argued that there was no sudden fight and it was habit of accused Komal to throw dirty water on the first floor, where complainant was residing.  It has been further submitted   that   MLC   of   the   complainant   supports   his   version   as _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 14 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. concerned doctor noted seven lacerated wounds on the vital parts of his body.

24.   In the instant case, complainant as well as another injured i.e   his   wife   both   have   fully   supported   the   case   of   prosecution   on material   aspects  and   have  given   consistent   testimonies.   Daughter   of complainant   and   injured   Sandhya   Rai   i.e   PW­3   Ms.   Jyoti   Rai   also corroborated their version materially.  As per testimony of complainant Gajender   Nath   Rai,   during   morning   hours   of   16.12.2012   accused Komal threw dirty water from the third floor on their clothes, which were lying at the first floor for drying and on his objection, accused Komal abused him.   Later on, in the evening when complainant was going for buying milk, suddenly a brick fell in front of him and accused Komal, who was standing at third floor said that she had thrown the brick and it was his good luck that he survived. Thereafter, accused Komal came down and co­accused Mukesh and Pappu caught hold of him while accused Komal lifted a brick and gave multiple blows on the head   of   complainant.   When   PW­6   Ms.   Sandhya   Rai   wife   of   the complainant rushed to save her husband, she was also given beatings by accused persons.  Accused Komal also hit her with brick.  

25.  PW­1 in his testimony deposed that accused Komal had given multiple blows on his head till he fell down on the road. This fact _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 15 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. is   corroborated   by   initial   statement   of   complainant   i.e   Ex.PW1/A recorded in the GTB Hospital as also by his MLC Ex.PW10/A, which shows six injuries on the face and head of the complainant.  Similarly, testimony of PW­6 Ms. Sandhya Rai is also corroborated by her MLC Ex.PW2/A, which shows lacerated wound on nose and swelling over scalp.   

26.    A plea was taken by Ld. Defence Counsel for accused Mukesh that he was falsely implicated as his driver DW­1 was having a civil   litigation   pending   with   the   counsel   of   complainant   Sh.   Vijay Rana, Advocate.   There is no evidence to show that complainant was aware that his counsel Sh. Vijay Rana, Advocate was having a civil litigation   with   DW­1   even   otherwise   this   plea   is   not   believable. Complainant   has   given   the   name   of   accused   Mukesh   in   his   initial statement given to police at GTB hospital and one full brick and one half brick were also got recovered from the spot at the instance of co­ accused Mukesh, who after the incident had also gone to GTB hospital. When   these   two   bricks   were   examined   in   FSL,   human   blood   was detected on these bricks as per FSL result Ex.PX, which also shows his presence at the spot and corroborate the version of complainant and his wife that they were caused injuries with the bricks. 

27.  The next contention of Ld. Defence Counsel was that the _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 16 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. material   prosecution  witnesses   are   interested   witnesses   being   family members. Mere fact that witnesses cited by prosecution are related to complainant does not disqualify them to depose as a witness and does not render their testimony unreliable.

  Reliance is placed upon the judgment of  Hon'ble Supreme court in Kartik Malhar Vs. State of Bihar, 1996 (1) SCC 614,  wherein it was  held that " a close relative who is a natural witness cannot be regarded as an interested witness.   The term ' interested ' postulates that the witness must have some direct interest in having the accused somehow or the other convicted for some animus or for some other reason."  

As   such,   the   contention   of   Ld.   Defence   Counsels   that prosecution   witnesses   are   interested   witnesses   being   relatives   of complainant is not sustainable and cannot be a ground to reject their testimony.  

28.  Complainant in his initial statement Ex.PW1/A stated that at the time of incident suddenly son of Komal namely Karan, Vijay Property Wala Mukesh and some other boys came there and started giving him blows of kicks and fist.  It was plea of Ld. Defence Counsel that   co­accused   Jitender   Pal   @   J.P   is   the   real   brother   of   accused Mukesh, therefore, complainant should have also known his name and _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 17 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. told the same in his initial statement, if he was involved in the incident. In this regard, complainant in his cross­examination has clarified that he knew the name of accused Mukesh prior to the occurrence but did not know the name of accused Pappu   and he came to know about his name after the occurrence.  Only due to the reason that complainant had not   disclosed  the   name   of   accused   Jitender   Pal  @   J.P   in   his   initial statement, although he stated that accused Komal alongwith Mukesh property wala and two­three other boys started beating him, it cannot be said that accused Jitender Pal @ J.P was not present at the spot.

29.  Next   contention   of  Ld.   Defence   Counsels   is   that  as   per complainant he was discharged from the hospital on the next morning of   the   incident   while   as   per   IO,   he   prepared   rough   site  plan   at   the instance of complainant after 2­3 hours of the incident.  In this regard, perusal   of   site   plan   Ex.PW1/DA   shows   that   it   was   prepared   on 17.12.2012   i.e   on   next   day   of   incident,   which   fact   has   also   been deposed   by   PW­11   SI   Ajay   Kumar   and   thus,   there   appears   no contradiction on this aspect.   

The Hon'ble Supreme Court in  2000 I AD (Cr) SC 49, State of HP Vs. Lekh Raj and another had, while distinguishing the "Discrepancies in evidence" from "contradiction", held as under:

'though latter could be fatal for prosecution case former _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 18 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. rather can be a proof of truthfulness of a witness'.    In 1974 (3) SCC 767 Ousu Varghese vs State of Kerala also it was held that minor variations in the accounts of witnesses are often the hall mark of the truth of their testimony.   With   these   judgments,   the   minor   contradictions   in   the evidence of PWs can safely be ignored, they being not of vital nature. On the other hand, the testimony of the witnesses is corroborative on material aspects and the witnesses have stood by each other's version in the evidence as well as cross examination. 
30.  Ld. Defence Counsel for accused Komal took the defence as also deposed by accused in her statement recorded u/s. 315 Cr.P.C when examined as DW­2 that complainant was organising Shakha and on 16.12.2012 at 5 pm while sitting in her shop, she saw that some Muslim persons were causing injuries to the complainant and his wife as   it   was   time   of  Azan  and   complainant   was   creating   hindrance.

However,   when   complainant   was   in   witness­box,   a   suggestion   was given only to the effect that being RSS member complainant used to visit   the   park   in   early   morning   and   there   some   scuffle   took   place between complainant and some other boys, due to which complainant sustained   injuries.     This   defence   as   taken   by   Ld.   Defence   Counsel during cross­examination of complainant is contrary to the statement given  by  accused Komal   when  she appeared  in the witness­box as _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 19 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. DW­2.  

31.   Now the question comes for consideration is as to whether the   act   of   accused   persons   in   causing   injuries   on   the   person   of complainant  attracts  ingredients  of  offence u/s  308 IPC. In order  to constitute an offence u/s 308 IPC, it is to be proved that the said act was   committed   by   the   accused   with   the   intention   or   knowledge   to commit   culpable   homicide   not   amounting   to   murder   and   that   the offence was committed under such circumstances that if the accused by that   act,   had   caused   death,   he   would   have   been   guilty   of   culpable homicide. The intention or knowledge on the part of the accused, is to be   deduced   from   the   circumstances   in   which   the   injuries   had   been caused as also the nature of injuries and the portion of the body, where such injuries were suffered. 

32.    Complainant in his statement has specifically deposed that accused Komal lifted a brick and gave multiple blows on his head till he fell down.   This fact is also corroborated by the MLC of injured Ex.PW10/A, which shows four laceration over head and two on the face   of   the   complainant.     Although,   the   nature   of   injuries   has   been opined as simple but the injuries were caused on the vital parts of the body   of   complainant   with   the   knowledge   as   required   u/s.   308   IPC. MLC   of   PW­6   Ms.   Sandhya   Rai   Ex.PW2/A,   also   shows   lacerated _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 20 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc. wound on nose and swelling over scalp.   

33.  The   testimony   of   prosecution   witnesses   corroborated   by the medical evidence appear to be reliable and trustworthy. Prosecution has successfully proved that all the accused persons in furtherance of their  common   intention  caused  injuries  on  the  head  and  other  body parts of complainant with brick having knowledge that their act could have caused the death of complainant. Prosecution has also been able to prove that all the accused in furtherance of their common intention also caused injuries to Sandhya Rai, wife of complainant. In view of above, all  the accused  persons are held guilty and convicted under  Section 308/323/34 IPC. Let the convicts be heard on the point of sentence.

SANJEEV KUMAR MALHOTRA Digitally signed by SANJEEV KUMAR MALHOTRA Location: Karkardooma Courts, Delhi Announced in the open court Date: 2018.06.07 16:12:11 +0530 on 07.06.2018       (Sanjeev Kumar Malhotra)         ASJ/FTC/E­COURT                     Shahdara/KKD/Delhi _________________________________________________________________________ _FIR No.315/12, PS. GTB Enclave Page 21 of 21 St. Vs. Mukesh etc.