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2. On 04.12.10, SI Mahender Singh who was investigating the case received an information from Police Station Sadar, Sonepat, Haryana alongwith inquest paper of the driver Suraj vide letter No.8699/AC3/Addl.CP/SED dated 04.12.10. It was informed that on 01.12.10, the truck bearing No. HR37B5209 was found abandoned at Sector7 Road, Sonepat, Haryana with a dead body lying on the back seat of cabin with a rope tied around his neck. The truck was found having 33 bags of plastic dana. It was seized by ASI Dharambir PS Sadar, Sonipat. This dead body was identified by Paramjeet Singh (complainant in this case) as that of his driver Suraj which was sent for postmortem in Civil Hospital, Sonepat from where it was sent to PGI, Rohtak and after the postmortem, the dead body was handed over to his family members. The cause of death was opined strangulation with smothering. The viscera however, was preserved for chemical analysis. On receipt of this information, sections 392/302/201 IPC have been added in the FIR.
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3. On 05.12.10, a secret information was received at Anti Robbery Cell, Crime Branch, Nehru Place on which a raiding party was formed which reached near Narela Industrial area at about 2:50 PM. On the basis of the secret information received, they intercepted one truck bearing No. UP171705 at about 3:10 PM, while it was coming from Karnal side. The truck was being driven by one Irfan Khan @ Sonu (accused herein) and one Mehtab Ali (accused herein) was sitting beside him. This truck was found containing 350 gunny bags of plastic dana with words ABS, LG CHEM made in Korea net wight 25 kg written on each of them. On sustained interrogation, Irfan Khan disclosed that he along with one Parkash (he could not be arrested during investigation) duped deceased Suraj by mixing sleeping pills in his liquor at ICD, Tughlakabad and robbed his truck loaded with plastic dana at Newada, Baghpat and sold it to Mehtab (accused) and Kasim (he was discharged in the case). The driver of robbed truck namely Suraj was strangulated to death by them. Thereafter, he along with Parkash left the truck abandoned with dead body of Suraj Bhalgarh, Sonepat Road. The accused Mehtab disclosed that he with Kasim purchase plastic dana and strangulated Suraj to death. Irfan and Mehtab disclosed that part of robbed dana is lying in a truck parked abandoned in the area of Narela. At their instance, one truck bearing no. UP12D9779 was found abandoned SC No. 2111/2016 3 of 32 contained 250 gunny bags filled with plastic dana.
6. In order to prove its case, the prosecution led the evidence and had examined following witnesses: i. PW1 is HC Zakir Hussain. He was the duty officer on 30.11.2010 at PS Pul Prahladpur, who registered the FIR No. 301/10 Ex.PW1/A on the basis of the rukka sent by SI Mahender Singh. ii. PW2 is Paramjeet Singh, the owner of M/s Akal Transport Company. He was the owner of truck No. HR37B5209. He had made a complaint that in October 2010, plastic dana was loaded in a container which was to be transported to Mayapuri on the said truck, however the goods were not delivered at Mayapuri. Therefore, he lodged a complaint Ex.PW2/A. He deposed further that he was informed by the police about the recovery of his truck near Sonepat with the dead body of its driver Suraj inside the truck. He went to Sonepat and found the truck parked near Deewan Banquet, Sonepat. The truck was seized by the police in his presence vide memo Ex.PW2/B and the dead body was seized vide memo Ex.PW2/C in his presence.
13. Since after the registration of the FIR no. 301/10 u/s 407 IPC, there was no clue about the truck and the driver. On 01.12.2010, ASI Rohtash Singh posted at PS Sadar, Sonepat, Haryana received the information regarding the truck parked at Sector 7, Sonepat. He went to the spot and checked the truck which was loaded with 33 bags of plastic dana and a dead body of a male was lying from the seat behind driver's seat. He informed the Duty Officer on which PW21 SI Dharam Pal reached the spot. The said truck i.e. HR37B 5209 was seized. The owner of the truck was informed, who identified the truck as well as the bags containing plastic dana. The dead body which was lying in the truck was taken to government hospital, Sonepat from where it was referred to PGI, Rohtak. PW20 ASI Rohtash Singh has deposed that he got the postmortem on the dead body done and thereafter it was handed over to the father of the deceased. He deposed that one box containing viscera of the deceased was given to him by the doctors which he handed over to the IO. PW 22 ASI Dharamvir Singh, who was posted at PS Sadar, Sonepat has SC No. 2111/2016 19 of 32 also corroborated the statement of PW20 ASI Rohtash Singh. He deposed that the dead body of deceased Suraj was identified by Paramjit Singh, owner of the truck and one Sunil. He called the FSL team at the spot and inquest proceedings u/s 174 Cr.P.C. was initiated by him. He deposed that Paramjit Singh had handed over to him a copy of FIR Ex.PW1/A. He further deposed about the postmortem of the dead body of deceased Suraj and the proceedings thereafter. He also deposed that on 02.12.2010, he sent the proceedings to the IO of the case namely Insp. Desh Raj. PW22 ASI Dharamvir Singh also remained with Insp. Desh Raj, the Investigating Officer of the case when he visited the cite i.e. the place where the truck was found parked on 01.12.2010 and at his instance, the IO had prepared the site plan. The postmortem report collected by PW22 ASI Dharamvir Singh established the cause of death as strangulation and smothering.