In the present case, there is no
evidence on record to suggest about the manner of driving of the
CR no.19/14 State v. Sonu page 3 of pages 5 Contd/-..
"It is wrong to suggest that the water from the house of my neighbor Vimla
drained into my house and many a times, I made the complaint to Vimla
Devi in this regard. It is also wrong to suggest that Vimla Devi did not pay
any heed towards my complaint/request and on 12.01.2014, she abused me
and called her brothers i.e. accused Sunder and Manwar Singh, who are
present in the court today. It is also wrong to suggest that on the arrival of
FIR No. 21/14 State vs. Sunder @ Sonu & Ors. 3/8
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accused persons they started abusing me and my brother and when I told the
accused persons for not abusing us, they started pelting stones upon me and
my brother, due to which I sustained injuries on my head and my brother
sustained injuries on his leg. At this stage, witness is confronted with his
statement/complaint Mark A and witness denied having made such
statement before the police. However, he admits the signature at point A.
It is also wrong to suggest that accused persons were arrested in my
presence. At this stage, witness is confronted with his supplementary
statement dated 13.01.2014, Mark B and witness denied having made such
statement before the police. Witness is also confronted with the disclosure
statement, arrest memos and personal search memos, Mark C to H and
witness admits his signature at point A on the same, however, he denied the
contents of the above said documents. It is wrong to suggest that I am
deposing falsely to save the skin of accused persons as I have been won over
by them".
"...... In our view, the onus to proving all the
ingredients of an offence is always upon the
prosecution and at no stage does it shift to the
accused. It is no part of the prosecution duty to
somehow hook the crook. Even in cases where
the defence of the accused does not appear to
be credible or is palpably false that burden
does not become any the less. It is only when
this burden is discharged that it will be for the
accused to explain or controvert the essential
elements in the prosecution case, which would
negative it. It is not however for the accused
even at the initial stage to prove something
which has to be eliminated by the prosecution
to establish the ingredients of the offence with
which he is charged, and even if the onus shifts
State Vs. Sonu; CIS No. 5723/2021; FIR No. 108/21; PS Kashmere Gate; U/s. 392/411/34 IPC 8/9
Digitally signed
KAPIL by KAPIL
KUMAR
KUMAR Date: 2022.04.12
17:15:26 +0530
CNR no. DLCT020106412021
upon the accused and the accused has to
establish his plea, the standard of proof is not
the same as that which rests upon the
prosecution ..........................."
ANNOUNCED ON 16.10.2014
(SAUMYA CHAUHAN)
MM-07(West)/ Tis Hazari Court /16.10.2014
State v. Sonu U/s 25/54/59 Arms Act 7/7
FIR No. 436/2001, PS Paschim Vihar
SC NO 128/14 STATE vs SONU 1 of 8
In his statement, the complainant reported that on 09.03.2013, at about
10 PM, he hired an autorickshaw bearing registration no. DL 1 RK 9062
and was going towards Nizamuddin Railway Station. When the auto
rickshaw reached ahead of Neela gumbad near East Nizamuddin Petrol
Pump, Mathura Road, Nizamuddin, at about 10.20 PM all of a sudden
two persons came on a motorcycle, which was without number plate,
waylaid them. The driver of the motorcycle was putting on the helmet
whereas the pillion rider was without helmet. The pillion rider showed
the pistol inserted into his dub to the complainant and threatened him
to handover whatever he was carrying otherwise he would be killed. The
complainant out of fear handed over Rs. 15,000/, one gold ring and
one silver ring to them. Thereafter both the accused persons fled from
the spot. On this complaint the FIR in the present case was registered.
The IO also got prepared one portrait of the accused at the instance of
the complainant in State Crime Record Bureau and send it to all the
police stations. Subsequently two accused persons namely Sonu and
Gopal Singh were arrested in case FIR No 96/13 u/S 379/356/34 IPC
PS Amar Colony in which they disclosed about their involvement in the
present case and accordingly the present case was worked out and the
accused were arrested. However, no recovery could be effected from the
accused Gopal Singh, there was no incriminating evidence against him
and hence he was discharged by the Ld. MM vide Order dated
22.03.2013. The accused Sonu however, refused to participate in the TIP
proceedings before the Ld. MM and he also got recovered Rs. 6,700/
from his house at Begampur, New Delhi. He disclosed that he along with
one Surender Yadav on his motorcycle robbed the said amount from a
auto on Mathura Road near petrol pump about 1012 days back.
5. The star witness of the case is the complainant himself namely
Pramod Kumar Mandal who was examined as PW1 and he has stated that
he has taken a rickshaw on rent and the incident pertains to the year 2011
when he had parked his rickshaw in front of the Bank of India, Budhela
Market, Vikas Puri after locking the same and he went inside the market
for some shopping and when he came back after ten minutes, he saw that
one person was trying to break open the lock of the rickshaw and when
he made noise, the said person tried to run away but one police constable
apprehended the said person. The witness did not identify the accused
during his examination in chief but later on during the cross examination
by the Ld. APP for the State, the witness identified the accused as the
person who had tried to steal his rickshaw. The witness stated that he had
apprehended the accused with the help of the other public persons and
handed over the accused to the police who came on the spot. There are
certain discrepencies found in the testimony of the witness who did not
support the case of the prosecution with regard to the date and certain
other facts of the incident but had supported the case to the extent by
identifying the accused before the Court. The discrepancies can be
ignored if there are other material witnesses to support the case of the
prosecution and who corroborate the testimony of the complainant who
FIR No. 316/11 State v. Sonu 3 of 7
PS Vikas Puri
has not supported the case of the prosecution upto an extent. The accused
cannot be allowed to take the benefit of those discrepancies when the
place of incident, the identity of the accused and the case property is
estblished through the witness who has turned hostile with regard to the
certain facts of the case. The witness has also identified the photographs
of the cycle rickshaw on which the attempt was made for theft. It has to
be seen whether the prosecution has been able to corroborate the
testimony of the witness with regard to the material point that accused
was the person who has tried to commit the theft of cycle rickshaw on the
date of incident. It is quite possible that witness was unable to remember
the date or the exact particulars of the rickshaw or his date of birth on
account of his illiteracy which has come during his cross examination
and these are just minor discrepancies which cannot throw away the case
of the prosecution.
PW4 Ct. Anil Kumar Meena deposed that on 06.11.2015, he was on
emergency duty from 8 am to 8 pm, when the complainant came at the PS and gave
written complaint to SI Harender and the same was handed over to the witness. He
further stated that he further handed over the complaint to the DO for registration
of FIR in the present case and after getting the FIR lodged, the DO handed over the
copy of FIR to the witness and the complaint with rukka. He further stated that he
FIR No .844/15, State vs. Sonu 5
went to the spot and handed over the same to the IO, IO prepared site plan,
searched for the accused and case property but could not find anything and stated
that the IO recorded his statement and then relieved the witness. He further stated
that the spot was Krishna Market Lucknow road near Gurudwara and the name of
the complainant was Jyotsna.
6. The PW1, Sh. Raj Kumar Giri was declared hostile by Learned
Additional Public Prosecutor for the State as he resiled from his
earlier statement made to the police. The crossexamination of
PW1 was conducted at length by Learned Additional Public
Prosecutor for the State. The relevant portion of his cross
examination is reproduced as under :
" I do not remember if the incident took place on 04.04.2005. It
is wrong to suggest that on the day of incident at about
12.30/01.00 pm, I was sitting in front of B58, Rama Road and
in the meanwhile, the accused Mannu Lal and Sonu who are
present in court today, came there. It is also wrong to suggest
FIR no. 293/2015 State Vs Sonu & anr. 3 of 6
that Monu was having an iron rod and Sonu lifted a stone from
the road and hit the same on my head. It is also wrong to
suggest that accused Monu grabbed me when I was hit with
stone. "