Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 3: A division bench of High Court comprising Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Sanjay Dhar upheld life-imprisonment of Ramesh Chander Head Constable in CRPF who had fired several rounds with his service rifle in Jawans Barracks which resulted in death of two persons, namely, Head Constable Tufail Ahmad Khan and Head Constable Sadashiv Tiwari as also injuries to two more persons, namely, Head Constable Biren Malakar and Constable Hemango Burman.
The division bench after hearing both the sides observed that it is to be noted that it is not a case where prosecution has itself chosen not to produce the aforesaid witnesses in the court but it is a case where evidence of the prosecution was closed by the orders of the court because the trial could not be completed expeditiously on account of the fact that most of the prosecution witnesses, upon their transfer to different parts of country, were not readily available for their production before the court. Thus, the prosecution in the instant case has not deliberately withheld any evidence from the court as such no adverse inference can be drawn against it. (—JNF) |
