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New Delhi, June 11, 2023 (PPI-OT): A Muslim man Noor Mohammad, charged in a 2020 northeast Delhi riots case, was acquitted by a district court in the city. The court has also pulled up the Delhi Police for falsely claiming that a complainant can identify the accused in a case pertaining to the 2020 north-east Delhi riots
The court also questioned the credibility of a police witness, saying “it seemed his statement was obtained falsely and belatedly”. “The fact that the state falsely cited the complainant as a witness who can identify the accused as the offender, indicates that the case of the prosecution that the offence was committed by the accused Noor Mohammad is false,” Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shirish Aggarwal of Karkardooma Courts said.
The judge also expressed doubts about the identification of Noor Mohammad by a head constable who claimed to be an eyewitness to the rioting. The court highlighted the head constable’s failure to take action or provide evidence despite witnessing the offence.
During the trial, the complainant, who was the prosecution’s first witness, was declared hostile for failing to identify Noor Mohammad as the offender. Another prosecution witness, a head constable, admitted to not reporting the offence or identifying the offenders. The court deemed the testimony of the head constable unreliable due to contradictions.
The judge found it hard to believe that the head constable, as a police officer, did not report the offence or make any attempt to arrest the offenders. The court concluded that Noor Mohammad could not be convicted based on mere probabilities or suspicions, as proof was required for conviction.
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