Youth acquitted in murder case

A sessions court recently acquitted a 22-year-old youth from a sensational murder case, in which an unknown person had killed a tempo driver by slitting his throat.

The incident happened in October 17, 2014, when Moinuddin Shaikh alias Mainu (22) drove his tempo and arrived at the Shivaji Nagar police station, despite his throat being slit by an unknown person.

When Mainu got off the vehicle, everybody at the station was shocked to see him as he was profusely bleeding. The injured could not say anything and was taken to Rajawadi Hospital by the police.

However, he could not survive and he was later identified as Mainu. During investigation, the police on the basis of Mainu’s last mobile phone call record arrested his friend Imran Choudhary alias Immo (22). To prove its case the prosecution examined 17 witnesses, out of which three claimed that Imran had confessed before them that he had killed one person. The prosecution also said there was one witness who sold the weapon of assault to the accused.

The defence lawyer Moin Khan argued before the court that as per chargesheet the three witnesses had told the police that Imran had told them about killing somebody but in the court they said that Imran had said, “he had slaughtered a hen,” and that this does not become an extra judicial confession.

Mr Khan also argued that the person who had sold the knife used in the assault could not identify Imran as the person who had purchased it. He added that according to the police, Imran was arrested on the basis of last call record but ‘call data record’ of victim’s phone is not part of chargesheet so it could not be relied upon.

Mr Khan also said that though the chemical analyst’s report showed that the blood on Imran’s cloth was of the deceased, the witnesses before whom the cloth was seized gave contradictory statements about its seizure.

There was no other evidence to show Imran’s involvement in the murder and hence judge R.K. Malabade acquitted him from the case.