{"id":50807,"date":"2017-12-07T14:32:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T09:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=50807"},"modified":"2017-12-07T14:32:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T09:02:33","slug":"2-murder-accused-walk-free-lone-witness-not-traceable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/2-murder-accused-walk-free-lone-witness-not-traceable","title":{"rendered":"2 murder accused walk free as lone witness not traceable"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45612\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/retired-judges.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45612\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-judiciary-agree-appoint-retired-judges-high-courts-tackle-pendency\/retired-judges\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/retired-judges.jpg?fit=260%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"260,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"retired-judges\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/retired-judges.jpg?fit=260%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-45612 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/retired-judges.jpg?resize=260%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2 murder accused walk free as lone witness not traceable\" width=\"260\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/retired-judges.jpg?w=260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/retired-judges.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2 murder accused walk free as lone witness not traceable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two men, accused of brutally killing a person on the roof of a temple here, have been acquitted by a Delhi court after the police failed to bring the lone eyewitness before it.<\/p>\n<p>Special Judge Narinder Kumar absolved the two accused of the offence of murder under the IPC and said the prosecution could not secure the presence of the 16-year-old eyewitness on whose statement the case was registered.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite efforts, prosecution could not secure presence of prosecution witness&#8230;Fresh process was issued and directed to be served. However, the inspector also could not get the process served because of non traceability of the witness,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>The court noted the police&#8217;s submission that the witness was a vagabond and hence summons could not be served upon him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result, when court finds that prosecution has not been able to substantiate accusation levelled against the accused, both the accused persons are acquitted of the charge framed against them,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, the victim was found dead on the roof of a temple near New Delhi Railway Station on January 21 this year.<\/p>\n<p>The police lodge a murder case after the eyewitness, a teenager, told them that he saw the accused kill the man with a stone and a knife on the roof of the Gauri Shankar temple here.<\/p>\n<p>It was alleged that the accused were arrested and the weapons used in committing the offence were also recovered.<\/p>\n<p>The post-mortem report, too, confirmed that stone caused his death, the court noted.<\/p>\n<p>However, as the only eyewitness could not be produced, the court did not consider other witnesses and evidences and acquitted the accused of the charges.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two men, accused of brutally killing a person on the roof of a temple here, have been acquitted by a Delhi court after the police failed to bring the lone eyewitness before it. 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