MUMBAI: In some of the longest running trials within the city, a Mazgaon magistrate court remaining week acquitted a taxi motive force 45 years after being accused of assaulting truck drivers. The case against the second accused, Abdul Kasam, who has been unavailable, will be tried one at a time. The court held that within the absence of related papers and testimony of handiest some of the witnesses, the accused Gachi Allarakha may just not be discovered accountable.
"The original case papers including complaint copy, spot panchanama, medical papers are unavailable. Further even the chargesheet is in a torn condition," the court stated. The court directed the police to post a chargesheet against the other accused.
The incident used to be imagined to have taken position on January 30, 1973, at Pydhonie. Cops alleged that at four.30 pm a truck loaded with chappals had arrived on the spot and used to be to be unloaded. It used to be additional mentioned that the acquitted accused used to be seated within the front seat of his taxi and the vehicle used to be parked on the entrance of the spot where the bins have been to be unloaded. The complainant and victim, Jaffar Hasan's nephew, Jameel Ul Rehman, asked the taxi motive force to remove his vehicle as it used to be obstructing the path of the truck.
The police stated that this had sparked a controversy between the 2. It used to be additional alleged that the taxi motive force abused Jameel who in turn grabbed the accused via his collar. The taxi motive force left the spot and allegedly threatened to show him a lesson.
It used to be alleged that a short while later, the accused Ghachi Allarakha and Abdul Kasam arrived on the spot armed with an iron pipe. It used to be additional alleged that whilst the complainant and other truck drivers have been off loading their trucks the accused argued with them and assaulted and injured Jameel and one other particular person Raees Ahmed. Cops arrived on the scene.
The victims have been taken to JJ Hospital and the accused have been later arrested. In April 1973, fees have been framed against the accused and they pleaded not accountable. While just a scientific officer deposed all over the trial, key witnesses including the victim and eye witnesses didn't depose.
Referring to the scientific officer's testimony, the court stated he used to be neither the doctor who had handled the victims nor used to be he in ownership of their unique scientific papers.
"The original case papers including complaint copy, spot panchanama, medical papers are unavailable. Further even the chargesheet is in a torn condition," the court stated. The court directed the police to post a chargesheet against the other accused.
The incident used to be imagined to have taken position on January 30, 1973, at Pydhonie. Cops alleged that at four.30 pm a truck loaded with chappals had arrived on the spot and used to be to be unloaded. It used to be additional mentioned that the acquitted accused used to be seated within the front seat of his taxi and the vehicle used to be parked on the entrance of the spot where the bins have been to be unloaded. The complainant and victim, Jaffar Hasan's nephew, Jameel Ul Rehman, asked the taxi motive force to remove his vehicle as it used to be obstructing the path of the truck.
The police stated that this had sparked a controversy between the 2. It used to be additional alleged that the taxi motive force abused Jameel who in turn grabbed the accused via his collar. The taxi motive force left the spot and allegedly threatened to show him a lesson.
It used to be alleged that a short while later, the accused Ghachi Allarakha and Abdul Kasam arrived on the spot armed with an iron pipe. It used to be additional alleged that whilst the complainant and other truck drivers have been off loading their trucks the accused argued with them and assaulted and injured Jameel and one other particular person Raees Ahmed. Cops arrived on the scene.
The victims have been taken to JJ Hospital and the accused have been later arrested. In April 1973, fees have been framed against the accused and they pleaded not accountable. While just a scientific officer deposed all over the trial, key witnesses including the victim and eye witnesses didn't depose.
Referring to the scientific officer's testimony, the court stated he used to be neither the doctor who had handled the victims nor used to be he in ownership of their unique scientific papers.
Assault case: After 45 yrs, Mum cabbie acquitted
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