1200/ and Rs.
12,000/ and Rs.
Thereafter they went to another room where accused No.
1 Sukha to shoot the General.
He was accompanied by another person.
But the prosecution does number explain why Inspector Ratan Singh and Sub Inspector Govind Singh and the laundry man were number examined.
On the morning of 10th August, 1986, General Vaidya and his wife left their bungalow with the security man Ramchandra Kshirsagar for shopping in their Maruti Car No.
1 and 5 along with others pleaded number guilty to the charges levelled against them and claimed to be tried.
He then speaks about the manner in which the cyclists jumped off and the car came to a halt after running over the cycle.
The form for reservation of sleeper berths dated 29th July, 1986, Exh.
Car DIB 1437 at about 10.00 a.m. with their security man PW 16 Ramchandra Kshirsagar in the rear seat.
5 was examined under Section 313 of the Code, he admitted that he was the driver of the motor cycle and accused No.
1 orally informed the learned trial judge that he had killed General Vaidya and he did number desire to companytest the case.
1 Sukha tried to run away but P.S.I. Nimbalkar gave a chase and caught hold of him and brought him to Inspector Pathan.
5 had brought the motor cycle in line with the front window of the drivers seat of the Maruti Car.
1, 2 and 5 left Ambala Cantonment for Doorg on 3rd August, 1986 by 138 UP Chhatisgadh Express.
At that point of time a red Ind Suzuki motor cycle came parallel to the car on the side of General Vaidya and the person occupying the pillion seat of the motor cycle fired three shots from close range at the head of general Vaidya.
5 to cause the murder of General Vaidya.
The shots were fired by accused No.
He found that the car driver was injured on the head and was bleeding profusely.
The empty cartridge was of 38 bore.
They then saw the pillion rider pump in three bullets in the head of the driver of the car.
Before his wife and security man companyld realise what had happened, General Vaidya slumped on the shoulder of his wife Bhanumati.
It was he who brought his motor cycle in line with the Maruti Car driven by General Vaidya to facilitate 4 accused No.
Inspector Mohite in which he described the companyour of the motor cycle as black and number red.
persons passing by Vishal Talkies and as one of them was limping his suspicion was aroused whereupon he drove his vehicle near them and pounced on one of them, later identified as accused No.2 Nirmal Singh Nima.
1 submitted a written statement, Exh.
922 through Jail.
The latter, in order to save himself, jumped off the cycle.
The motor cyclists drove on the side of the drivers seat and the pillion rider fired three shots at the driver of the tar.
2 Nirmal Singh was present and he was required to write down what the said police officer dictated to him.
A white Maruti car was numbericed and then he saw a red companyoured Ind Suzuki motor cycle being driven parallel to the car on the drivers seat side.
The cycle came under the Maruti Car and as a result the car stopped at a shorts distance in front of a companypound wall.
On January 26, 1986 he shifted to and registered himself as Ravindra Sharma in Hotel Gulmohar on the pretext that he was visiting the city for business purposes.
1 and 5 made inquiries companycerning the whereabouts of a retired military officer in the neighbourhood of General Vaidya.
This flat was hired by one Ravindra Sharma whom the prosecution identifies as absconding accused Sukhi.
The prosecution has also invoked Sections 3 and 4 of TADA.
G 21, Salunke Vihar, Pune on hire, This flat was in the possession of Major A.K. Madan and he was desirous of letting it out to repay the instalments of the loan taken for meeting the companystruction companyt of the said flat, he had entrusted this work of finding a suitable tenant to one V.R. Hallur and had given a Power of Attorney to him for that purpose.
60 A, admitting to have fired four bullets at General Vaidya and to have killed him.
As their bungalow at Pune was still under companystruction, they shared bungalow No.20 at Queens Garden, Pune, occupied by Major General Y.K. Yadav.
PW 150 Vijay Tote lifted the fingerprint on that bottle which was later companypared by PW 122 A.R. Angre, Fingerprint expert, with the fingerprint of accused No.
So far as accused No.
This witness wants us to believe that as he was busy signalling the rickshaw driver he had number seen the motor cycle approaching the car before the first shot was fired.
A Green Matador Van which was passing by was fetched by the security man in which the injured General Vaidya was carried to the Command Hospital were he was declared dead.
A Panchnama of the scene of occurrence was drawn up by Inspector Mohite in the presence of witnesses and the empty cartridges and other articles were recovered therefrom.
After the shopping spree was companypleted at about 11.30 a.m. and while they were returning to their residence via Rajendrasinghji Road, the car had to take a turn to the right at the square in front of 18 Queens Garden at the intersection of Rajendrasinghji and Abhimanyu roads.
A Brylcream bottle, Article 83, was found in the flat.
187 and the requisition slip Exh.
According to him since she 3 was sitting close to General Vaidya one of the bullets strayed and caused injury to her.
The said V.R. Hallur approached the Estate Agents Bhavar Sanghavi and disclosed that he was desirous of letting out the flat on a rent ranging between Rs.
It was only thereafter that accused No.
1 Sukha by PW 46 Jagdish does number carry companyviction and is of numberavail to the prosecution.
The witness was shown several photographs and he companyld recognise one of them as the driver of the motor cycle.
2 on 7th September, 1986 at Pune, to PW 125 M.D. Asgekar the ballistic expert.
He also came to the companyclusion that the said two accused persons were guilty of attempt to companymit the murder of Bhanumati in furtherance of their companymon intention.
1 was his pillion rider.
249, 249A and Exh.
He also states that thereafter the two passengers got down from his rickshaw and went near the car.
1 returned to Bombay by 7.30 p.m. and stayed in Hotel Neelkanth, Khar, in the assumed name of Pradeep Kumar.
1 in the pillion seat.
All the five accused denied the charge and claimed to be tried.
The Estate Agents published an advertisement in the local newspaper Maharashtra Herald, in companysequence whereof one person identifying himself as Ravindra Sharma approached the Estate Agent and finalised the deal by paying Rs.
As soon as the car came to a halt, he jumped out of the car with his service revolver but as PW 106 Bhanumati Vaidya was shouting for a companyveyance he went about searching for one and found a matador van in which the injured General Vaidya was rushed to the hospital.
On 26th September, 1988 when the accused were once again arraigned before the Designated Court accused No.
The security man immediately informed the L.I.B. Office about the incident which information was received by Police Inspector Garad.
As General Vaidya lost companytrol over the vehicle the car surged towards a cyclist Digambar Gaikwar.
Thereafter on 22nd September, 1986 this witness was called at about 12 numbern to the Yervada Jail.
Clothes of different sizes were also found indicating the presence of more than one person.
702 on 13th June, 1986.
This, in brief, are the broad 1 outlines of the alleged companyspiracy perpetrated by the accused persons and the absconding accused to kill General Vaidya.
To prove this part of the prosecution case evidence has been tendered to.
In answer to the usual last question accused No.
They reached Doorg on 5th August, 1986 arid left for Bombay on the next day by Gitanjali Express.
1 fired the bullets which caused the death of General Vaidya.
1 on the pillion seat and it was the latter who fired at and killed General Vaidya.
5 Harjinder Singh Jinda with accused No.
47/3, Koregaon Park.
The evidence of PW 12 Timbak Yefavedkar shows that it was registered in the R.T.O. in the name of S.B. Shah and was then transferred in the name of Sanjeev Gupta.
To prove the natural handwriting of accused No.
On the morning of the day of the incident General Vaidya and his wife PW 106 Bhanumanti had gone out for shopping in the Maruti.
1, of companyrse in an assumed name.
The son of PW 111 was also a doctor in military service and in companysultation with him and PW 114, PW 111 had decided to lodge a companyplaint against Arunkumar Tomar with the higher military authorities.
1 is reported to have lived in Hotel Ashirvad, Pune on 9th June, 1986.
At the instance of PW 160 M.P. Singh he was asked to sign as many as fifteen papers.
While in Pune an advertisement appeared in the local daily Maharashtra Herald offering of flat No.
number red Indu Suzuki motor cycle with accused No.
Thereafter he came to Pune and stayed in Dreamland Hotel in the assumed name of Rakesh Sharma.
He was instructed to drive through camp area They passed through Bund Gardens, took the over bridge and passed via the Circuit House to Abhimanyu Road.
5 said that on the date of the incident he was driving a black motor cycle with accused No.
DIB 1437 at about 10.00 a.m., The car was being driven by General Vaidya with his wife sitting in the front seat to his left and the security man sitting in the rear seat just behind her.
In regard to the charge of companyspiracy, forgery, etc.,
The other companyconspirators companyld number be placed for trial as they companyld number be traced since they were absconding.
Inspector Pathan, on return, numbericed two.
General Vaidya owned a Maruti Car bearing Registration No.
Between 4th and 16th February, 1986 General Vaidya and his wife went to Goa for a brief holiday.
249, an entry from the stamp vendors register, evidencing the purchase of the stamp paper Exh.
Inspector Pathan went to the Pimpri Railway Police Station and asked P.S.I. M.K. Kadam of that Police Station to immediately go to the place of the accident and guard the same until further orders.
Accused Nos.
When they were returning at about 11.30 a.m. with General Vaidya in the drivers seat, his wife by his side in the front and the security man behind her, the incident in question occurred.
After his retirement General Vaidya decided to settled down in Pune in the State of Maharashtra.
1500/ per month and went on to pay advance rent for three months i.e. Rs.
The deal was closed on 30th January, 1986.
He also parked his rickshaw at the companyner, of the intersection and joined the other two passengers.
General Vaidya was required to be hospitalised from 24th March to 7th April, 1986 as he was suspected to be suffering from jaundice.
They were thrown off the motor cycle and sustained injuries.
He came to the companyclusion that the crime in question was companymitted in furtherance of the companymon intention of accused No.
1 and accused No.
Thereupon the security man was asked to go to the Control Room.
5 was apprehended in Delhi on 30th August, 1987 and as his legs were fractured he was immediately admitted to a hospital and was taken to Pune in January 1988.
1 and 2 and others named hereinabove were charge sheeted on 14th August, 1987 under Sections 120B, 302, 307, 465, 468, 471 and 212, IPC, Sections 3 and 4 of Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act, 1985, hereinafter called TADA and Section 10 of the Passport Act.
Accused Nos.
They had narrated the incident to PW 37.
The learned trial judge has number doubted this part of the prosecution case and we may proceed on that basis.
The prosecution case further is that on 3rd May, 1986 the 7, Antop Hill flat at Bombay was raided and besides arms and ammunition and English numberel Tripple was found on the companyer page whereof someone had scribbled the number of General Vaidyas Maruti Car.
While at the house of PW 111 there was a quarrel between the companyple hot words were followed by physical assault.
249A proved through the stamp vendor PW 36.
the prosecution case is that absconding accused Sukhi hired a flat sometime in October November 1985 at 7, Antop Hill, Bombay.
The window pane was lowered and General Vaidya was at the steering wheel with his right elbow resting on the window and the hand holding the top of the car.
After reaching the Police Station all the articles which were found in the possession of these two persons were attached under a seizure memorandum.
This motor cycle was later serviced on 1st July, 1986 by PW 39 Pimpalnekar.
Both the witnesses also identified accused Nos.
The motor cycle was purchased in the name of Sanjeev Gupta, a name allegedly assumed by absconding accused Daljit Singh alias Bittu.
Anupama had companye to her fathers house from Secunderabad on 4th August, 1986 as her relations with her husband were strained.
During his stay in bungalow No.20, Queens Garden, two Police Sub Inspectors were available on security duty, one for himself and another for Major General Yadav but after his discharge from the hospital and on their shifting to their bungalow at 47/3, Koregaon Park with effect from 26th May, 1986 only one armed Head Constable, Ramchandra Kshirsagar, was on security duty with him.
In the companyrse of investigation it came to light that besides accused Nos.
4 Avtar Singh, accused No.
607 and was found to tally.
On 6th September, 1986, accused Nos.
2, 3 and 4 are companycerned he acquitted them of all the charges levelled against them and directed that they be set at liberty at once.
As a sizeable crowd had gathered on the road Inspector Pathan thought it wise to cause the seizure memorandum to be recorded at the Pimpri Police Station.
On the same day he is shown to have stayed in Hotel Command, Bandra, Bombay in Room No.
1 Sukha unsuccessfully tried.
5 Harjinder Singh Jinda is companycerned, he, in his statement recorded under Section 313 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, admitted that he was the person driving the black.
When members of the public who had companylected there immediately after the accident went to assist them they behaved in an abrasive manner and one of them, later identified as accused No.
During this operation, known as the Blue Star Operation, some militants were killed and a part of the Golden Temple known as Harminder Saheb was damaged.
He, however, came to the companyclusion that accused No.5 was driving the motor cycle with accused No.
On receipt of the information the Commissioner of Police and his Deputy arrived t the hospital and questioned the security man who narrated the incident to them.
The learned trial judge was right in pointing out that several independent witnesses had number been examined and the prosecution staked its claim on an artificial and unnatural storey found unacceptable put forth in the testimony of PW 49 Lalita.
1 and accused No.
From the flat during the raid three live and one empty cartridges were found.
The specimen writings of Nirmal Singh have been proved through the evidence of the said PW 5 and PW 41 Ramkripal Trivedi.
Later both PW 111 and PW 114 had identified accused No.
It is said that the evidence of PW 111 and PW 114 stands companyroborated by the evidence of PW 36 and PW 37 and the documentary evidence Exh.
It is difficult to believe that he had numberopportunity to set the motor cyclists.
1, the prosecution examined PW 84 S.K. Prachendia, a lecturer of Gyan Jyoti P.O. College.
Both the then Prime Minister Smt.
Although the name plate of General Vaidya was displayed on one of the two posts of the entrance gate to bungalow No.
1 was his student and he had submitted an application in the prescribed form for admission to the P.G. Course as a private candidate.
The investigation revealed that on the date of the incident the motor cycle was driven 1 by accused No.
On 10th August, 1986, PW 111 and PW 114 picked up an autorickshaw outside Agakhan Palace at about 11.00 a.m. to go to Stree Clinic of Dr. Sudhir Kumar.
On the next day her husband who was an Education Instructor in the Military had also companye to Pune.
Unfortunately the reflexes of the security man were number fast enough and hence the culprits companyld make good their escape without a shot having been fired at them by the security man.
On reaching the Control Room he received a message from Inspector Mohite requiring him to return to the place of the incident where his formal companyplaint was recorded by Inspector Mohite.
Neither bears any signature of the police officer or panch witness.
However, at the companyclusion of the prosecution evidence when accused No.
1 and 2 certain other persons described as territorists, namely, accused No.
1 Exh.
He also admitted that accused No.
1 had fired the fatal shots at General Vaidya while sitting on the pillion seat.
The charge was framed on 2nd September, 1988.
the Ballistic Expert who reported that the cartridges found from the place where General Vaidya was shot were fired from the pistol which was recovered from the possession of these two persons after their arrest on 7th September, 1986.
The stamp paper was purchased from PW 36 Mrs. Gokhle.
PW 111 was sitting on the right side and his son in law PW 114 was to his left.
2 Nirmal Singh became privyto the companyspiracy later on.
He and the two passengers then returned to the rickshaw and proceeded towards Deccan side and from there to the Stree Clinic.
They then went to PW 37 Hidayat Ali, picked up the types material and went to Stree Clinic where they discharged the rickshaw.
1 Sukhdev Singh Sukha, raised his revolver and threatened to shoot, which raised the suspicion of the crowd prompting one Narayan Bajarang Pawar to report the matter to Inspector A.I. Pathan of Pimpri Police Station.
1 Sukhvinder Singh Sukha expressed his desire on 19th September 1988 to make a statement before the Court admitting to have killed General Vaidya.
After recording the plea, the proceedings were adjourned to 19th September, 1988 on which date accused No.
Immediately thereafter the motor cyclists sped away and the victim slumped on the shoulder of his wife who too was injured.
Next day a magistrate had visited the hospital and had recorded her statement.
When his vehicle approached the Circuit House intersection and emerged on the Abhimanyu road he saw a white Maruti car and one Ind Suzuki motor cycle taking a turn to the right of the intersection.
Sometime after the incident i.e. on 8th November, 1986, the C.B.I, officers showed him seven or eight photographs and asked him if he companyld recognise the photographs of the motor cyclists.
1 from the pillion seat at close range after accused No.
They, therefore, vowed to average the deaths of their companyleagues and punish all those who were responsible for the damage to the Golden Temple.
After his retirement on 31st January, 1986, General Vaidya and his wife Bhanumati left Delhi for Pune.
As pointed out earlier accused Nos.
The Union Bank robbery took place on that day.
249A typed on the stamp paper was forwarded to the General Officer Commanding whereas ten companyies thereof taken out on an electronic typewriter were sent to different authorities under the signature of Anupama.
The prosecution case is that while the two persons were being taken in a jeep to the Pimpri Police Station they raised slogans of Khalistan Zinadabad and proudly proclaimed that they were the assailants of General Vaidya.
3 Yadvinder Singh, accused No.
One live cartridge was of 32 bore while the other two live cartridges were of 38 bore.
Two persons were standing there one of whom was the pillion rider whom she saw from behind after the shoot out.
An auto rickshaw passed by.
The rickshaw driver PW 115 has deposed that on 10th August, 1986 at about 11.00 a.m. while he was waiting in front of Agakhan Palace he was engaged by PW 111 and PW 114 who instructed him that they desired to go to the camp area and from there to the Deccan area.
He also stated in that statement that he had accidentally injured Bhanumati Vaidya although he did number intend to do so.
It is true that the statements of these two witnesses were recorded late i.e. on 24th October, 1986 presumably because their names had number surfaced earlier.
1 and 5 and from their j oral statement recorded under section 313 of the Code that they firmly believed that since General Vaidya was responsible for companyducting operation Blue Star which had damaged a sacred religious place like the Akal Takht of the Golden Temple at Amritsar and had also hurt the religious feelings and sentiments of the sikh companynmunity, he waS guilty of a serious crime, the punishment for which companyld only be deaths and, therefore, they had merely executed him and in doing so had number companymitted any crime whatsoever.
PW 76, a CBI officer had attached the free service companypon Exh.
1 on the pillion seat and it was the latter who fired the shots from close range killing General Vaidya and injuring his wife who was seated next to him.
1 was present.
After the assassination of Smt.
1 and 5 in Court.
She had deposed that the pillion rider whom she had seen from behind had been numbericed by her two days earlier on 8th August, 1986 at about 9.00 or 9.30 a.m. with a red motor cycle opposite Gadge Maharaj School at the companyner of bungalow No.
1 and 2 are stated to have stayed in Hotel Dalmond, Bandra, Bombay, in the assumed names of Ravi Gupta and Sardeep Kumar before their arrest at Pune on 7th September, 1986 by Inspector Pathan.
After both accused No.
They companytinued to reside in the bungalow occupied by Major General Y.K. Yadav.
Indira Gandhi and General Vaidya had, therefore, incurred the wrath of the Punjab militants for what they called the desecration of the Golden Temple.
Then these two witnesses got down from the rickshaw and helped others lift the body of General Vaidya to the matador van which carried him and his wife to the hospital.
They gave a false address that they were residents of 307, Om Apartments, Bombay.
PW 155 M.V. Mulley who arranged the test identification parade for PW 46 supports him.
700, is alleged to have been filled, by Accused No.
They were clean shaven then but were in turban and beard in Court.
A bag companytaining arms and ammunition was also thrown off but they hurriedly companylected the spilled articles.
Even the identification of accused No.
On 7th September, 1986, two persons riding a red Ind Suzuki motor cycle companylide with a truck.
1 and 2 were arrested on 7th September, 1986 when they met with an accident.
2, 3 and 4 were put up for trial as companyconspiratOrs.
It was after reaching the hospital that he companytacted the L.I.B. Inspector Garad to whom he narrated the incident and reiterated the same to the Commissioner of Police.
15,000/ .
15,000/ in cash as deposit and agreeing to pay rent at the rate of Rs.
1 at the test identification parade held on 29th October, 1986.
As stated 2 earlier, three shots were fired in quick succession and before Bhanumati and the security man companyld realise what had happened the motor cyclists made good their escape.
This witness deposes that the assailants were 20 or 25 years of age.
Inspector Pathan swung into action and along with the informal and his staff members, including Sub Inspector Nimbalkar, went in search of the two motor cyclists.
4500/ to the said V.R. Hallur.
of the then Prime Minister Smt.
Both accused Nos.
To negotiate this turn General Vaidya who was driving the vehicle slowed down.
Albeit PW 111 took some time to identify accused No.
On 8th May, 1986 in Ind Suzuki motor cycle bearing No.
They were also carrying certain papers companycerning the red Ind Suzuki motor cycle and they too were attached.
Accused No.
The returned to Pune on 16th February, 1986.
However, after the charge was framed accused No.
1 lived in Hotel Amir in Room No.
Immediately thereafter the security man stepped out of the vehicle and went in search of some bigger vehicle to carry General Vaidya to the hospital.
2 were apprehended by Inspector Pathan and P.S.I. Nimbalkar they were searched and weapons like pistol and revolver along with live cartridges were recovered from them.
1500/ with a deposit ranging between Rs.
Prosecution has also tendered evidence to show that on 9th August, 1986, accused Nos.
After accomplishing the task accused No.
The learned Presiding Judge of the Designated Court, Pune, framed the points for determination and came to the companyclusion that the prosecution had failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused before him and the absconding accused had entered into a 4 criminal companyspiracy to companymit the murder of General Vaidya.
1 in Court but that may be on account of the change in his appearance.
To prove these circumstances a large number of documents and ocular testimony of several witnesses came to be tendered by the prosecution before the Designated Court.
Immediately thereafter the motor cyclists sped away.
Anuradha is the wife of PW 114 whereas Anpama was wedded to Arunkumar Tomar.
Had it number been for the accident which took place on 7th September 1986 in which the said motor cycle was involved the police would have been groping in the dark to nab the perpetrators of the crime.
to fire a shot at P.S.I. Nimbalkar to make good his escape It may here be mentioned that both accused No.
5 Harjinder Singh and absconding accused Sukhminder Singh Sukhi, Daljit Singh Bittoo Sanjeev Gupta, Jasvinder Kaur, and Baljinder Singh Raju were involved in the companyspiracy allegedly hatched for assassinating General Vaidya immediately after his retirement and on depletion of the security companyer.
Gandhi on 31st October, 1984, it is the prosecution case, they waited for General Vaidya to retire on 31 st January, 1986 so that the security companyer which would then stand reduced may number be difficult to penetrate.
It is manifest from the written statements of both accused Nos.
When the motor cycle passed by the rickshaw, the witness had an opportunity to identify the motor cyclists.
Inspector Pathan suspected that the pistol which was found from them may have been the weapon used for killing General Vaidya and hence he sent the weapons as well as the cartridges attached from the scene of occurrence to.
In the companyrse of this quarrel she was kicked in the abdomen and being pregnant companyplications developed within a companyple of days necessitating her removal to the clinic or PW 1 Dr. Sudhir Kumar on 7th August, 1986.
The motor cyclists drove away and companyld number be located.
As stated earlier, the assailants of General Vaidya had made good their escape from the scene of occurrence after the incident.
Accused No.
517 on 11th June, 1986, in Hotel Jawahar in Room No.
As staled earlier it is on this numberion that the accused companytinued to plead number guilty while at the same time admitting the fact of having killed General Vaidya.
The original companyplaint Exh.
Since he was sitting behind PW 106 Bhanumati, he companyld have seen the assailant when his attention was drawn in that direction on hearing the first shot fired from close range.
No reason has been assigned by the witnesses or the investigating officer.
PW 111 also claim to have made a numbere about the incident in his diary Exh.
According to the prosecution they lived in different hotels in different assumed names for drawing up a plan to kill General Vaidya.
Sukhi left for U.S.A. on a forged passport on 14th July, 1986 and was arrested there.
Indira Gandhi, assigned the difficult and delicate task of flushing out militants who had taken refuge in the Golden Temple at Amritsar.
He made the statement in open Court and the learned Presiding Judge of the Designated Court, Pune gave him eight days time to reflect and make a detailed written statement thereafter, if he so desired.
179 was then recorded by PW 119.
2 were charge sheeted under section 307, IPC, for that incident and were ultimately companyvicted and sentenced.
General A.S. Vaidya, the then Chief of the Armed Forced was, on the orders.
PW 111 had two daughters Anuradha and Anupama.
206 on the next day and in Hotel Mayur in Room No.
After the companyplaint was drafted it was decided to have it typed on a stamp paper so that sufficient companyies companyld be taken out for being despatched to various authorities.
The fact that General Vaidya died a homicidal death is established beyond any manner of doubt by the evidence of PW 157 Dr. L.K. Bade who had undertaken the post mortem examination and had opined that death was due to shock suffered following gun shot injuries.
From Bombay the prosecution alleges that they went to Pune.
Such red Ind Suzuki motor cycles were number an uncommon sight in the city of Pune, atleast numbere says so.
Before he was overpowered, it is the prosecution case, that accused No.
MFK 7548 was purchased in the name of Sanjiv Gupta from its owner Suresh Shah through R.V. Antapurkar, a salesman.
20 at Queens Garden, numbersuch name plate was displayed at bungalow No.
This is also proved through the deposition of PW 37 Hidayat Ali.
1 Sukhdev Singh Sukha in the pillion seat.
DIB 1437 which reached Pune on the next day i.e. 1st February, 1986.
The motor cycle was sent for servicing on 1st July, 1986.
Her husband had left earlier but PW 114 who had companye to Pune had assisted his father in law in the treatment of Anupama who was operated upon on the morning of 10th August, 1986, Vide Exh.
A matador van arrived and the injured was lifted and placed in the van and carried to the hospital.
Accused No.
His detailed companyplaint Exh.
5 Jinda pleaded number guilty to the charge.
1 and accused No.
He did number make any such statement till the companyclusion of the evidence when he sent Exh.
The draft was got typed at N.B. Xerox companypany situate at Camp, Pune, as is evident from PW 37 Hidayat AIL This part of the prosecution case is supported by Exh.
