Accused in Pak prisoner Sanaullah murder acquitted

“No prosecution witness has stated that they have seen the accused Vinod Kumar assaulting and inflicting fatal injuries on the deceased Sanaullah with shovel,” the judge observed. Referring to the prosecution’s failure to examine the investigating officer, the judge ordered that articles seized in the case shall be destroyed after expiry of the period of appeal.

Acquitting the accused, the court also referred to the prosecution’s failure in producing two Pakistani prisoners — Mohammad Shafaqat and Babu Naseem — as witnesses despite having preponed the case to record their statements as they had to be deported.

Three prison guards, who were presented as prosecution witnesses, said they were not present when Sanaullah was attacked and only rushed to the spot on hearing commotion.