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1980 Supreme(Del) 74

M.L.JAIN
STATE – Appellant
Versus
VED PARKASH – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
K.B.KALRA, K.K.Sud

M. L. Jain

( 1 ) THE respondent Ved Parkash is accused of an offence u/s 302 Indian Penal Code for burning his wife by pouring kerosene oil over her on August 31, 1979. A report u/s 173 Cr. P. C. was filed in the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate against him within 90 days but without the report of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory and a scaled site plan which is required in pursuance of the High Court Rules to be prepared by a draftsman. The police purported to rely upon those documents and called their report an incomplete challan.

( 2 ) THE accused moved for bail. Relying upon Hari Chand and Rajpal v. State, ILR (1977) II Delhi 367, the learned Additional Sessions Judge granted him bail on 14. 12. 79. According to the learned Judge, the challan was incomplete for want of the said two documents and may further require examination of the draftsman and the technician u/s 161 Cr. P. C. and since 90 days were over, the accused was entitled to bail under the proviso (a) to S. 167 (2) Cr. P. C. The State filed this petition against that order praying for cancellation of bail.

( 3 ) IN Tara Singh V. The State, A. I. R. 1951 S. C. 441, where two such very documents were not produ





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