P N. Khanna, S. N. Andley JJ.

( 1 ) MEWA Lal accused, respondent, in this appeal, was charged to stand trial un- der section 326 Indian. Penal Code for voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Miss Gita daughter of Mr. B. N. Lal by means of acid, a corrosive substance. The learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Delhi, giving the benefit of doubt, acquitted the accused of the offence charged.

( 2 ) ACCORDING to the prosecution, on the night 18th and 19th May, 1966 at about 1. 30 A. M. Kumari Gita was sleeping along with Kumari Soni, Public Witness , her cousin, on the same cot on a raised platform at the back of quarter No 613 Sarojini, Nagar New Delhi. Her grand-mother, maternal grand-mother, H. /uncle. Sham. Lal, Public Witness , and Sham Lal s wife were also Sleeping on other charpoys around her. Her parents were sleeping on the front side of the quarter. At about 1. 30 A. M. , being aroused by the sound of approaching footsteps, Gita saw the accused Mewa Lal standing on the leftside of her cot and before she could raise a cry, the accused threw acid on her face. Kumari Gita felt a burning sensation and raised an alaram. Soni Public Witness , her cousin, also felt a burning sensation on h

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