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JYOTSNA SHARMA
Jag Mohan Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttar Pradesh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Jyotsna Sharma, J.) :
1. Heard Sri Arvind Srivastava III, learned counsel for the revisionists, Sri Vishnu Pandey, learned counsel for private respondent and learned AGA for the State.
2. This criminal revision has been filed by the revisionists namely, Jag Mohan Singh and Ajendra Singh, putting up a challenge to a judgment and order dated 01.06.2004 passed by the Special Judge (SC/ST Act), Mainpuri in Sessions Trial No. 247 of 2001, under sections 352, 302 IPC acquitting the accused Devendra (the respondent no. 1), giving him benefit of doubt.
3. Before the grounds taken by the revisionist are mentioned, I find it appropriate to briefly refer to the prosecution case.
4. The first informant Ajendra Singh lodged an FIR by giving a handwritten application to the concerned police station, alleging that Smt. Kamlesh, the aunt (bua) of the first informant’s wife was married to one Vijendra Singh. Vijendra Singh died four months after his marriage, leaving no issue. Kamlesh, wife of Vijendra Singh has been working as a nurse at P.H.C., Mohammadabad and had adopted a child. Since child was adopted by her, her devar (Devendra Singh-the instant accused) became inimical to her. A d
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