New Delhi, 09 October (H.S.): A Delhi court has ordered the acquittal of Javed, who was accused of murdering three women in Usmanpur in 2016. Additional Sessions Judge Balwinder Singh of the Tis Hazari Court granted him the benefit of the doubt, citing a lack of conclusive evidence to establish his guilt.

The three victims, Mehrunnisa, her mother Saira, and Shabnam, were allegedly murdered by having their throats slit. An FIR in connection with the incident was registered at Usmanpur police station.

According to the police, a man named Haider was in a relationship with Mehrunnisa and also provided her with financial assistance. Mehrunnisa had allegedly demanded Rs 1 lakh from him, saying she needed to return the pagri amount collected from tenants. When Haider failed to arrange the money, Mehrunnisa stopped speaking to him and began associating with other people. The prosecution alleged that Haider and Javed subsequently conspired to commit the murders.

According to the alleged sequence of events described in the court's judgment, Haider entered the house in Mehrunnisa's absence and allegedly killed Saira and Shabnam with a butcher's knife. He reportedly remained inside the house watching television until Mehrunnisa returned. Upon her arrival, he allegedly slit her throat as well.

However, the court acquitted Javed, extending to him the benefit of the doubt due to the absence of conclusive evidence.

The court observed that there were doubts in the prosecution's case and that the prosecution had failed to establish the alleged criminal acts attributed to the accused beyond a reasonable doubt.

The court further noted that, apart from the prosecution's theory that Javed had destroyed a mobile phone, no evidence had been placed on record to substantiate the claim. Moreover, there was no other direct, circumstantial or scientific evidence linking the accused to the mobile phone number in question.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar