Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 6: Principal Sessions Judge Kathua, A K Koul has acquitted Jagtar Singh, son of Veer Singh of Punjab, who was facing trial in NDPS case, as many serious lapses were found committed by the investigating agency during investigation. The Court also issued General Arrest Warrant against Surjeet Kumar, son of Yodh Raj of Jallowal, Jallandhar.
While acquitting the accused person, Principal Sessions Judge Kathua observed, “Court would like to place on record a deep anguish that the Investigating Officer in this case has acted in a very casual manner in carrying out the investigation. If such remains the state of affairs, things are not going to improve so far as menace of drug trafficking is concerned”.
“There are many serious lapses committed by the Investigating Officer with impunity. The result is that the resource of the State, the time and the energy has been wasted for nothing. It is high time to take corrective measures more particularly in investigating cases relating to heinous crimes if we mean to identify ourselves as members of prosperous society”, the Principal Sessions Judge said.
“Oral evidence may at the best prove that some substance was recovered from accused but the essence of the case was to prove that the substance so recovered was a narcotic drug or a psychotropic substance but that proof is missing”, the court said, adding “even otherwise also the reliance on the statements of the official witnesses may not be safe more particularly in view of defects”.
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