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Delhi Court Acquits Man After Assault Victim Turns Hostile
A man named Deepak Sehrawat was accused of hurting a woman in 2016.
The woman, Pooja Verma, ran a beauty parlour in Mahipalpur.
Prosecutors said he punched and kicked her, broke things, hit her with a glass, and took her phone.
During the trial, Verma denied that he had attacked her.
She said she had married Sehrawat in 2017 and that they were living well with their daughter.
Two other people said they saw the alleged assault, but the judge found problems in their accounts.
The judge also found that the timing of police and hospital records did not fit their story.
Because of these doubts, the court acquitted Sehrawat.
A Delhi court acquitted Deepak Sehrawat in a 2016 assault case involving Pooja Verma.
Prosecutors alleged Sehrawat assaulted Verma at her Mahipalpur beauty parlour on October 8, 2016.
Verma later testified that she married Sehrawat in 2017 and denied the assault allegations.
The court found inconsistencies in the accounts of two alleged eyewitnesses and discrepancies in timing records.
Judge Dhirendra Rana ruled that the prosecution had not proved charges under IPC Sections 308, 452 and 411 beyond reasonable doubt.
- Who
- Deepak Sehrawat was accused, and Pooja Verma was the complainant; Additional Sessions Judge Dhirendra Rana issued the ruling.
- What
- Sehrawat was acquitted of charges including house trespass, attempted culpable homicide and receiving stolen property under IPC Sections 452, 308 and 411.
- Where
- The alleged assault took place at Verma’s beauty parlour in Mahipalpur, and the case was heard by a Delhi court.
- When
- The alleged assault occurred on October 8, 2016; the court order was dated September 10 and the acquittal was reported on September 24.
- Why
- The court found that Verma denied the assault allegations and that alleged eyewitness testimony contained inconsistencies and was not corroborated.
Prosecution’s Case
Defense and Court’s Findings
Alleged assault
Prosecution’s Case
Prosecutors alleged that Sehrawat punched and kicked Verma, damaged items at her parlour, struck her head with a glass and fled with her mobile phone.
Defense and Court’s Findings
Verma denied the assault allegations in court and said she was injured after accidentally hitting a revolving chair, falling and striking her head against glass.
Eyewitness accounts
Prosecution’s Case
Poonam and Ashok Kumar testified that they saw Sehrawat beating Verma and hitting her with a glass slab.
Defense and Court’s Findings
The court found inconsistencies in their testimonies, questioned whether they arrived after Verma had been taken to hospital, and noted that they did not intervene or accompany her.
Evidence standard
Prosecution’s Case
The prosecution relied on the complaint, witness testimony, the reported injury and recovery of a mobile phone from Sehrawat.
Defense and Court’s Findings
The judge said the evidence did not prove the case beyond reasonable doubt and that it was unsafe to convict based on testimony not corroborated by Verma.
Key facts
- Accused
- Deepak Sehrawat
- Complainant
- Pooja Verma
- Incident date
- October 8, 2016
- Location
- A beauty parlour in Mahipalpur
- Judge
- Additional Sessions Judge Dhirendra Rana
- Charges
- IPC Sections 308, 452 and 411
- Outcome
- Acquittal
Quotes
Additional Sessions Judge Dhirendra Rana
The Delhi court judge who presided over the trial.
“I am of the considered view that prosecution has failed to prove its case against the accused… Accordingly, the accused is acquitted of committing offences punishable under Sections 308, 452 and 411 of the IPC”
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“There is serious doubt qua the fact that prosecution witness 2 (Poonam) and prosecution witness 6 (Kumar) had actually seen the accused assaulting the victim”
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Sources
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