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BEFORE
Alamin Miah,
Son of Akash Miah,
Resident of Camper Bazzar,
Gajaria,
P.S. A.D.Nagar,
District-West Tripura.
…………..Appellant.
Versus
State of Tripura
……….Respondent.
JUDGMENT
[Per S.G.Chattopadhyay]
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concurrently.
his torture. During her stay with her parents she had
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Surgery [PW-8] met her and found acid burn on her face.
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Respondent.
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on the victim.
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Balak Ram and Anr. vs. State of U.P reported in AIR 1974 SC
decision of the Apex Court in Tori Singh and Anr. vs. State
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the appellant that the learned trial court should not have
counsel that the victim of this case did not disclose the
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the doctor whom she met first after the occurrence has
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under:
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the wife and she hardly shares her ordeals with someone
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court in a case under Section 498A IPC. But that does not
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back to her parental home and left her there. She said
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in their evidence. This apart, her father told the trial court
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on the face of the record that the victim lived with her
victim and her parents that the appellant demanded cash from
the parents of the victim and tortured her for fulfillment of his
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follows:
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is as under:
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that after the victim was brought back by him from her
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father i.e. PW-1 and his men. In answer the witness had
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met her and threw acid on her. She shared the details of
that her husband met her thrice to take her back to her
with 2 persons for which her father and his men attacked
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based on falsehood.
that her appellant son in law had thrown acid on the face
had gone to meet her ailing mother at her house and due
her face, eyes, ear, nose and right arm which damaged
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the case.
connection with the case. She, however, did not give any
Following a hue and cry from the spot, he came out of his
shop and saw the victim writhing in pain at the spot due
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witness.
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1/1.
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informant, his victim daughter and his wife and also got
attack.
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with acid burns. Though the PW did not see the appellant
right shoulder and the pachy area of her chest and hand.
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for trial.
life of the appellant and his wife [PW-2] which led to their
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chemical(acid).
appellant.
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1 and PW-3] who had seen their daughter with acid burns
victim who saw her assailant with her own eyes also
the one who had thrown acid on her. There is, therefore,
merit.
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condition with acid burns on her eyes, face, ear and other
on the ground that the victim did not tell the name of her
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IPC.
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her injury arising out of the acid attack. The trial court
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respect of sentence.
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but his reluctant wife was not willing to reunite with him
committed by him.
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compliance.
JUDGE JUDGE
Saikat Sarma
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