Site plan prepared on complainant’s instance: IO
During her cross examination in the fast-track court here on Saturday, the investigating officer (IO) in the December 16 gangrape case denied the claims of an accused that the site plan was prepared at the police station and not at the actual scene of crime.
The woman IO, who had initially probed the case, told additional sessions judge Yogesh Khanna that the complainant, the male friend of the 23-year-old victim, had visited the spot and pointed out the place of occurrence of the crime.
“The site plans were prepared at the instance of the complainant (the victim’s friend). He was physically present with me when the site plans were prepared at his pointing out. It is wrong to suggest that the youth had not visited the places or that the site plans were not prepared at his instance,” the IO said, during her cross-examination by the counsel of the accused Mukesh.
She also deposed before the court that after the arrest of Mukesh he has also pointed out the place of occurrence and at his instance only the police had recovered the articles stolen from the victim and her friend after the offence was committed.
“It is wrong to suggest that accused Mukesh did not point out any place or that his signature was forcibly obtained on the site plan,” she said.
During the proceedings, the counsel for Akshay told the court that his client is being given high doses of medicine in jail due to which he is unable to sleep.
Taking note of the allegation, the court directed the Tihar jail superintendent to file a status report on the complaint by Monday.
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