সতর্কীকরণ! কেস রেফারেন্স ওয়েবসাইটে প্রকাশিত অধিকাংশ নজীর বিভিন্ন বই ও ওয়েবসাইট থেকে সংগ্রহ করা হয়েছে। এই সকল নজীর এর সঠিকতার বিষয়ে কেস রেফারেন্স ওয়েবসাইট কোন নিশ্চয়তা প্রদান করে না। কেস রেফারেন্স ওয়েবসাইটে প্রকাশিত নজীর এর উপর নির্ভর এর আগে সংশ্লিষ্ট নজীরটির রেফারেন্স মিলিয়ে নেওয়ার অনুরোধ করা হচ্ছে।
No independent witness was examined by the Investigating Officer nor cited as witness in this case, thus creating doubt. The Appellate Division finds that it is true that a case where section 106 of the Evidence Act is applicable, i.e. when the victim was last seen with the alleged accused, the accused has a duty to explain how the victim died. However, in the instant case there is no independent corroborative witness with regard to the deceased being in the company of the accused in spite of the fact that the houses of the victim's father and that of her husband are near to each other and they are surrounded by many other houses of persons who would be independent witnesses, but no independent witness was cited in the charge sheet or examined by the prosecution in support of the prosecution case. Moreover, the allegation of the victim having been killed by her husband on account of non-payment of dowry is belied by the fact that the victim was apparently killed after having been gang raped as indicted in the post mortem report and supported by the inquest report. The defence suggestion that the victim went out of her father's house to watch a show at the local school or that she may have been taken out of her father's house and raped and killed thereafter cannot be overlooked in view of the finding of the post mortem examination that the victim was gang raped. The fact of the victim having been gang raped is not commensurate with the prosecution claim that the accused, being the husband, killed his wife for dowry. The Appellate Division also note from the cross examination of P.W. 3 Md. Mofazzel Hossain, who is a brother of the informant that he stated ""আমার মেয়েকে অজ্ঞাত লোকে ধর্ষণ করে মারিয়াছে আমি বলতে পারিব না।" (emphasis added) which is clearly prevarication, particularly in view of the fact that the post mortem examination report clearly indicates gang rape prior to murder. Accordingly. the criminal petition for leave to appeal is dismissed. The State VS Md. Akinur Rahman, [1 LM (AD) 537]
The principle laid down in the said case along with the provision of 114(g) of the Evidence Act is applicable in the present case where the prosecution suffers for non-examination of dis-interested and independent witnesses as though the occurrence is alleged to have taken place in the broad day light on the busy pathway. Alamgir Hossain (Md) alias Alamgir Hossain and another vs State 49 DLR 590.
In this case admittedly there are dwelling houses on all sides of the place of occurrence but no owner of these dwelling houses was examined in this case by the prosecution without any explanation. Non-examination of these natural, probable and disinterested witnesses calls for an adverse presumption against the prosecution under section 114(g) of the Evidence Act. Tomezuddin Biswas alias Kalu and another Vs The State, 17BLD(HCD)174 Ref :40DLR348; 1 1BLD(1991)23 1—Cited.
Non-examination of independent witness-
Non-examination of independent witnesses, especially some of the close neighbours, calls for an adverse presumption against the prosecution under section 114(g) of the Evidence Act to the effect that had they been examined, they would not support the prosecution case-Evidence Act, 1872, S. 114(g). Kawsarun Nessa and another Vs. The State, 15 BLD(HCD) 21 Ref: 25 DLR 398; AIR 1936 (AJII) 833; 41DLR(HCD) 349; 31 DLR (AD) 75—Cited
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