New Delhi, May,10 (UNI) A Delhi court, after hearing final arguments in a 25-year-old case, acquitted three persons -- a man, his wife and their son -- in a cheating case.
Judicial Magistrate First Class, Dr. Aneeza Bishnoi after hearing argument on behalf of prosecution and defence counsel said," The discrepancies in the prosecution version create doubts. It is a settled position of law that the onus and duty to prove the case against the accused is upon the prosecution, which must establish the charge beyond reasonable doubt. However, it has failed to do it in the present case. The accused are entitled to the benefit of the doubt in the present case".
The accused -- Vatan Bir Singh, Tasveer Singh and Jagjeet Kaur -- were acquitted of the offences punishable under various sections of the IPC", the court said.