Man let off in Arms Act case due to infirmity in police probe

A man has been acquitted of charges of possessing arms without valid licence by a Delhi court which said his false implication by the police could not be ruled out as the probe had infirmities.
Metropolitan Magistrate Archana Beniwal let off a south Delhi resident, Amit Kumar Yadav, of the charges punishable under the provision of the Arms Act.
The court noted there was no independent witness at the time of arrest of the accused and recovery of the weapon and no signatures of police officials, present at the spot, were taken on the site plan.
"In the absence of any independent witness having been joined in the investigation, false implication of the accused by the local police in the present case cannot be ruled out," the court said.

"All these infirmities in prosecution evidence seriously reflects on the veracity of prosecution case, the benefit whereof must go to the accused," it said while acquitting the accused.
According to the prosecution, the police had got a tip-off and accused was apprehended with one pistol and five live cartridges near ISKCON Temple in South Delhi on August 18, 2011.