The case of Adnan Patrawala has not only shocked his family but all the concern citizens of Mumbai&India as a whole.It was really shocking to see even after 4 long years to get justice there were 4 acquittal in the murder and kidnapping case.
Justice delayed is Justice denied but getting 'No Justice' at all is killing the Justice system itself.The phrase 'Kya Kanoon andha hai?' this perception must be removed& this will only happen when victims are brought to book by getting Justice to 16 years old Adnan Patrawala murder and kidnapping case.
There are some unanswered questions which everyone has right to be asked:-
If these 4 are acquitted,Who has killed Adnan Patrawala?
Was the investigation shoddy?
Why it took 4 long years to deliver the case?
Do we require activism for each and every case to get Justice?
Why there is no separate investigation agency for murder and kidnapping case?
Why still the State lingers to implement the 'Police Reform' inspite of SC directives?
What&How Mumbaikars,every citizen&media can get Adnan Patrawala and his family to Justice?
Uphold the law of the land,get justice to Adnan!
regards
Soheb Lokhandwala
Four-and-a-half years after the sensational murder of Lokhandwala teenager Adnan Patrawala, a sessions court on Monday freed four men accused of the brutal strangulation. Pronouncing the verdict at 1.30pm, judge S A Deshmukh acquitted Sujit Nair, now 33 years of age, Ayush Bhat, 23,Rajiv Dhariya, 28, and Amit Kaushal, 29.
The judgment was pronounced in-camera without the media present. The entire judgment was not read out. Even the families of the accused were not allowed in court when the judgment was pronounced.
Nair's defence lawyer Ashish Chavan, who was present in court during the pronouncement, said, "The court has rubbished the conspiracy theories by the prosecution. With the chain of circumstances not being proved in court, the case has gone in favour of the defence."
The prosecution had alleged that on the night of August 18 and on August 19, Nair, Bhat, Dhariya, Kaushal and a minor had kidnapped Adnan, the son of a Lokhandwala businessman. They drove off with him from Malad's Inorbit mall and allegedly strangled the teenager in Navi Mumbai after a plan to extort Rs 2 crore from his family as ransom went awry and the police got wind of the kidnapping. Patrawala's body was found near his car in the marsh by Palm beach Road, Nerul, Navi Mumbai.
The entire judgement, along with the reasons for the acquittals, will be available only after the judge releases the document. Special public prosecutor Ujwal Nikam was not present in court on Monday.
Though Patrawala's parents were not in court on Monday, they were keenly involved in all aspects of the case. Patrawala's father Aslam said, "We are in deep shock after hearing the judgment. Justice has been denied to us. It was a clear case for conviction, but I don't know what went wrong. After discussing the details with the special public prosecutor, we will decide our further course of action."
Bhat, when asked for his reaction outside the court after his acquittal, told "I am very relieved. It hasn't sunk in yet."
During the trial, the prosecution examined about 25 witnesses, of whom one turned hostile. The case was largely based on circumstantial evidence, which the prosecution dubbed as "strong". According to the prosecution, two key witnesses were a man who had seen the victim in a drowsy condition in the company of the accused on the night of the kidnapping and another man who heard the conspiracy being hatched.
The defence had argued that there were several lapses in the investigation. Chavan told "The court rejected the witness's claim that he had heard the accused hatching the plan to kidnap Adnan in a shopping mall. The entire chain of circumstance is required to establish that the evidence is of believable and cogent nature, and this is lacking. The prosecution has failed to prove the case beyond a shadow of reasonable doubt." Chavan further stated that the court raised questions on the prosecution's claims about the recovery of the body.
A fifth accused, who is a minor, is still to stand trial in a juvenilecourt for the murder that unfolded during a weekend in August 2007. The observations of the sessions
The judgment was pronounced in-camera without the media present. The entire judgment was not read out. Even the families of the accused were not allowed in court when the judgment was pronounced.
Nair's defence lawyer Ashish Chavan, who was present in court during the pronouncement, said, "The court has rubbished the conspiracy theories by the prosecution. With the chain of circumstances not being proved in court, the case has gone in favour of the defence."
The prosecution had alleged that on the night of August 18 and on August 19, Nair, Bhat, Dhariya, Kaushal and a minor had kidnapped Adnan, the son of a Lokhandwala businessman. They drove off with him from Malad's Inorbit mall and allegedly strangled the teenager in Navi Mumbai after a plan to extort Rs 2 crore from his family as ransom went awry and the police got wind of the kidnapping. Patrawala's body was found near his car in the marsh by Palm beach Road, Nerul, Navi Mumbai.
The entire judgement, along with the reasons for the acquittals, will be available only after the judge releases the document. Special public prosecutor Ujwal Nikam was not present in court on Monday.
Though Patrawala's parents were not in court on Monday, they were keenly involved in all aspects of the case. Patrawala's father Aslam said, "We are in deep shock after hearing the judgment. Justice has been denied to us. It was a clear case for conviction, but I don't know what went wrong. After discussing the details with the special public prosecutor, we will decide our further course of action."
Bhat, when asked for his reaction outside the court after his acquittal, told "I am very relieved. It hasn't sunk in yet."
During the trial, the prosecution examined about 25 witnesses, of whom one turned hostile. The case was largely based on circumstantial evidence, which the prosecution dubbed as "strong". According to the prosecution, two key witnesses were a man who had seen the victim in a drowsy condition in the company of the accused on the night of the kidnapping and another man who heard the conspiracy being hatched.
The defence had argued that there were several lapses in the investigation. Chavan told "The court rejected the witness's claim that he had heard the accused hatching the plan to kidnap Adnan in a shopping mall. The entire chain of circumstance is required to establish that the evidence is of believable and cogent nature, and this is lacking. The prosecution has failed to prove the case beyond a shadow of reasonable doubt." Chavan further stated that the court raised questions on the prosecution's claims about the recovery of the body.
A fifth accused, who is a minor, is still to stand trial in a juvenilecourt for the murder that unfolded during a weekend in August 2007. The observations of the sessions
court will be taken into consideration then.
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