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JAMMU: Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu Sanjeev Gupta acquitted Subash Singh Chib then Tehsildar Jammu, Rajinder Kumar then Patwari Halqa Domana, Jagdev Singh, Sukh Dev Singh, Jasdev and Shivdev Singh, all real brothers and Narayan Singh who were booked by the Crime Branch, as prosecution miserably failed.
According to Crime Branch Jammu, title to the land measuring 40 Kanals and 5 Marlas in Khasra Nos. 500 and 525 situated at village Raipur Domana Jammu was acquired by accused Jagdev Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Jasdev Singh and Shivdev Singh under Sections 4 and 8 of Agrarian Reforms Act 1976. It was alleged that aforesaid accused in connivance with accused Narayan Singh managed to procure eight different Fard-Intikabs in respect of 28 Kanals and 14 Marlas of the above mentioned land that were prepared by accused Rajinder Kumar the concerned Patwari and attested by accused Subash Singh Chib, the concerned Tehsildar for the purpose of sale of land to eight different buyers. It was further alleged that the Fard-Intikabs were issued by Tehsildar and Patwari without mentioning therein that the land in question had been acquired by the owners under Sections 4 & 8 of the Agrarian Reforms Act 1976, and also without mentioning the fact that accused had already mortgaged his share in the aforesaid land with Jammu Rural Bank Bhalwal. “Concealment of aforesaid material facts while issuing the Fard-Intikabs was intentional and dishonest for extraneous consideration as Tehsildar had demanded and accepted illegal gratification of Rs. 4 lakh through Narayan Singh for issuing the Fard-Intikabs. It was also alleged that revenue officials abused their official position and facilitated the illegal sale of aforesaid land after hatching a criminal conspiracy with the rest of accused knowing well that Fard-Intikabs of such land acquired under aforesaid sections of the Agrarian Act were prohibited, except with the sanction of government.
Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu after hearing CPO Rajesh Bakshi for the State whereas Advocates K.S Charak, P.S Parmar, G.S Thakur and Rajnish Oswal for the accused persons observed that prosecution case has so many serious lacunae. “The oral evidence is short of proving the guilt against the accused and the documentary evidence is either inadmissible or irrelevant”, the court observed and acquitted all the accused.
