Man finds his killer in rebirth
Vijay Upadhyay / Hathras
Here is another instance that would, if nothing, buttress arguments of those who support life after death. Mahipal was 21 years old and happily married before he was murdered by his own friend five years ago. Now, "re-born" as his own nephew, he wants to make sure his murderer is sentenced to death -- through his "eyewitness" testimony.
In an intriguing incident that has become the talk of Hathras town, a five-year-old boy claimed before a local court that he would present evidence of his "murderer".
Sahib Singh Chauhan, assistant district government counsel Hathras, Mahipal, a resident of village Chhonk, had been murdered in 2000. Based on the evidence recovered from the scene of crime, the police arrested his friend, Ved Prakash.
Ved Prakash was released on bail, after which he shifted to Aligarh. Since then, the case has been gathering dust in the fast-track Hathras court.
On Wednesday, Nathiya, the mother of Mahipal brought a boy Durgesh alias Mahipal to the court and said her son had been reborn in their family as her grandson, Durgesh. She said he was her son Lakhan's son, and that he would identify his murderer in the court.
Mr Chauhan said he applied with the court to present the testimony of Durgesh (Mahipal) under Section 311 of the UP Cr PC that allows prosecution to present new evidence in support of its accusations.
Intrigued by this new turn in the case, SP Arvind, Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court (I) allowed Durgesh to be presented before court on Wednesday.
In court, Durgesh presented a scene-by-scene description of his own murder by Ved Prakash on February 28, 2000 in a rose farm. He also pointed out to parts of his body where he had received injuries in the scuffle before dying.
While the court could have brushed this information aside as hearsay, the boy also identified Ved Prakash as his "murderer", creating a sensation in the courtroom as Ved Prakash had never been seen in the village, Chhonk, and there was no possibility that he could have seen Ved Prakash by face at any point of his life.
After this sensational evidence presented by the "re-born Mahipal", the Hathras court postponed the hearing of the case November 30, when the court will determine the legal implications and the admissibility of this evidence.
Ved Prakash on being contacted said the family of Mahipal from the very beginning was trying to falsely implicate him in this case. Now, when all their attempts to get him wrongly framed in the case failed, they had brought forth this five-year-old boy as the "re-born Mahipal", whose evidence had no legal value.
Here is another instance that would, if nothing, buttress arguments of those who support life after death. Mahipal was 21 years old and happily married before he was murdered by his own friend five years ago. Now, "re-born" as his own nephew, he wants to make sure his murderer is sentenced to death -- through his "eyewitness" testimony.
In an intriguing incident that has become the talk of Hathras town, a five-year-old boy claimed before a local court that he would present evidence of his "murderer".
Sahib Singh Chauhan, assistant district government counsel Hathras, Mahipal, a resident of village Chhonk, had been murdered in 2000. Based on the evidence recovered from the scene of crime, the police arrested his friend, Ved Prakash.
Ved Prakash was released on bail, after which he shifted to Aligarh. Since then, the case has been gathering dust in the fast-track Hathras court.
On Wednesday, Nathiya, the mother of Mahipal brought a boy Durgesh alias Mahipal to the court and said her son had been reborn in their family as her grandson, Durgesh. She said he was her son Lakhan's son, and that he would identify his murderer in the court.
Mr Chauhan said he applied with the court to present the testimony of Durgesh (Mahipal) under Section 311 of the UP Cr PC that allows prosecution to present new evidence in support of its accusations.
Intrigued by this new turn in the case, SP Arvind, Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court (I) allowed Durgesh to be presented before court on Wednesday.
In court, Durgesh presented a scene-by-scene description of his own murder by Ved Prakash on February 28, 2000 in a rose farm. He also pointed out to parts of his body where he had received injuries in the scuffle before dying.
While the court could have brushed this information aside as hearsay, the boy also identified Ved Prakash as his "murderer", creating a sensation in the courtroom as Ved Prakash had never been seen in the village, Chhonk, and there was no possibility that he could have seen Ved Prakash by face at any point of his life.
After this sensational evidence presented by the "re-born Mahipal", the Hathras court postponed the hearing of the case November 30, when the court will determine the legal implications and the admissibility of this evidence.
Ved Prakash on being contacted said the family of Mahipal from the very beginning was trying to falsely implicate him in this case. Now, when all their attempts to get him wrongly framed in the case failed, they had brought forth this five-year-old boy as the "re-born Mahipal", whose evidence had no legal value.
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