Ruling that he was falsely implicated in the case, Sessions Court, Panaji has acquitted alleged ‘dupatta killer’ Mahanand Naik and jeweler Ulhas Rivonkar in the 2008 murder case of Nayan Omu Gaonkar at Fatorda, Margao.
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PANAJI
The judgment states that the chain of circumstances leading up to the alleged murder is incomplete and that not only is this a case of defective investigation but also a case of false investigation whereby Mahanand has been ‘falsely implicated’.
“The evidence which is brought on record shows that the accused has been falsely implicated,” the court has ruled.
While Mahanand was acquitted of the charges under Section 364 (kidnapping), 302 (murder), 392 (robbery) and 201 (destroying evidence) of Indian Penal Code, Rivonkar was charged under Section 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property)
On March 24, 2008, a partly decomposed body is found at Akshadeep Housing Society at Fatorda
The deceased’s (Nayan) sister, Jeevan Lambhor files a missing report on April 7, 2008
Mahanand is
arrested on August 15, 2009 in connection with the crime
Mahand is accused of strangulating Nayan to death and robbed her of gold ornaments
Rivonkar, a jewelry shop owner at Ponda market, is arrested for receiving the stolen property
The police lists 52 witnesses of which prosecution examines 19 witnesses, defence two
COURT
JUDGEMENT
Not only is this a case of defective investigation but also a case of false investigation whereby Mahanand has been ‘falsely implicated’
Prosecution failed to prove how the gold ornaments weighing 98 gms changed hands and that they belonged to Nayan Omu Gaonkar
