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Hom Karan Vs State Govt of NCT of Delhi (Delhi High Court)
Delhi High Court in prosecution proceedings against the Assistant Commissioner in the Trade & Taxes Department held that the discrepancy in the name in the suicide note is not germane to the issue in the controversy in the present petition.
Facts- The Revisionist, who held the post of Assistant Commissioner in the Trade & Taxes Department, had seized 24 cartons of unaccounted goods at Old Delhi Railway Station. For security reasons, these goods were stored in the officer’s room in the Conference Hall on the 13th Floor, Vyapar Bhawan. During the preparation of the inventory, it was revealed that the said bags were containing costly items like gold, silver and diamond jewellery and cash besides other goods/articles. Police protection was requested for ensuring the safe custody of the sealed goods but was declined.
Hence, the Joint Commissioner assigned two existing security guards from the department, namely Ajay Pal and Devender Sharma. Additionally, two more guards namely Puran Chand and Pitamber Mehto from the Caretaking Branch of the department were also deployed for the same.
Around 10:30 am on 10.05.2014, the guard namely Ajay Pal notified the Revisionist that the locks of the Conference Hall had been broken. Using his keys, the Revisionist opened the lock of the Conference Hall and discovered that the lock on the gate inside the Conference Hall had been broken, and the seized goods were stolen. On the complaint of the Revisionist, FIR was registered u/s 454 and 380 of the Indian Penal Code.
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