No weapon, blood stains: Delhi court acquits man in 2019 cousin stabbing case

A Delhi court on Tuesday acquitted a man accused of stabbing his cousin with an ice poker in 2019, citing missing blood stains, no recovered weapon and medical evidence that contradicted the victim's account.

Principal District and Sessions Judge Vijay Kumar Dahiya was hearing a case against Krishan Godara who was accused in an FIR registered under Section 307 (attempt to murder) IPC after allegedly attacking Sanjeev Godara in Nangloi in October 2019.

In an order, the court said, "The medical evidence is also at variance with the version given by prosecution witnesses and, in total, it can be stated that the prosecution has failed to prove beyond doubt that the accused is guilty of offences punishable under Section 307 IPC."

According to the prosecution, the accused, in an inebriated state, accosted the complainant in a street near his house at night, accusing him of having his father jailed, and stabbed him multiple times with an ice poker while he was carrying his one-year-old niece. The complainant's wife and father testified that they rescued him and rushed him to hospital.

The court noted that the case rested largely on the complainant and his family, with no independent public witness examined despite the area being frequented by residents and shops.

It observed that no blood stains were found on the clothes of the complainant's wife or father, though they claimed to have carried and shifted the bleeding man to hospital.

Investigators also did not visit the crime scene to collect blood-stained soil or CCTV footage, and made no effort to recover the alleged weapon, the court said.

It further found the complainant's claim that the poker had gone completely inside his body was contradicted by medical records, which described the injuries as superficial and "simple" in nature.

Holding that the prosecution had failed to prove the charge beyond reasonable doubt, the court extended the benefit of doubt to the accused and ordered his acquittal, discharging his bail and surety bonds. - EndsPublished By: India Today Web Desk Published On: Sep 15, 2026 21:39 IST