Nowshera Acid Attack: Srinagar Court convicts two for throwing acid on law student

A Srinagar court on Thursday convicted two persons for attacking a law student with acid in Nowshera area in 2014..Principal sessions judge at Srinagar, Jawad Ahmed held Irshad Ahmad Wani @ Sunny and Mohammad Umar Noor guilty for the offences punishable under Section 326-A (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc.), Section 120-B (Punishment for criminal conspiracy) and Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false evidence to screen offender) of the Ranbir Penal Code..The prosecution was able to establish the charges against the accused persons beyond any reasonable shadow of doubt, the Court said.."The established facts, circumstances, and the chain of evidence taken cumulatively are so complete and consistent that in all human probabilities the only hypothesis is that the horrendous act of throwing acid on the victim has been committed by the accused No 2 namely Mohammad Umar in furtherance of the conspiracy hatched by accused No 1 namely Irshad Wani," the judgment stated..Accordingly, the Court convicted both the accused persons.The case will be taken up again on August 19, when arguments would be heard on the quantum of punishment for the two convicts. .The acid attack on the law student occurred on December 11, 2014, following which the police registered a criminal case in Soura police station, Srinagar..The investigation revealed that Irshad had been stalking the survivor for a significant period of time and had earlier proposed to her. However, upon her rejection of his proposal, he is stated to have attacked her with acid. Irshad hatched a plan for the acid attack with his friend, Mohammad Omar, who executed the plan, the police concluded..The case evoked condemnation from various sections of society. The divisional authorities also directed all Deputy Commissioners to impose a ban on the sale of acid in the wake of this incident. .On December 17, 2014, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court directed the government to provide ₹ 3 lakh as compensation to the survivor of the acid attack..Follow Bar and Bench channel on WhatsAppDownload the Bar and Bench Mobile app for instant access to the latest legal news.