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

Keywords: Jammu and Kashmir High Court, law student, Nowshera acid attack, Srinagar Court, Ranbir Penal Code, Srinagar court

A Srinagar court has convicted two individuals for attacking a law student with acid in the Nowshera area in 2014. Principal sessions judge Jawad Ahmed found Irshad Ahmad Wani @ Sunny and Mohammad Umar Noor guilty for the offenses punishable under Section 326-A, Section 120-B, and Section 201 of the Ranbir Penal Code.

The prosecution established the charges against the accused persons beyond reasonable doubt, with the only hypothesis being that the attack was committed by Mohammad Umar in furtherance of the conspiracy hatched by Irshad Wani.

The case will be reopened on August 19, when arguments will be heard on the quantum of punishment for the two convicts. The acid attack occurred on December 11, 2014, and the police registered a criminal case in Soura police station. The investigation revealed that Irshad had been stalking the survivor for a while and had previously proposed her, upon her rejection, he attacked her with acid.

The case sparked condemnation from various sections of society, leading to the divisional authorities imposing a ban on the sale of acid. 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.

Written by- Apoorva Chandra, College name – Aligarh Muslim University Centre, Malappuram, Semester- 3^rd an intern under Legal Vidhiya

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