"There is no worthwhile testimony to salt connecting the accused to the present offense" the Delhi Court on Tuesday acquitting a Suresh of all the charges against him involving disturbances, disasters, and being a part of an illegal assembly that allegedly attacked and plundered a shop during last year's Northeastern riots in Delhi. In delivering the first judgment on the Delhi riot case, the ASJ Amitabh Rawat observed that in the witnesses' testimony there were flagrant inconsistencies and the acquittal could be established in the case. On February 25 of last year, a huge crowd of people with iron rods and lathi arrived in his shop and plundered the shop, was registered on the basis of a written complaint from one Asif, a shareholder. FIR 102/22020 The shop owner's statement was also recorded in the matter that there have been people who inspired others to damage the shop and to plunder the shop as a Muslim shop.

The case consisted of seven prosecutor's witnesses, one public witness, one duty officer, two police staff and the investigating officer. The Court considered that "the quantity and the quality of witnesses' testimony are not the things that matter in criminal trials," in analyzing the witnesses' individual testimonies. The Court noted that Bhagat Singh, the shop owner, stated categorically that he had never told the Investigative Officer to identify the person who sacked his shop. "A closer study of the evidence shows that PW5 & PW2's evidence contradicts the material conditions of the recognition and suspicion of the accused. PW2 itself denies that the PW6 or PW7 testimony that the accused has been referred to the PW2 for identification and identified by PW2 "Saying the Court. The Court observed during the acquitting Suresh "there is no salt worthy evidence which links the accused to the present offense."