Crime no: 101/2022

Case diary:
Date:06/07/2022

I was assigned a case of housebreaking and theft u/s 380 and 454 IPC by SHO
Shri. Harpreet Singh at about 10:10 AM.

As per information provided to me by SHO, call was received from the PCR at 9:10
am regarding incident of house breaking and theft at location house no 76, street
no 5, Aramgarh, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad. The call was attended by PC1234.
Accordingly, the SHO sent PC1234 and PC2345 to the above-mentioned location to
attend the Scene of Crime (SOC) and verify the same. Further, the PC2345
returned to the NPA. P.S. along with the complainant i.e, Konda Lalitha Reddy w/o
Konda Raghu Ram Reddy r/o H No.76, Street No. 5, Aramgarh, Rajendra Nagar,
Hyderabad wherein the PC1234 ensured that the SOC is cordoned off and
preserved against any contamination. On receiving a written complaint from Konda
Lalitha Reddy, SHO/NPA P.S. registered a case u/Cr No:101/2022 u/s 380,454 IPC
on 06/07/2022, following which the case was assigned to me. An intimation of same
was forwarded to the VIIIth Metropolitan Magistrate on 06/07/2022 at 10:20

The complaint stated that on 06/07/2022 the complainant left for the NPA Beauty
parlor at 07:00 AM along with her driver Ravi in their car. On returning to the house
at 08:30 AM she found that the house’s main door was ajar, and the lock was
broken and found on the floor. Further, on observation, she found that her Gold
Necklace of 6 tolas worth Rs.3.5 lakhs approx. was found missing and the jewelry
box was found outside the almirah on the floor of their room. Accordingly, she called
her husband to intimate the same and then reported the same through 100 dial
number.

I along with the complainant proceeded to the Scene of crime i.e., the complainant's
house at 10:20 AM to assess the scene of crime. Upon reaching the SOC at 10: 30
AM, I sent requisition to two panchas. I deployed PC1234 at the entry of the scene
of crime, who was noting the name of people entering it in a register at the
cordoned-off the front door.

The panchas came and I briefed them about the case. In the presence of the
panchas, We then entered the house that is scene of crime and due investigation
was conducted at the scene of crime in the presence of two independent Panch
witnesses by me along with photographer, fingerprint expert and forensic expert.

I noted an iron rod lying on the ground near the sofa and enquired if it belonged to
Smt. Konda Lalitha Reddy which she denied and said she saw it only after she
came home at 8:30hrs. The photographer started by taking pictures of the house
outside. Then the silver color round lock lying on the floor, outside near the front
door towards north was labeled as exhibit 1, 'L' scale and compass was placed and
photos were clicked from above and lateral position. Fingerprints were lifted from
the lock with black dusting powder, duster, brush, and the impressions were
captured in the fingerprint card. These was marked as Exhibit 1-A and photos were
clicked. Exhibit 1-A was put in a plastic zipper pouch and placed in a white
envelope along with exhibit description label. It was sealed with 10's seal. Both the
label and envelope were signed by me and the panch witnesses. Then, exhibit 1
was wrapped in paper, packed in plastic pouch and placed in brown paper
envelope along with exhibit description label. It was sealed with my seal. Both the
label and envelope were signed by me and the panch witnesses. I proceeded to
check the foot prints in the room using torch light and no foot prints were found.

The iron rod lying on the ground in the hall east of the computer table was marked
as exhibit 2, 'L' scale and compass were placed and photos were clicked. The
length of the iron rod was measured as 1 meter. Exhibit 2 was wrapped in cotton
cream color cloth and sealed. It was sealed with my seal. The exhibit description
label was attached by a thread and signed by me and the panchas.

An NVR connected to the system via a connecting cable was placed on the shelf
adjacent to the table.
I noted the description of the NVR as below;
Make: ALCON LINK
bos 082\w
Model: AL-NVR5025-2DL
Serial no: 8701747728566
Storage Capacity of the NVR: 480GB

A computer table was seen on the northern corner of the hall. On the computer
table there was a computer. I noted its description as below:
Device name: HP Compaq 8200 Elite;
CPU serial no: 10609260237;
monitor serial number: 60950-1 1991 042 ans yo
Appearance: Black Colored monitor, Keyboard, mouse and CPU

That computer was connected to a printer. I noted the description of the printer as
below:
Printer modelno: HP Office Pro 9020
Serial no: HISCH43
Appearance: White color. Connected with computer via printer cable.

I reconfirmed with Smt. Konda Lalitha Reddy if it was the primary storage of the
CCTV footage from the CCTV camera found at the entrance covering the front of
the house, to which she responded affirmatively. As she did not know to access the
CCTV footage, her husband was called for.

The computer was in sleep mode, He awakened it by moving the mouse and
entered the password. There was no active internet connection. The system
specification, date, and time on the desktop was noted. The date and the time in the
desktop which showed 06-07-2022 and 11:45 hrs. respectively were verified with
my watch and were true and correct. I asked him to show the live feed of the CCTV
camera. Shri. Raghuram Reddy opened the ALCON viewer and showed the live
footage. The date and time of the CCTV were 06-07-2022 and 11:45 hrs were
verified with my watch and were true and correct. There was no delay between
CCTV footage and the actual time.

I then asked him to open the CCTV footage between the time 7:00 and 8:30 hours.
The past files were accessed using video playback. The storage files are saved in
one GB file format and NVR had a memory backup of 20 days.

Then the husband retrieved the file for the recording of 06-07-2022 and played the
CCV_220706_0730 file pertaining to the 07:00-08:00 hours recording. At about
07:00 hours the complainant was seen locking the front door and leaving. Then a
man of medium build, wearing white shirt and dark blue jean was seen lurking and
approaching the front door of the house with a rod of the approximate length of
1meter. He then breaks the front door lock with that rod, which was similar to exhibit
2. The intruder is seen leaving at 07:33:58 hours without the iron rod and hands
tucked in pocket. This incident takes place between 07:30 to 0733 hours on
06-07-2022. On my request, Shri. Raghuram Reddy took a screenshot of the CCTV
footage using the snipping tool from the CCTV Footage being played on the
computer where the face of the intruder was clearly seen and saved the file as
screenshot SS005.jpg in the desktop. The CCTV footage was further seen till Smt.
Konda Lalitha Reddy returned and it was seen that no other person had entered the
house in between.

The complainant also told us that her marriage photo which showed her wearing
that necklace was present in her computer and she can give a printout of the same.
Then Smt. Konda Lalitha Reddy opened the marriage photo file which she informed
me that was in the computer saved in C: pictures\marriage\\mages as file
DSC330.jpg. In that photo, she was seen wearing a long gold necklace, standing
beside her husband. She informed the 10 that this was the jewellary that was
stolen. The printer on the table was turned on. Then, Marriage photo DSC330.jpg
and screenshot SS001.jpg was printed by smt. Konda Lalitha Reddy and handed
over to me. Smt. Konda Lalitha Reddy also issued the certificate u/s 65B of the
Indian Evidence Act for the above printouts.
The NVR was marked as exhibit 3, 'L' scale and compass was placed and photos
were clicked from above and lateral position. The screenshot and marriage photo
print out were marked as Exhibit 4 and Exhibit 5 respectively. Photographs of the
same were clicked.

NVR connecting cables were marked with tags indicating the ends connected to the
NVR and the computer. Exhibit 3's Ports were closed by tape. Wrapped with anti-
static material and packed in a cardboard box. The box was wrapped in a yellow
color cloth along with the exhibit description label. The exhibit description label and
outer description was signed by me and Panchas. It was sealed with my seal.
Exhibit 4 was placed in a zipper plastic pouch and placed in a white paper envelope
along with the exhibit description label. The exhibit description label and the
envelope were signed by me and panch witnesses. It was sealed with my seal.
Exhibit 5 was placed in a zipper plastic pouch and placed in a white paper envelope
along with the exhibit description label. The exhibit description label and the
envelope were signed by me and panch witnesses. It was sealed with my seal.

I along with the complainant, the cameraman then proceeded to the bedroom. Two
Fingerprints were lifted from the jewelry box with silver dusting powder, duster,
brush and the impressions were captured in the fingerprint card by the fingerprint
personnel. and was marked as Exhibit 6 and 7. Fingerprints were lifted from right
and left door of the almirah with silver dusting powder, duster, brush and the
impressions were captured in the fingerprint card by the fingerprint expert. These
was marked as Exhibit 8 and 9 respectively and photos were clicked. This was put
in a plastic zipper pouch and placed in a white envelope along with exhibit
description label. Both the label and envelope were signed by me and panch
witnesses. It was sealed with my seal.

The memory card from the investigating camera was removed. It was an 8 GB blue
SanDisk memory card with model no. B11602550284G. The memory card was
marked as exhibit 10 and was packed with three layers of packing - first layer was
anti-static foam; second layer was plastic punch and third layer brown envelope
along with exhibit description label. It was sealed with my seal.
We collected following 10 sealed Exhibits from the scene of crime:

1. Broken lock of the front Main door.

1A. Fingerprints lifted from the lock.
2. Iron Rod.
3. NVR set containing the CCTV footage of the camera located in front of the
house.
4. Printouts of the CCTV footage screenshots.
5. Printout of the Marriage photograph, which shows the complainant wearing
a necklace.
6. Fingerprints lifted from the jewelry box.
7. Another Fingerprints lifted from the jewelry box.
8. Fingerprints from left and right door of almirah.
9. Memory card from the Investigation camera.

Oral Statements u/s 161 CrPC were also taken from the complainant, her husband
and the driver (attached in the other part).

The complainant said that the necklace was purchased from Ghanshyam jewelers
on 15th June 2021. She also told that the photograph of the stolen property is
available with her in the form of her marriage photos, which were taken by Yashraj
studio. The date of her marriage being 19th June 2021.

Exhibit No 3 and 9 was sent to FSL for authentication and examination, with a
request for extract of the 3-minute clip of the actual crime from the FSL department.
The panchnama was stopped at 13:40 hrs.

I returned back to the NPA.P.S. at 13:50 hrs. The seizure report of exhibits seized
from the SOC was further forwarded to the Magistrate at 14:00. The fingerprints
lifted from the SOC were further forwarded to the Finger Print Bureau (FPB)
through the proper channel, Hyderabad including Exhibit no.1A,6,7,8, and 9
together with the specimen fingerprints of S1, S2 and S3 to verify whether the
fingerprints match with the specimen fingerprints collected from the SOC and if no,
whether any of the said exhibits matches with the FPB AFIS database.I also
forwarded the other relevant Exhibits collected from the SOC to the FSL through
the proper channel.

To verify the complainant's claim, I along with my team visited the Yashraj studio at
14:55 hrs, located at Motinagar shopping complex, shivrampallyto seize original
memory card of the marriage photos clicked on 19th June 2021, the day of
marriage of the complainant. I sent notice to Panchas and in their presence
conducted the proceedings. The owner of the studio Raj Chopra s/o Yash Chopra
readily shared the original memory card which contained the marriage photo and
also gave statement.

He affirmed that he had carried the photography of the wedding on 19/06/2021 and
he still has the possession of the memory card used for the photography with Sl
No: BP21329000863G. Further I took the hash value of the memory card
containing the file DSC_330.jpg using FTK imager which was found to be
“MD5:de41841eff28534ec7a205237ac09755 and S H A 1 :
e4234da5dafdf4d1b6o8b59810b3db32bccc96b5” which was further seized, sealed
with the signature of the panchas LW20 and LW22. The LW24 further recorded the
statement of the LW16 wherein he corroborated to the facts of the case and verified
the fact that he took the photo on 19/06/2021, i.e., the wedding date of LW1 and
LW2. LW16 also verified the fact that in order to ensure easy recovery, as a policy he
used to keep the memory card of the photographs.

At 16:10 hrs I visited the Ghanshyam jewelers located at Ekta Complex,

Shivrampalli to establish the ownership and originality claim of the necklace and
showed them the pic of the necklace as provided by the complainant and also told
him the date of purchase as claimed by the complainant. On enquiring into the
facts, goldsmith at the shop Mr. Bhaskar s/o Lingaraj, 45 yrs old provided the
required carbon copy bill with Receipt No: 1223, GSTIN: 36AAMFM104LIZA dated
15/06/2021 billed in the name as Ms.Lalitha weighing around 6 tolas totaling an
amount of Rs.3,50,000. The Bill was further marked as Exhibit No: 12, and seized
and sealed with the signatures of the panch witnesses.

I came back to the P.S. and got to know that the report from the Fingerprint bureau
and FSL was received at 16:45 hrs vide FPB Search No.2022/07/CP/719 and
TRACED PIN(s): 201303SP3456 dated 06/07/2022 which was issued bySri. Dr. S
Lokesh, Asst. Director TSFPB. The result Traced and matched to Md Mansoor S/o
Md Qhasim, age 30 years, occ: labourer, R/o House no 21, GHMC Colony
Katedan. Hence, Md Mansoor became the prime accused, who was found to be
previously convicted for similar offence u/s 380 in 2013.The FSL report came with
positive confirmation of the authenticity and veracity of the CCTV footage from the
NVR along with the Extract footage of those 3 minutes from 0730 hours to 0733
hours in a DVD along with 65B attached with the report documents.

Since the previous conviction was for a similar offence, we had to conduct an
urgent search u/s 165 of CrPC as he was repeat offender and at risk of disposal of
the stolen property. Hence, we proceeded to the residence of the accused as per
the previous conviction details received from Fingerprint Bureau. The house of
accused was located at House no 21, GHMC Colony, Katedan. The team visited his
house at 17: 35 hours along with two independent panch witnesses who willingly
agreed to our requisition U/s 100(4) CrPC.

I conducted a search without a warrant at the location specified at 17:50 the

accused Md Mansoor was not found, but his sister, Ms. Shaheen D/o Md Qhasim,
age:25 years was present. The search in the place was conducted after intimating
Ms. Shaheen the grounds to which she voluntarily agreed forthwith, and wherein
neither the accused nor any articles associated with the crime could be identified at
the spot. Accordingly, Nil panchnama was prepared on the spot by the Panchas. I
recorded the statement of the Ms. Shaheen, in which she corroborated to the facts
of the case and stated that the Mr. Mansoor left for work at 06:30 on 06/07/2022
which also corroborated with the time of the offence. She also stated that he used to
visit the in-law’s house located at Plot No:7, Raghvendra colony, Shivrampally.
On availing the information, I asked two Pancras on call for their presence at
location, i.e., Plot No:7, Raghvendra Colony, Shivrampally. Police reached near the
in-law's house at 1845 hrs. On being a repeated offender, as he was at risk of
disposing of the stolen property and his effective custody otherwise would have
been difficult to obtain, accordingly, I decided to conduct a search without a warrant
at the location specified. Which was further explained to the Panchas and served
the notice to them. The area had sufficient lighting with the street lights. During the
aforesaid proceedings, the accused Mr. Mansoor attempted to escape and run
away from the spot. However, he was chased and apprehended within 50-60m from
the location which was witnessed by the Panchas. On enquiring about the
whereabouts, he introduced himself as Mohd. Mansoor, I verified the same using a
photograph copy of the CCTV footage taken from the SOC.

I then took the accused along with panch witnesses to the house of the in-laws. I
knocked on the door and it was opened by two people who identified themselves as
Yakub, the father-in-law and Waheeda Begum, the mother-in-law of the accused. I
then informed them that their son-in-law has committed a crime of housebreaking
and theft and the police needs to search the location for recovering the stolen
property for which they agreed. Further, taking cognizance of the fact that the
offense can be classified u/s41(1)(a) and the availability of credible information
based on a positive matching report from the FPB (vide FPB Search No.2022/07/
CP/719 and TRACED PIN(s): 201303SP3456 dated 06/07/202) from the chance
prints lifted from the SOC and also the subsequent conduct of the accused to that
of attempting to run away from the spot which is relevant u/s:8 of IEA,1872; LW 24
affected the arrest of Mr. Mohd. Mansoor after verifying with the photocopy of the
CCTV footage taken from the SOC in the presence of the Panchas at 19:20 on
06/07/2022 at Plot No:7, Raghvendra Colony, Shivrampally. Further, SHO served
the arrest information and arrest intimation to the accused and the father-in-law.

The accused was subject to personal search and no valuables were found on him
expect his clothing. The accused was questioned by the panch witnesses about the
crime, to which he confessed. Hence Confession statement of the accused was
taken, under which the accused confessed that he had broken into the house of
kKlalitha Reddy on 6th July 2022 at 7:30 hours and stolen a gold necklace, and
then hid it in his in-law's house i.e., that present location. He also said that he can
show the police where the gold necklace was hidden. The accused pointed to the
false ceiling from the front wall where he had hidden the gold necklace. The
accused climbed on a chair and lifted the false ceiling and recovered the gold
necklace from there and marked it as Exhibit No. 13.

Immediately upon the recovery of the property, I called goldsmith Madana Chary, S/
o Dasoju Chary, age 44 years, occ: Goldsmith, from Krishna jewelers in the nearby
locality to verify the authenticity and confirm the specifications of the recovered
property. He analyzed the Exhibit no:13 using the calibrated weight scale showing
the weight of the jewelry as 6 tolas and he also verified Exhibit No.13 using the
Porcelain Tile Test (Scratch Test) and Acid Test using the Gold Testing Acid Kit in
the presence of the panchas. On analysis of the procedure, he confirmed that the
exhibit was a 22-carat gold necklace. After verification of the authenticity of the
necklace, I seized the exhibit and sealed it with the signatures of the Panchas at
21:10. Further, I also seized the memory card i.e., SAMSUNG 8 GB, one side
white-red and another side with blue color, Sl No: MBSP8GVCDDW-C of the
photographer’s camera used to document the entire scene of arrest panchnama,
which was further marked as exhibit no.14. It was accordingly seized and sealed in
the presence of Panchass . The hash value of the exhibit no.14 was obtained using
the hash algorithms of MD5 and SHA1 as “MD5:
a7b2efb4457de0c771904917625202df ;SHA1(160):298ee40a63900b1287c5b8d85
f7bcbc478acb87b”

Post the recovery of the property, I took the Witness statements of Waheeda
begum and Yakub, who mentioned that they were not aware of their son-in-law's
actions and his previous convictions.

The accused was subject to medical examination relevant u/s 54 of CrPC at 22: 15
hrs where in the Medical Officer reported no injuries to the accused, the medical
examination report has been attached herewith. The accused was kept in police
custody on the night of 6th July 2022.

The diary is closed for the day at 23: 00 hrs.

Case diary:
Date:07/07/2022

At 09:10 hours, the specimen fingerprints of the accused (marked S4) were taken
at the police station to send to Fingerprint bureau to reconfirm the fingerprint match
report received earlier. Also, request for TIP was made to the magistrate.

I proceeded towards the office of Judicial Second Class Magistrate Court IX and
also called the complainant to be present. I provided the sealed exhibit no:13 to the
JMSC, who opened it and ensured the same, also labeled as P10 for the
proceeding. After which the Magistrate intimated the complainant regarding the
proceeding together with intimating Pancras for being witnesses for the TIP
proceeding. Further, the magistrate also summoned 5 local jewelry shops to
provide 9 similar- looking necklaces with golden glitter and circular pendant with
2 red and 2 green stones and labeled with Sl No: from P1 to P9. Thereafter
JMSC kept the questioned property in the following manner,

P3 P2 P6 P1 P5 P1 P9 P4 P7 P8
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

i.e. 4th from the left side. Further, the complainant was asked about the description
of the stolen property to which she described it as a golden necklace with golden
glitter and circular pendant with 2 red and 2 green stones. Accordingly complainant
was called for the identification of the property claimed to be belonging to the
complainant. During the proceeding, the complainant correctly identified Exhibit
No:13 kept at 4th place from the left side. Accordingly, the magistrate documented
the entire proceeding in the presence of Panchas and completed it at 14:00.
Henceforth, the magistrate seized and sealed the Exhibit no.13 with the signature of
Panchas together with his signature. After TIP I returned back to the P.S.
Further, I proceeded to the VIII Metropolitan Magistrate with the Remand application
at 16:30 hrs. Towards the plea for 15 days JC, the Hon’ble court granted 15 days JC
against the accused.

I therefore proposed before this Hon'ble court to obtain Judicial custody of the
accused, since:

• The accused had shown hostile conduct during the arrest proceedings as the
accused tried to run away on seeing the police, therefore had the tendency to
escape the trial.
• That the accused was a dangerous criminal, who was creating panic in the minds
of the general public by doing House Burglaries in the absence of House owners.
His activity was causing alarm, feeling of insecurity and fear among the public,
resulting in breach of public peace.
• The accused had been previously been convicted for similar offence earlier u/s
380 IPC.
• That the Report of the Fingerprint Bureau indicated due match with the
fingerprints found from the scene of crime.
• That the accused had confessed to the crime and the confession was relevant
which confirms the fact in confession, post the recovery of the stolen property
from false ceiling based on the statement of the accused.
• That there was a risk involved about the accused trying to tamper with the
evidence and further possibility of accused threatening the complainant.

As per orders of the magistrate, the accused was taken in the judicial custody.

The case diary is closed for the day at 20:00 hrs.