A man's X-ray report establishing presence of a stolen gold ornament in his stomach led to his conviction by a Delhi court which awarded three years jail term to him.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tarun Yogesh held Haryana resident Ravinder guilty of theft and said that except for his "bare" denial, he could not explain how the stolen earrings went into his stomach.
"On the basis of incriminating, rather clinching evidence proved on record by prosecution which could not be explained by accused, except for his feeble attempt by denying the same, there is no defence on record which would dissuade court from relying upon the evidence led by the prosecution.
"Admittedly, ear-ornament of complainant (Rita) could not be recovered at the time of apprehension of the accused by complainant and her brothers or by police when he was handed over to them," the court said.
"But, pieces of stolen ear-ornament of complainant which was swallowed by accused were revealed in his X-ray reports and were subsequently recovered from faeces passed by him with his stool," it said, adding that the "court cannot remain oblivious of the fact of rise in such offences and previous conviction of convict Ravinder in six cases which impels the court to record that he is a hardened criminal and there is no scope of any reformation".
Ravinder was apprehended on July 8, 2012 soon after he had snatched earring of the complainant -- Rita -- while her car stopped at a traffic light here.
The accused was apprehended by Rita's brother, who later handed him over to the police.
However, the earrings were not seized from his possession. Police could only find the stolen ornament when Ravinder underwent an X-ray examination.
