Riddle of the famous Geetanjali murder case: Brother’s testimony, due to which the game was turned, parents including former judge acquitted

Panchkula. The special CBI court acquitted former CJM Ravneet Garg and his parents in the famous Geetanjali murder case of Gurgaon, Haryana. The court gave its verdict on Tuesday in this 12 year old case. It is noteworthy that in the year 2013, former CJM Ravneet Garg, posted in Gurgaon, was accused of murder of his wife Geetanjali and later a case of dowry death was made instead of murder.

Lawyer Advocate Manveer Rathi said that former CJM Ravneet Garg and his parents were accused of murdering his wife Geetanjali and the case was handed over to the CBI. Now the special CBI court has acquitted all three accused. The allegations have not been proved in the court. Three lawyers representing the former judge said in their arguments that 28-year-old Geetanjali was normal a day before her death and was talking perfectly even while talking to the family. She had never even filed a case of dowry harassment. Also, it was argued in the court that when the incident took place, the accused, former judge Ravneet Garg, was present in a video conference of judicial officers.

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On July 17, 2013, Geetanjali Garg’s body was found in the house. Geetanjali, a resident of Panchkula, had two daughters. Geetanjali’s body was found in the police line in Gurugram and her body was hit by four bullets. The licensed revolver of her husband, former judge Ravneet Garg, was found near the dead body. This case had made a lot of headlines because the matter was high profile and related to the judge. In this case, the local police had earlier investigated the suspicion of suicide. But when the matter gained momentum, the investigation was handed over to CBI in August 2013. In the year 2013, the charge sheet of the case was filed and CBI had removed Section 302 in its charge sheet and prosecuted only the case of dowry death and conspiracy.

Timeline of Gitanjali Murder

1. On July 17, 2017, Geetanjali’s body was found near the police lines in Gurugram. A pistol was also recovered near the body, which belonged to her husband.
2. Geetanjali’s post-mortem on July 18, 2013 revealed that she had been hit by three bullets. Then SIT was formed.
3. On July 19 and 20, a case of murder was registered against former judge Ravneet Garg, his mother Rachna Garg and father KK Garg. Gitanjali’s brother Pradeep Aggarwal had also filed a complaint of dowry harassment.
4. On July 20, 2013, SIT interrogated former judge Ravneet Garg for four hours. However, he was not arrested.
5. On July 21, 2013, SIT’s search operation in CJM’s house, statements of cousin sister Hina, mother Rachna Garg were recorded and then CJM’s mobile, laptop, gun license and 19 bullets were recovered from the house.
6. After the matter gained momentum on July 23, the Hooda government of Haryana handed over the investigation of Geetanjali murder case to the CBI and on July 24, the then Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda wrote a letter to the Centre.
7. On July 26, the CBI team met the SIT and took information about the case.
8. On September 6, 2016, CBI arrested former judge Ravneet Garg and he remained in jail till 2018.

Brother was the one who became vocal with his statements
It is noteworthy that during the testimony in the court in this case, Gitanjali’s brother Pradeep Aggarwal had retracted his statements. He was the main witness in this case and his reversal was a big blow to the case. In his statement in July 2018, the brother had said that Ravneet had never misbehaved with Geetanjali nor harassed her for dowry. Besides, the accused husband had never even demanded a flat and a car.

Poly graph and brainmap test was also done.

In this case, the police had also conducted polygraph and brain mapping test of former judge Ravneet Garg, in which nothing was clear. It is noteworthy that the former judge was arrested by the CBI in 2016 after suspension and he remained in jail for two years and then he got bail in 2018. Please note that Ravneet Garg was married to Geetanjali, a resident of Sector 8, Panchkula, on 3 November 2007. At that time Ravneet Garg was the civil judge in Kurukshetra.