Court acquits six in Pehlu Khan lynching case
15/08/2019
15/08/2019
Ravindra Kumar, left, and Vipin Yadav.ANI
While giving the benefit of the doubt to the accused, the court noted “contradictions” in the investigation carried out by the police and the prosecution’s evidence.
The court ruled that the video footage of the incident that went viral on the social media could not be treated as admissible evidence in the absence of its certification by the forensic science laboratory.
Besides, Khan’s sons reportedly could not identify the accused and the prosecution could not prove that they were the ones visible in the video.
Those let off by the court were Vipin Yadav, Kalu Ram, Dayanand, Ravindra Kumar, Yogesh Kumar and Bheem Rathi.
A crowd which had gathered outside the court building celebrated the verdict and raised slogans in support of the accused.
Defence counsel Hukum Chand Sharma said the judgment was a “tight slap” in the face of those who were trying to give a political twist to the case.
Qasim Khan, counsel for Pehlu Khan’s sons, said the two chargesheets filed by the State police and the CID-CB contradicted each other, which benefited the accused.
While giving the benefit of the doubt to the accused, the court noted “contradictions” in the investigation carried out by the police and the prosecution’s evidence.
The court ruled that the video footage of the incident that went viral on the social media could not be treated as admissible evidence in the absence of its certification by the forensic science laboratory.
Besides, Khan’s sons reportedly could not identify the accused and the prosecution could not prove that they were the ones visible in the video.
Those let off by the court were Vipin Yadav, Kalu Ram, Dayanand, Ravindra Kumar, Yogesh Kumar and Bheem Rathi.
A crowd which had gathered outside the court building celebrated the verdict and raised slogans in support of the accused.
Defence counsel Hukum Chand Sharma said the judgment was a “tight slap” in the face of those who were trying to give a political twist to the case.
Qasim Khan, counsel for Pehlu Khan’s sons, said the two chargesheets filed by the State police and the CID-CB contradicted each other, which benefited the accused.
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