India has already become a Nation which is globally known as a Nation of Hatred and Injustice today. In the recent past, specifically since Narendra Modi has become the Prime Minister of the India, the democratic republic in the world, is losing it's reputation as one of the most prosperous, glorious, culturally diverse heritage and history, India is nowhere to possess that Identity, as it had been known as one of a very few Countries for it's unity in diversity. In India, billions of people from different caste, creed, religion, faith, language, tradition have been living, working in harmony, cooperating each other.
But two of the latest verdicts both of which have come in August, 2019 under Modi regime will be enough for you to know the truth about Modi's new India.
Case #1. Verdict on 14/08/2019
Two years after Haryana dairy farmer Pehlu Khan was allegedly lynched by a mob of cow vigilantes on the Jaipur-Delhi National Highway, a sessions court in Alwar on August 14, 2019 acquitted all six persons accused of beating him to death, while giving them the benefit of the doubt. The April 1, 2017, incident, caught on camera, videos of which are still available on YouTube, had sparked nationwide outrage.
Additional district & sessions judge Sarita Swami pronounced the judgment in a packed courtroom in the presence of the accused, who were earlier released on bail at various stages during the trial. Three other accused, who are minors, are facing proceedings as children in conflict with law in Alwar’s Juvenile Justice Board.
The trial had concluded on August 7 after the completion of arguments of prosecution and defence. Forty-four witnesses, including Khan’s two sons Irshad and Aarif, had deposed in the case, registered under Sections 302 (murder), 147 (rioting) and 341 (wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal Code. The chargesheet was submitted in a court in Behror, but the trial was later shifted to Alwar.
Khan, 55, and his sons were transporting cows, after purchasing them in a cattle fair in Jaipur, to their hometown Nuh in Haryana, when they were waylaid near Behror by the self-styled cow vigilantes and beaten up on the accusation of smuggling cattle. Khan died of his injuries in a hospital after two days.
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 celebrated the verdict.
The court also found contradictions in the cause of death, as due to heart attack and injuries inflicted during the attack. The man who recorded the video on his mobile phone did not testify, which created doubts about the identity of the accused.
In 2017, the CID-CB had given a clean chit to six persons who were named as accused in the case on the basis of Khan's statement before his death. The investigating agency had found after examining the mobile phone records and the statement of a cow shelter caretaker that they were not present on the spot. The six accused acquitted on Wednesday were arraigned afterwards.
After registering the murder case, the police had also lodged the cases with the cow smuggling charges against Khan, his sons and other companions. The Congress government faced criticism recently after a charge-sheet, filed against Irshad, Aarif and a truck operator Khan Mohammed, also named Khan as an accused even after his death.
The judgment has come barely nine days after the State Assembly passed a Bill against mob lynching on August 5, making Rajasthan the second State after Manipur to have a dedicated legislation that criminalises lynching as a special offence. After Khan's alleged murder, the State has witnessed several incidents of similar nature. The Bill has made lynching punishable with life sentence and a fine up to Rs.5 lakh.
Case #2. Verdict on 25/08/2019
The accused, including key conspirator Shikhar Agarwal, were welcomed with cheers and the slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram', 'Bharat Mata ki Jai', and 'Vande Mataram'
The six accused in the Bulandshahr mob violence case received overwhelming support outside the jail as they were released on bail on Saturday. The accused, including key conspirator Shikhar Agarwal, were welcomed with cheers and the slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram', 'Bharat Mata ki Jai', and 'Vande Mataram'.
The supporters garlanded and took turns to click pictures and selfies with the accused. The pictures and videos of the whole incident have gone viral on social media. But, the govt, officials couldn’t find out the culprits even though video, social media posts are available. This explains the judiciary in India under the Modi regime.
The accused who were released bail on Saturday include Jeetu Fauji, Shikhar Agarwal, Upendra Singh Raghav, Hemu, Saurav and Rohit Raghav. As soon as the accused came out, their supporters cheered and started the sloganeering.
Bulandshahr violence broke out after a group of activists allegedly found carcasses of cows in Mahav village near Bulandshahr.
Following the discovery, a mob of around 400 people, including right-wing activists, violently rampaged through the Chingrawathi village. They set fire to dozens of vehicles, hurled stones and also fired guns at police who retaliated with gunfire.
Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and one more person from the mob were killed in the violent clashes.
Notably, he was the first investigating officer in the Dadri lynching case in which Mohammed Akhlaq was killed over rumours of cow slaughter and beef consumption in 2015. Singh was associated with the probe from 28 September 2015 to 9 November 2015.
Earlier, in March 2019, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Uttar Pradesh police filed a charge sheet against 38 people in a local court. Out of the 38 accused, five were charged with the murder of Subodh Kumar Singh, the police said.
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