Killing of Muslim Man During Delhi Riots: Delhi Court Frames Charges Against 7 Accused

A Delhi Court has framed charges of murder, rioting and other offences under the Indian Penal Code against 7 persons in connection with a Delhi riots case regarding killing of a Muslim man who had died after allegedly being beaten by a mob.Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav framed charges against Aman Kashyap, Arun Kumar, Ashish, Devender Kumar, Pradeep Rai, Krishan Kant Dhiman and Rahul Bhardwaj after observing that there was prima facie enough material on record to frame charges against them.Charges have been framed under sec. 143, 147, 148, 302 IPC read with sec. 149 and 120-B of IPC against all of them. Seperate additional charge has also been framed under sec. 379 and 34 of IPC against accused Dhiman and Bharadwaj.However, the Court observed that the Prosecution could not establish material with regards to sec. 188, 427 and 436 of IPC as well as sec. 3 and 4 Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.An FIR was registered on 1st March last year wherein one Monish, who got admitted in the hospital by unknown persons, was declared as brought dead.It was the prosecution's case that during the course of investigation, an eye witness namely Manoj Kaniyal had identified Monish from the footage of CCTV camera installed at GTB Hospital, who also disclosed that Monish was carrying sweets with him at the time of incident.According to the Prosecution, the eye witness had also stated that Monish was beaten by a mob with laathi/danda/talwar which also started pelted stones, as soon as they came to know that he belonged to muslim community.On the other hand, the charges were refuted by the accused persons on the ground that they were falsely implicated in the matter and that there was an unexplained delay of 5 days in registeration of FIR."In view of the aforesaid discussion, I am of the considered opinion that prima facie there is enough material on record to frame charges against all the accused persons under requisite sections." The Court said.Title: State V/s Arun Kumar @ Munna EtcClick Here To Read Order

Killing of Muslim Man During Delhi Riots: Delhi Court Frames Charges Against 7 Accused

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