PATNA HIGH COURT VERDICT- Thus, the reversal of the conviction last week of all the 26 accused for the Lakshmanpur Bathe massacre fitted the pattern set by the HC in its three earlier verdicts. For the killing of 58 dalits in Lakshmanpur Bathe in 1997, the HC on October 9 gave the benefit of doubt to the outlawed Ranbir Sena cadres, although the trial court had sentenced16 of them to death and 10 to life. This came on the heels of the July 3 HC verdict in another massacre allegedly carried out by Ranbir Sena in 2000 in Miyapur.In this case related to the murder of 32 dalits,the HC acquitted nine of the 10 people convicted by the trial court. It was satisfied with the prosecutions evidence only against one person, Avinash Chandra Sharma. The trial court had awarded life sentence to all the 10 accused in 2007.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 03:34:35 +0000
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