The court said that this act was pre-planned to take revenge on the Muslims. file | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena
Delhi’s Karkardooma court framed charges against six people for allegedly setting Shahbaz on fire, leading to his death, during the riots on 8 July. North-East Delhi in 2020, The court said that this act was pre-planned to take revenge on the Muslims.
The charge-framing process was done by Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala, who framed charges against Aman, Vikram, Rahul Sharma, Ravi Sharma, Dinesh Sharma and Ranjit Rana for murder, rioting, attack on a particular community, dacoity and other offences. Did it criminal conspiracy.
The court noted that some of the witnesses had witnessed the act, which resulted in the commission of the offense in a premeditated manner and in active conspiracy with each other.
“The sole objective of the mob is to take revenge on the Muslim community,” the court said.
The order states that, from the statement of a witness, it was on record that the accused persons were actively part of the mob, which had earlier assembled on February 24, 2020 and planned to riot the next day.
“The accused persons being aware of the plan joined this mob. He had done so by being an active member of an unlawful assembly, the common object of which was to cause damage to person and property of the Muslim community, in violation of the provisions of Section 144 CrPC, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion. , thereby leading to the murder of the present victim, i.e. deceased Shahbaz,” the court further said.
Accused Mr. Aman has also been charged under Section 412 of IPC for possessing the wrist watch of the deceased, which was recovered from him and was identified in the Judicial Test Identification Parade.
matter of Shahbaz’s deathWhich was burnt alive on February 25, 2020. The body of the deceased was discovered by a sub-inspector after Shahbaz’s friend lodged a missing complaint at the Khajuri Khas police station.
The relatives of the deceased told the police that Shahbaz had gone to take his eye medicine. caught in riots, When his relatives started looking for him, they were told by a person named Ankit that his brother had been burnt alive. The remains were identified with the DNA of the father of the deceased.