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Delhi riots 2020: In first conviction, 25-year-old man guilty for arson, robbery
Updated On: 07 December, 2021 04:03 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
As per the prosecution, Yadav was an `active member of the riotous mob` and took active participation in vandalizing and putting on fire the house of a 73-year-old woman named Manori on February 25 night
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A Delhi court on Monday convicted a man for being part of a riotous mob that set a house on fire during the riots in the national capital in February 2020. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat convicted Dinesh Yadav for being a member of an unlawful assembly, rioting, arson, house trespassing, and robbery.
"The accused stands convicted for offences punishable under Sections 143 (member of an unlawful assembly), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapon), 457 (house tresspass), 392(robbery), 436 (arson) of IPC read with section 149 (member of unlawful assembly guilty of common offence) of IPC," the judge stated in the order and listed the matter for order on sentence on December 22.
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