Delhi riots: 'Calculated attack', court frames murder charges against 4 accused

Calling it a calculated attack a Delhi court has framed charges of murder rioting and criminal conspiracy against four accused for allegedly killing a man during the riotsAnwar Hussain Kasim Shahrukh and Khalid Ansari are accused of allegedly murdering a man named Deepak by beating him mercilessly near Ambedkar College on February 25 2020 He died due to hemorrhagic shock as per the post mortem reportAdditional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat framed charges under requisite sections against the accused persons and explained it to them in vernacular in the presence of their lawyers to which they pleaded not guilty and claimed trial in the caseThe judge said By the manner of their mobilization and intent as construed from their conduct the said unlawful assembly can be said to have conducted itself for riots and other offences like the murder of deceased Deepak in the prosecution of their common object The conspiracy is also writ large by the calculated attack on the victim by the unlawful assemblyiquest he said in an order dated November 9The judge said that the most important witness in the case was one Sunil Kumar who was an eyeshywitness to the entire incident and gave a complete picture as to how the deceased Deepak was killed by the iquestarmed Muslim mob consisting of accused persons As per the court order Sunil had stated On February 25 one Muslim unlawful assembly coming from Kardampuri Pulia and shouting Allah Ho Akbar was trying to cross the Pulia Gokulpur The said armed unlawful assembly caught hold of Deepak who was mercilessly beatenThe eyewitness stated that he hid behind a wall behind the drain and saw the entire murder through the gap in the wall He also identified all the four accused persons by their names Thus for the purpose of the charge the prosecution has been able to satisfy the Court that an unlawful assembly including accused persons in the prosecution of their common object had committed riots and hit the deceased Deepak with a deadly weapon causing his death the court notedThe court said that there are grounds for presuming that the four accused committed offences under sections 147 rioting 148 rioting armed with a deadly weapon and 302 murder read with section Section 149 member of unlawful assembly guilty of the offence committed in prosecution of common object of IPCCharges have also been framed under sections 302 murder read with 120B criminal conspiracyAlso Read Republic Day violence Delhi High Court junks plea seeking punishment for police officialsUnder the Code of Criminal Procedure CrPC an accused should be informed of the offence under which he is charged The basic purpose of the charge is to let them know of the offence that they are charged with so that they can prepare a defence Communal clashes had broken out in northeast Delhi in February 2020 after violence between the Citizenship Amendment Act supporters and its protesters spiralled out of control leaving at least 53 people dead and over 700 injuredThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever