India News: A court in Delhi has acquitted a man accused in a 2020 Delhi riots case of all charges, including arson, vandalism and loot, saying the prosecution fa
A Delhi court said that while the prosecution was able to prove that vandalism, loot and arson had occurred, it had failed to prove that a mob was responsible and that the accused was part of the mob.
A Delhi Court on Wednesday discharged 11 men in a Delhi riots case alleging that a mob caused vandalism, put on fire a sweet shop as a consequence of which a 22 year old boy namely Dilbar Negi died.
The presence of these accused persons in the mob during different points of time and their involvement in other incidents of riot cannot be a basis to make them vicariously liable for the incident of setting ablaze the property resulting in Negi’s death, ASJ Pramachala said.