Compensate those acquitted under UAPA, say activists Updated: Updated: No evidence produced by police against 122 persons, says court Share Article No evidence produced by police against 122 persons, says court A local court in Gujarat’s Surat city recently acquitted 122 persons arrested under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for participating in a meeting organised in December 2001 as members of the banned outfit Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). After their acquittal, some of the accused and also activists from the minority community demanded that they be compensated for being “illegally framed by the police” without any evidence against them. “Many of them spent years in jail while facing trial. Five accused even died during this lengthy legal proceedings. They should be compensated,” a social activist belonging to the minority community said.