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The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 introduced Friday, addresses cases when a mob of five or more individuals commits murder based on factors such as race, caste, community, or personal belief.
The ADJ Court No.1 Judge sentenced Parmajeet, Dharmendra, Naresh and Vijay to seven-year imprisonment while acquitting a fifth accused, Naval Kishor, giving him benefit of doubt.
While the nationalism preached by the Hindutva government flays colonial customs, it does not hesitate to use obsolete colonial laws like the Indian Penal Code (IPC) passed in 1860 to justify why legislation which the country needs – should not be passed.
It is not just the mob but the police officer who turns his eyes away from tense situations without "reasonable causes" and district magistrates acting in "mala fide manner" leading to incidents of lynching should face a jail term, senior Congress MP Shashi Tharoor believes. One who lynches people should be jailed for life while a police officer who fails to prevent an