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Mob Lynching: Rakbar Lynching Case: Hc Refuses To Suspend Sentence Of 4 Convicts | Jaipur News
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has refused to suspend the sentence of four convicts serving seven years in jail in the Rakbar alias Akbar mob lynching case of Alwar till the disposal of the appeal.
Along with this, the court has also rejected the applications presented by the accused in this regard. A division bench comprising Justice Pankaj Bhandari and Justice Bhuvan Goyal gave this order while hearing the applications filed by Naresh Kumar and others. The court said in its order that the statements of witnesses and mobile location proved that the accused were involved in mob lynching. It was said in the applications that he had been sentenced to seven years in the case under Section 304 of the IPC. Apart from this, he has been in jail for several months. The lower court had sentenced him considering him involved in the incident only on the basis of mobile location. Whereas they are residents of the local village. In such a situation, it is natural for their mobile location to be there. “On the day of the incident, when the police reached the spot, Rakbar was alive and in good condition. In such a situation, there is a possibility that he may have died due to police torture. In such a situation, his punishment should be suspended till the disposal of the appeal. However, opposing this, additional advocate general on behalf of the state government and advocate Sahban Naqvi on behalf of the victim said that the accused has been punished for culpable homicide, whereas the case is of murder. In such a situation, an appeal has also been presented regarding increasing the punishment. After hearing the arguments of both the sides, the court has refused to suspend the sentencing of the accused. It is noteworthy that on the night of July 20, 2018, Haryana resident Rakbar alias Akbar and Aslam, who were taking cows on foot from the forest, were beaten up by people accusing them of cow smuggling and he died later. In the case, the local court had sentenced Naresh, Paramjit Singh, Dharmendra and Vijay Kumar to seven years’ imprisonment. While another Naval Kishore was acquitted.
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Along with this, the court has also rejected the applications presented by the accused in this regard. A division bench comprising Justice Pankaj Bhandari and Justice Bhuvan Goyal gave this order while hearing the applications filed by Naresh Kumar and others. The court said in its order that the statements of witnesses and mobile location proved that the accused were involved in mob lynching. It was said in the applications that he had been sentenced to seven years in the case under Section 304 of the IPC. Apart from this, he has been in jail for several months. The lower court had sentenced him considering him involved in the incident only on the basis of mobile location. Whereas they are residents of the local village. In such a situation, it is natural for their mobile location to be there. “On the day of the incident, when the police reached the spot, Rakbar was alive and in good condition. In such a situation, there is a possibility that he may have died due to police torture. In such a situation, his punishment should be suspended till the disposal of the appeal. However, opposing this, additional advocate general on behalf of the state government and advocate Sahban Naqvi on behalf of the victim said that the accused has been punished for culpable homicide, whereas the case is of murder. In such a situation, an appeal has also been presented regarding increasing the punishment. After hearing the arguments of both the sides, the court has refused to suspend the sentencing of the accused. It is noteworthy that on the night of July 20, 2018, Haryana resident Rakbar alias Akbar and Aslam, who were taking cows on foot from the forest, were beaten up by people accusing them of cow smuggling and he died later. In the case, the local court had sentenced Naresh, Paramjit Singh, Dharmendra and Vijay Kumar to seven years’ imprisonment. While another Naval Kishore was acquitted.
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