The court observed that there is no reference to any specific evidence showing the existence of a criminal conspiracy among the accused persons.
Delhi’s Karkardooma court has discharged 11 men accused of rioting, burning down shops and vehicles in the Dayalpur area of northeast Delhi during the riots in February 2020 due to a lack of evidence, ANI reported.
Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pulastya Pramachala discharged the 11 accused persons, namely Ajmat Ali, Shadab Alam, Naved, Mohd Shahid, Mohd Sakir, Nadeem, Mohd Sohail alias Soel, Sultan Ahmed, Wazid, Suleman, and Mohd Faeem. Notably, the accused were charged with criminal conspiracy.
The court observed that there is no reference to any specific evidence showing the existence of a criminal conspiracy among the accused persons. Based on the evidence placed on the record, the element of prior agreement among the accused persons and others cannot be inferred, it said.
“Therefore, I do not find a case being made out for the existence of a criminal conspiracy from the record,” ASJ Pramachala held in the order passed on Monday.
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