A court here has discharged six people from offences under IPC sections 395 (dacoity) and 436 (mischief by fire with intent to destroy houses) in connection with the 2020 north east Delhi riots, while remanding the matter to the metropolitan magistrate court for trying them under other offences.
According to the prosecution, the accused had committed offences under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapon) 149 (unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 395, 454 (lurking house-trespass), 427 (committing mischief), 435 (mischief by explosive substance with intent to cause damage), 436, 380 (theft in dwelling house) and 34 (common intention).
In the last supplementary charge sheet, the prosecution said in respect of the offence under IPC section 436, there is no technical evidence or evidence in the nature of photographs and videos.
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