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Bihar to move apex court against massacre case acquittal
Wednesday April 18, 2012 07:27:50 PM,
IANS
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Protests in Bihar against acquittal of massacre accused
Hundreds of people in Bihar
took to the streets Tuesday against a Patna High Court verdict
acquitting 23 men convicted for the 1996 massacre of 21 people,
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Patna: Bihar will
file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Patna High Court
verdict acquitting 23 men convicted for the 1996 massacre of 21
people by the upper-caste Ranvir Sena in Bhojpur district, a
minister said Wednesday.
Bihar Schedule Castes/Schedule Tribes Welfare Minister Jeetan Ram
Manjhi said here that the government will file an appeal in the
apex court against the high court judgment.
"The government will challenge the high court verdict by producing
documents related to evidence against the accused," Manjhi said.
The high court Monday acquitted three massacre convicts sentenced
to death and 20 given life sentence. They were convicted by the
Ara sessions court and sentenced in May 2010.
The Bathani Tola village in Sahar block of the district was
targeted by armed members of the Ranvir Sena who butchered 21
people, mostly Dalits and poor Muslims July 11, 1996.
Manjhi's statement came a day after hundreds of people in Bihar
took to the streets against the acquittal. The protesters were led
by the workers and leaders of the Communist Party of
India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML), which termed the judgment sad,
shocking and shameful.
CPI-ML leader Ramji Rai demanded that the Supreme Court take
cognizance of the acquittal of the massacre convicts and order an
impartial probe under its direct supervision.
According to reports received here, families of the massacre
victims also expressed disappointment over the acquittals.
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