Riots in Delhi: However, the court said they will be charged with rioting. (File)
New Delhi:
A New Delhi court acquitted 10 accused of allegedly destroying a house by fire in a case linked to the 2020 riots in northeast Delhi.
However, the court said they will be charged with rioting.
The court heard a case in which the accused were allegedly involved in rioting and set fire to the complainant’s vehicle parked on a road in the Maujpur area on the morning of February 25, 2020.
Noting that the mischief charge by fire or explosive dust with intent to destroy the house was not raised because the complainant’s vehicle was allegedly burned on a public road, Extra Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat has dismissed the case remanded only for the offense of rioting to the appropriate court.
The case was transferred to the magisterial court because the maximum sentence for the crimes for which the suspect would be prosecuted is less than seven years in prison.
“I therefore believe that there is grounds to believe that the defendants committed the offense but cannot be tried solely by the court,” the judge said in a Sept. 28 order.
The Jafrabad Police Station had registered an FIR against the 10 accused, Md. Saleem, Mehrajuddin, Shoaib, Haji Islam, Anish Malik, Arif Saifi, Shanu Malik, Bobby, Furkan and Md. Salman under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, including rioting.
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