Post-Babri Masjid demolition riots: SC gives split verdict; Mumbai court awards 3-month jail


By TwoCircles.net staff reporter

New Delhi: Two courts of different status, two cases related to the nation-wide communal riots following the demolition of Babri Masjid, and two different verdicts, but what is similar is the time the procedure took: full 15 years.

On 3rd May the Supreme Court of India gave a split verdict on confirming the conviction of five persons accused of murder during the communal riots of 1992-1993 in Assam. As the two-judge bench comprising Justices S.B. Sinha and H.S. Bedi had different opinions, the matter has now been placed before the Chief Justice of India. The Chief Justice will refer the case to a larger bench.

According to Pioneer daily, Justice S.B. Sinha ordered the acquittal of the five convicted persons while Justice H.S. Bedi confirmed the life imprisonment imposed on the accused by a trial court. Justice Bedi also accused the police machinery of being “anti-minority.”

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