Bihar government will move Supreme Court against Patna High Court order setting aside the death sentence to three and life imprisonment to 20 others in the 1996 Bathani Tola carnage case.
“We have decided to move Supreme Court soon challenging the Patna HC order,” State SC/ST Welfare Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi told PTI in Patna on Wednesday.
Mr. Manjhi said he had already apprised Union Social Welfare Minister Mukul Wasnik of the state government’s stand to challenge the Patna High Court order.
The HC had on Monday set aside the death sentence and life imprisonment. The Bhojpur court had on May 3 last year convicted and sentenced three persons to death and 20 others to life imprisonment for the carnage in which 21 Dalits were killed allegedly by Ranvir Sena on July 11, 1996 at Bathani Tola in Bhojpur district.
CPI-ML(Liberation) Polit Bureau member Ramji Rai had on Tuesday said Supreme Court should take cognisance of 1996 Bathani Tola carnage case.
“Nitish Kumar government is involved in the larger conspiracy to facilitate the acquittal of those convicted in the case ...It is a political conspiracy against the poor,” Mr. Rai had alleged.
Keywords: HC verdict, Bathani Tola massacre case, Supreme Court, Bihar Government, CPI(ML) protest march
This is not new to the dalits now..it has become order of the day. Most SHOCKING is the court's comment and decline to accept the eye witness testimony saying that if the eye witness was present during the massacre he too would have been killed.
Is this justice or a mockery on the wounds of the victims? It puts serious questions on the functioning of our judicial system. Just think of the wider implications of the verdict as it'll provide more courage to those who will be mobilize by the fact that a Judicial Institution of such a high stature that acquits the perprators of such a barbaric crime against the humanity. The killing of such a large numbers is a case of grave violation of the human rights. "lack of evidence" becomes the only ground against such a barbaric act. Is the Law working against the humanity who plainly wash-off the crime but working theoretically & could not approach the pragmatic ends. If lack of evidence is the ground why don't court allow for sufficient collection of "evidences" that lie wide open in the sky.
Its a injustice with the Dalits and the poor people of the Bihar Government.This government do not want to give justice
I wonder how different courts in our our country come up with diametrically opposite verdicts while interpreting the same law.
it is big flop show of indian justice,65 killed no one punished, what hypocracy of justice system after 17 years,,justice delay and denied is biggest crime,,
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