RAJKOT: Eleven persons had been sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday by a tribulation court docket of Una in Gir Somnath district for burning alive a Dalit guy Lalji Sarvaiya (25) in his space at Akolali village in September 2012.
Trial judge S L Thakkar observed that the case was once rarest of the uncommon and convicted the 11 accused belonging to the tough and influential Koli Patel neighborhood underneath more than a few Sections of the IPC including murder (302), 324 (causing hurt), 463 (forgery), 449 (space trespass), 342 (wrongful confinement), 143 (unlawful meeting), 147 (rioting), 120B (felony conspiracy) and underneath the SC/ST (Prevention) of Atrocity Act.
The court docket additionally imposed a positive of Rs 54,500 on each convict.
According to case main points, a mob led by the accused had attacked Sarvaiya’s space in September 2012 claiming that he had eloped with a woman from their neighborhood and was once hiding her in the house. The mob stoned the house and forced the members of the family to come out.
But Sarvaiya locked himself inside of the house to give protection to himself. The accused then poured kerosene inside of the house from the rooftop and set it ablaze. Sarvaiya was once burnt past popularity.
During trial, Sarvaiya’s circle of relatives advised the court docket that the primary reason the accused attacked them was once as a result of they had been in opposition to allotment of stone-mining hire to them.
Those convicted include Bhana Kana, Babu Dana, Bhikha Vira, Ram Bhikha, Pancha Lakha, Pravin Dhiru, Hamir Arjan, Arjan Babu, Gabhru Kana and Lalji Vasram and all belong to the Koli Patel neighborhood. Assistant public prosecutor Mohan Gohil advised TOI, “The court docket termed the act as rarest of the uncommon and sentenced the accused to imprisonment till they live.”
Sarvaiya’s more youthful brother Piyush advised TOI, “We welcome the court docket’s judgment however we had been difficult capital punishment for the accused as a result of that they had burnt my brother alive. They compelled us to depart our village and settle in other places.”
Trial judge S L Thakkar observed that the case was once rarest of the uncommon and convicted the 11 accused belonging to the tough and influential Koli Patel neighborhood underneath more than a few Sections of the IPC including murder (302), 324 (causing hurt), 463 (forgery), 449 (space trespass), 342 (wrongful confinement), 143 (unlawful meeting), 147 (rioting), 120B (felony conspiracy) and underneath the SC/ST (Prevention) of Atrocity Act.
The court docket additionally imposed a positive of Rs 54,500 on each convict.
According to case main points, a mob led by the accused had attacked Sarvaiya’s space in September 2012 claiming that he had eloped with a woman from their neighborhood and was once hiding her in the house. The mob stoned the house and forced the members of the family to come out.
But Sarvaiya locked himself inside of the house to give protection to himself. The accused then poured kerosene inside of the house from the rooftop and set it ablaze. Sarvaiya was once burnt past popularity.
During trial, Sarvaiya’s circle of relatives advised the court docket that the primary reason the accused attacked them was once as a result of they had been in opposition to allotment of stone-mining hire to them.
Those convicted include Bhana Kana, Babu Dana, Bhikha Vira, Ram Bhikha, Pancha Lakha, Pravin Dhiru, Hamir Arjan, Arjan Babu, Gabhru Kana and Lalji Vasram and all belong to the Koli Patel neighborhood. Assistant public prosecutor Mohan Gohil advised TOI, “The court docket termed the act as rarest of the uncommon and sentenced the accused to imprisonment till they live.”
Sarvaiya’s more youthful brother Piyush advised TOI, “We welcome the court docket’s judgment however we had been difficult capital punishment for the accused as a result of that they had burnt my brother alive. They compelled us to depart our village and settle in other places.”
11 get life term for burning alive Dalit man in Una Village
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