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Broken links, no direct evidence of encounter: Why Bombay High Court flagged CBI probe gaps in Sohrabuddin case
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Broken links, no direct evidence of encounter: Why Bombay High Court flagged CBI probe gaps in Sohrabuddin case

The Indian Express·Omkar Gokhale·25 days ago
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Observing that the prosecution’s case was based entirely on circumstantial evidence with “several broken links” and that there was “no direct evidence” of the alleged encounters, the Bombay High Court has upheld the acquittal of all 22 accused — including 21 police officers from Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh — in the alleged fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kauser Bi, and Tulsiram Prajapati. A bench led by Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar dismissed appeals filed by Sohrabuddin’s brothers against the 2018 acquittal order, with the detailed judgment being made available late Thursday night.…

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