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‘Spur of the moment’: Karnataka High Court grants bail in Mangaluru mob lynching case
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‘Spur of the moment’: Karnataka High Court grants bail in Mangaluru mob lynching case

The Indian Express·Mustafa Plumber·25 days ago
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The Karnataka High Court Thursday granted bail to a man accused of being part of a mob that lynched a person for chanting ‘Pakistan Pakistan’ at a cricket stadium on the outskirts of Mangaluru last year. A vacation bench comprising Justice V Srishananda allowed the petition filed by the accused, Manjunatha, and directed his release from custody on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh with two sureties of like amount. The petitioner has been designated as accused no 2, along with 20 other accused, and charge-sheeted by the Mangaluru police. After Thursday’s order, 20 people have been granted bail in the case, while only accused no. 1, Sachin, remains in custody. In its order, the bench said, “There are two reports in respect of the same incident, and when the genesis of the crime in both the incidents are looked into, the whole incident has occurred at the spur of the moment by the deceased voluntarily entering the cricket ground and disrupting the match that was being played peacefully.…

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