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2022 Khargone communal violence: 11 accused acquitted by court as prosecution case collapses
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The Indian Express
The case arose from the communal violence that erupted in Khargone on April 10, 2022 during Ram Navami processions.
Even after they were declared hostile, “the prosecution derived no benefit, and no substantive fact implicating the accused persons came on record.”
The court concluded that “the involvement of the accused persons in the offence is neither disclosed nor proved in any manner”.
Story continues below this adThe court identified several investigative lapses that further weakened the prosecution.
The judgment questioned how police had implicated all 11 accused in the first place.