By way of PTI
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Top Court docket on Wednesday rejected the common bail plea of an accused in a communal conflict that broke out in Himmatnagar town of Sabarkantha district on Ram Navami closing month.
The accused, Prakash Pandya, was once a part of a procession that was once taken out to have a good time the competition on April 10 and he was once purportedly noticed wielding a sword in a CCTV take hold of.
The procession was once attacked, triggering a communal conflict and then FIRs have been lodged for rioting.
Justice Samir Dave rejected Pandya’s bail plea on the admission degree and directed the petitioner to way the courtroom after a charge-sheet is filed within the case.
“There was once a sword in my (consumer’s) hand. It’s noticed from CCTV photos,” the petitioner’s attorney informed the HC, including when the procession was once attacked, all of the crowd panicked.
“On events like Ram Navami and Guru Nanak Jayanti, other people take those guns (swords) along side them in shobha yatra (procession),” the attorney stated, protecting his consumer.
The procession on Ram Navami was once taken out with police permission, however state government weren’t ready to supply safety to the development, he claimed.
As many as 11 individuals have been arrested in reference to the conflict in Himmatnagar.
But even so Himmatnagar, Khambhat the city in Anand district district had additionally witnessed communal violence on Ram Navami throughout which one particular person was once killed and a number of other automobiles and retail outlets have been broken.
