The court of Saharanpur’s chief judicial magistrate ordered the release of eight, among the 62 arrested in connection with the violence that took place in the city on June 10. The court order, whose copy is with The Hindu, reads that the inquiry of the Investigation Officer (IO) against the eight accused, who were released by the court, was faulty and they were produced in the court without any proper reasons or evidence.
Mr. Babar Waseem, the lawyer representing the case told The Hindu that the judge, last Saturday, had ordered the release of eight of the people, among which four are seen in the video of the police thrashing that went viral on social media.
“Can you imagine that police thrashed these people so badly even when they had no proof against them? The cops have not listened to any of them even when they kept pleading not guilty and not having any role in the violence,” said Mr. Waseem.
