PROFESSOR SABHARWAL MURDER CASE
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Student leaders acquitted in professor's murder
Published on Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 15:38, Updated on Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 01:08 in India section
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Nagpur: Nearly three years after he was allegedly beaten to death, six ABVP activists accused in the case of murder of Professor HS Sabharwal in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, were acquitted by a court on Monday for lack of evidence.
The accused were Vimal Tomar, Pankaj Mishra, Vimal Rajoria, Shashi Ranjan Akela, Hemant Dubey and Sudhir Yadav – all activists of the Sangh Parivar affiliated-ABVP, who were charged with murder and rioting by an unlawful assembly.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Nitin Dalvi, who tried the case after the Supreme Court ordered transfer of the trial from the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, observed that the prosecution has "miserably failed" to prove the case against the accused.
The professor's son, Himanshu, who successfully petitioned the Supreme Court for transfer of the case, claimed that the Sessions judge has noted in his judgement that the accused might be guilty.
The court reportedly could not convict them because of lack of evidence. His family will now challenge the judgement in a higher court, Himanshu said.
Head of the Political Science Department of Madhav College in Ujjain Professor Sabharwal died in August 2009 after a fracas in the college over student union elections when he was allegedly beaten up by the ABVP activists.
Later, he succumbed to his injuries in a hospital.
Television channels on the day of the incident had showed pictures of Professor Sabharwal being taken in a chair, apparently gasping for breath.
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What travesty of justice! Even when the whole world watched the hoodlums of the ABVP threaten menacingly, no evidence could
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Right on bro, i am with you
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what a pity the person who gives us knowledge and empower us with values of life and the same people
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Once again this only goes to prove to what extent politics has corrupted our system! needless to tell that Law
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Dear Sir
THIS IS A GROSS INJUSTICE
NO WAY THE OFFENDERS SHOULD BE LET TO GO
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