: Babri Masjid case: CBI objects to plea challenging acquittal of 32 accused persons #IndiaNEWS The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday questioned the maintainability of a petition in the Allahabad

Babri Masjid case: CBI objects to plea challenging acquittal of 32 accused persons #IndiaNEWS
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday questioned the maintainability of a petition in the Allahabad High Court challenging the acquittal of 32 persons in the Babri Masjid demolition case, PTI reported.In September last year, a special CBI court had acquitted all accused persons in the nearly three-decades-old criminal case. Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and Kalyan Singh were among those accused of criminal conspiracy and other charges in the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992. Petitioners Haji Mahboob Ahmad and Syed Akhlaq Ahmad filed a criminal appeal against the ruling. Justices Ramesh Sinha and Renu Agrawal of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court are hearing the matter, PTI reported.At Monday’s hearing, the CBI contended that the appeal should be dismissed as it was not maintainable. CBI counsel Shiv P Shukla and government advocate Vimal Kumar Srivastava submitted to the court that the appellants do not have the right to file an appeal as they were not victims in the case.Initially, the appellants had filed a revision petition against the acquittal. However, Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh had ruled that it was not maintainable under Section 372 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code, which deals with...Read more

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