87 petitions were filed for bail, in which 65 petitions have been dismissed till now
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NEW DELHI — A court in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday rejected the bail petition of 17 accused in the violence that took place in Sambhal on November 24 last year, a government advocate said on Saturday, PTI reported.
The bail applications were rejected by Additional District and Sessions Judge Nirbhay Narain Rai, who had also dismissed 18 other bail petitions on Thursday. As of now, a total of 65 bail petitions have been rejected, and the remaining petitions will be heard on other dates, said Additional District Government Advocate Hari Om Prakash Saini.
Saini also said, “We presented arguments before the honourable court that four innocent people have lost their lives in the incident of November 24. These accused used such means with the intention to kill the police, which included throwing stones, firing was also done. Police have identified the accused on the basis of video footage.
“Bullets and other items have also been recovered from them. All these arguments were presented by me in the court, on the basis of which all the petitions of yesterday and the day before yesterday were rejected by the honourable court,” Saini said.
In this case, 87 petitions were filed for bail, in which 65 petitions have been dismissed till now and the remaining are pending for hearing on other dates, he added.
On November 24, protesting locals clashed with security personnel, which led to the death of four people and injuries to dozens, during the court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid following claims that a Harihar temple previously stood at the site. — With agency inputs
