Delhi riots case 2020: Court convicts five of culpable homicide

Delhi court convicts five men in 2020 rioting case, acquits two, based on evidence of unlawful assembly and culpable homicide.

A court in Delhi has convicted five men of culpable homicide and unlawful assembly charges in a 2020 northeast Delhi rioting case where a mob brutally killed a man.

The court, however, acquitted two men of all charges.

Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala was hearing the case registered by the Dayalpur police station against the seven accused.

Special Public Prosecutor Madhukar Pandey appeared in the court on behalf of the Delhi Police.

In its 63-page verdict passed on last Saturday (November 30, 2024) , the court took note of the evidence before it and said it was established that a riotous mob, armed with deadly weapons, killed Mohsin near the Peer Baba Mazar in the Chand Bagh area on February 25, 2020.

"The prime bone of contention involved in this case revolves around the question of whether the accused persons were among the rioters, who brutally assaulted the victim Mohsin to his death?" it asked.

The court said the testimonies of four prosecution witnesses left no doubt that five accused persons -- Arun, Aman Kashyap, Ashish, Pradeep Rai and Devender Kumar -- were part of the riotous mob that assaulted the victim.