122 Other folks Accused Of Being Participants Of Terror Workforce SIMI Acquitted
5 different accused had died right through the pendency of trial. (Representational)
Surat:
A court docket in Gujarat’s Surat on Saturday acquitted 122 individuals arrested beneath Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act for taking part in a gathering organised in Surat in December 2001 as contributors of the banned outfit Scholars’ Islamic Motion of India (SIMI).
The court docket of Leader Judicial Justice of the Peace AN Dave acquitted 122 individuals arrested for being contributors of the banned outfit SIMI, giving them the advantage of doubt.
5 different accused had died right through the pendency of trial.
In its order, the court docket stated that the prosecution failed to supply “cogent, dependable and adequate” proof to ascertain that the accused individuals belonged to the SIMI and had accumulated to advertise the actions of the banned outfit.
The court docket stated the accused individuals can’t be held in charge beneath the UAPA.
As many as 127 individuals had been arrested via Surat’s Athwalines police on December 28, 2001 beneath more than a few sections of the UAPA for allegedly being contributors of the banned outfit SIMI and setting up a gathering at a corridor in town’s Sagrampura to advertise and make bigger the organisation’s actions.
The central govt had via its notification dated September 27, 2001 banned SIMI.
The accused belonged to other portions of Gujarat in addition to from Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Of their defence, they stated they didn’t belong to the SIMI and had accumulated there to take part in a seminar organised beneath the banner of All India Minority Training Board.
They stated they had been within the town for non secular and academic functions to participate in a seminar in a calm way.
