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Khairlanji killings verdict in June
PTI
Thursday, April 22, 2010 14:37 IST
NAGPUR: A High Court bench here is over with the hearings in the
Khairlanji killing case involving a Dalit family, and closed the
matter for final verdict till June 15.
A division bench of justice AP Lawande and Justice RC Chavan heard the
case on a daily basis till yesterday and said the ruling will be
pronounced on June 15.
Four members of a Dalit family including housewife Surekha Bhaiyalal
Bhotmange, teenaged daughter Priyanka, sons Sudhir and Roshan were
brutally done to death by a village mob on September 29, 2007. Family
head Bhaiyalal had managed to fled from the scene.
A special court of SS Dass in Bhandara on September 24, 2008 found the
eight accused guilty and awarded capital punishment to six of while
two were awarded life imprisonment.
Those facing death sentence include Sakru Binjawar, Ramu Dhande,
Shatraghan Dhande, Vishwanath Dhande, Jagnish Mandlekar and Prabhakar
Mandlekar. Gopal Binjawar and Shishupal Dhande were awarded life
imprisonment.
However, three other accused Mahipal Dhande, Dharmpal Dhande and
Purushottam Titarmare were let off for want of evidence.
The CBI filed an appeal against the accquital of all the eight accused
under the provisions of Prevention of SC and ST Atrocities Act as the
victims were from a Dalit family.
The CBI contended that the trial court should have considered evidence
of sexual abuse of Surekha and Priyanka against the accused. Defence
contended that main witness Siddharth Gajbhiye was falsely implicating
villagers with oblique motives.
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