Calcutta HC orders reopening of 10 Nandigram murder cases that TMC govt closed
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Monday directed the West Bengal government to revive prosecution in 10 murder cases registered between 2007 and 2009 in East Midnapore district, setting aside the government’s decision to withdraw prosecution against the accused. The high court ruled that the accused in the 10 criminal cases must stand trial. In fact, it would cause public harm and injury,” a bench of justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi said in their 44-page verdict on Monday. Observing that the state’s decision to apply Section 321 of CrPC cannot be considered legal, the order said: “It has the potential of being misinterpreted as condoning political violence when the constitutional provisions obligate any state to disincentivize violence in any manner or form.” Defending the state’s decision, advocate general Kishore Datta had argued that the accused acted in defence to counter political vendetta.
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