BREAKING | Kheda Flogging Of Muslim Men: Gujarat HC Finds 4 Cops Guilty Of Contempt, Orders 14-Day Jail Term; Order Stayed For 3 Months
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BREAKING | Kheda Flogging Of Muslim Men: Gujarat HC Finds 4 Cops Guilty Of Contempt, Orders 14-Day Jail Term; Order Stayed For 3 Months

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The Gujarat High Court today found 4 Gujarat Police officers GUILTY of committing Contempt of Court and sentenced them to undergo simple imprisonment of 14 days for publicly flogging Muslim men in the Kheda district in October last year. However, the order of sentence has been stayed for three months following a request from the counsel of the accused to file an appeal against the order A bench of Justice AS Supehia and Justice Gita Gopi also remarked that the Court was not happy that this day had come when it was passing such orders asking the officers to undergo Simple Imprisonment. #BREAKING | Kheda Flogging Of Muslim Men : #GujaratHighCourt finds 4 Gujarat Police officers GUILTY of committing Contempt of Court and SENTENCES them to undergo Simple Imprisonment of 14 days. In the contempt plea, it was alleged that the five victims were beaten up by policemen from the Matar Police Station in the Kheda district last year and hence, they had violated Apex Court’s guidelines against custodial torture issued in the case of DK Basu vs. State of West Bengal.

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