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On December 11, Friday, a host of media reports stated that a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has acquitted all those accused of killing Jamiat-e-Ahlihadeeth Jammu and Kashmir chief Showkat Ahmad Shah.
Shah was killed in an IED explosion outside a mosque in Maisuma in April 2011 and the accused included Mohammad Abdullah Uni, a militant commander, and Fayaz Ahmad, general secretary of PoK based Jehad Council.
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The claim
The media reports claimed that all the accused, who were proceeded against under Section 512 of the CrPC, were given benefit of the doubt as the judge observed that the prosecution failed to establish the circumstances that would lead to the presumption of a commission of the murder of Shah under a criminal conspiracy.
NIA court acquits all accused of killing Jamiat-e-Ahlihadeeth J&K chief
SRINAGAR: An NIA court has acquitted all the people accused of killing Jamiat-e-Ahlihadeeth Jammu and Kashmir chief Showkat Ahmad Shah in a low-intensity blast outside a mosque in Maisuma area of the city in 2011.
The court of special judge designated under NIA Act Ashwini Kumar Sharma, in a 156 page order issued on Thursday, acquitted all the accused of the charges of murdering Shah.
Giving benefit of the doubt to the accused, the judge observed that the prosecution had “miserably failed” to establish the circumstances that would lead to presumption of commission of the murder of Shah by the accused under a criminal conspiracy. (AGENCIES)
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