Bihar Court Acquits 23

Earlier this week, a district court in Bihar's Jehanabad acquitted all 24 men accused of being involved in the infamous Shankar Bigha massacre 16 years ago in which 23 Dalit men, women and children were shot dead. The accused were allegedly members of the upper caste militia Ranvir Sena, which is responsible for many caste massacres in Bihar during...

The Bihar Government will file an appeal in Supreme Court against the Patna High Court order acquitted all 23 accused in the Bathani Tola Massacre case, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Tursday. A divison bench of the Patna High Court, on April 16, had acquitted all accused who were serving sentence granted by a district court in the case.

Citing lack of evidence, a Bihar court on Monday acquitted three men sentenced to death and 20 given life imprisonment for the 1996 massacre in Bathani Tola in which 21 people, mainly women and children, were killed by members of the upper caste Ranvir Sena.

Earlier this week, a district court in Bihar's Jehanabad acquitted all 24 men accused of being involved in the infamous Shankar Bigha massacre 16 years ago in which 23 Dalit men, women and children were shot dead. The accused were allegedly members of the upper caste militia Ranvir Sena, which is responsible for many caste massacres in Bihar during...

The Bihar Government will file an appeal in Supreme Court against the Patna High Court order acquitted all 23 accused in the Bathani Tola Massacre case, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Tursday. A divison bench of the Patna High Court, on April 16, had acquitted all accused who were serving sentence granted by a district court in the case.

Citing lack of evidence, a Bihar court on Monday acquitted three men sentenced to death and 20 given life imprisonment for the 1996 massacre in Bathani Tola in which 21 people, mainly women and children, were killed by members of the upper caste Ranvir Sena.