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Bombay HC grants bail to 3 Hindu men who allegedly killed Muslim, because 'innocent victim's' religion 'provoked' them

Bombay HC order makes religious 'provocation' a favourable  (via @alokpi)
Bombay HC order makes religious 'provocation' a favourable  (via @alokpi)

Alok ಪ್ರಸನ್ನ कुमार (@alokpi) tweeted: "Killing in the name of religion means that should get bail (provided you're Hindu) (and you kill a Muslim)-Bombay HC"

Bombay High Court grants bail to 3 murder accused, says they were ‘provoked in the name of religion’ | mumbai news | Hindustan Times

The Bombay high court recently granted bail to three men from Pune who were charged with murdering a man on June 2, 2014. The court held that accused did not kill the man over a personal enmity, and that they had been provoked “in the name of religion”.

The prosecution said that on the day of the murder, the fringe right wing-group ‘Hindu Rashtra Sena’ organised a meet at Hadaspar in Pune to discuss a few morphed pictures of Shivaji, late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and a few Hindu gods

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“The meeting was held prior to the assault. The accused had no other motives, such as any personal enmity, against the innocent victim. The fact that the victim belonged to another religion is in favour of the accused, who were clearly provoked in the name of the religion, and thus committed the murder,” said justice [Mridula] Bhatkar.

Keep reading at Hindustan Times (8 more paragraphs) and at the Indian Express| Desktop version

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