Brinda Karat seeks President’s intervention in UP government’s move to drop charges

While Akhlaq died at a Noida hospital, Danish survived after suffering severe head injuries and undergoing major surgery.”Even today, Danish has not fully recovered and carries the impact of the grievous wounds inflicted on him,” Karat said.The CPI(M) leader said the daughter of the victim gave evidence and named and identified all the accused.”In other words, evidence against the accused has been presented and recorded in the court. The case is going on, and two other direct witnesses are to give their statements,” she said.”At such a time, the UP government has taken a decision to withdraw the case on utterly indefensible grounds, such as lathis were used, not guns, there was no personal animosity with the victim, continuing the case will lead to communal disharmony and so on,” the letter read.Karat alleged that the case has been delayed by the prosecution — by not giving notice to the witnesses to appear — and now the delay has been cited as the grounds to withdraw the case.”This is motivated not to meet the ends of justice but to subvert the entire judicial process,” she said.Calling it a “politically motivated” step by the Uttar Pradesh government, she questioned, “Should the governor not counsel the government against such a step? Is it not the duty of the governor to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law?” “If such a case is withdrawn, what will be left of the processes of justice? Will this not then apply to all cases of mob lynching that lathis were used, not guns, that there is no personal animosity, that harmony requires that such cases be withdrawn?” she asked.Karat expressed hope that the President would intervene and direct the governor to withdraw the permission given.”The matter is urgent as the government affidavit approved by the governor, which was to be discussed in the court yesterday (December 12) was postponed on the request of the prosecution,” she added.



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