When a court quoted 'Crime and Punishment' to discharge duo in a Delhi riots case
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Imran and Babu had been booked for attempt to murder and under the Arms Act in a case in which one Rahul had allegedly received gunshot injuries during the riots.
A Delhi court has discharged two men accused of shooting at a man during the north east Delhi riots in February last year while quoting from the Russian classic Crime and Punishment. "(Fyodor) Dostoevsky in 'Crime and Punishment' says 'From a hundred rabbits you can't make a horse, a hundred suspicion don't make a proof'. Thus, both the accused persons are discharged of the offences under Section 307 IPC & Arms Act," Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Amitabh Rawat wrote in his order. Imran and Babu had been booked for attempt to murder and under the Arms Act in a case in which one Rahul had allegedly received gunshot injuries during the riots in Welcome area.More Related News