Pehlu Khan lynching case: Rajasthan govt moves HC against acquittal of accused

An appeal has been filed in the Rajasthan HC against the conviction of all six accused in Pehlu Khan lynching case. The appeal has been filed by the state government. Pehlu Khan and his sons were thrashed on suspicion of cow smuggling in April 2017. He had succumbed to his injuries two days after the attack.

Jaipur:The Rajasthan government has filed an appeal in the High Court here against the acquittal of all six accused in the Pehlu Khan lynching case.

Pehlu Khan and his sons were thrashed by a mob on the suspicion of cow smuggling in Alwar's Behror on April 1, 2017. Khan had died at a hospital in Alwar on April 3.

"The appeal was filed in the Rajasthan high court on Monday," Additional Advocate General R P Singh said.

An Alwar court had acquitted all six accused-- Vipin Yadav, Ravindra Kumar, Kaluram, Dayanand, Yogesh Kumar and Bheem Rathi-- on August 14 this year, giving them the benefit of the doubt.

After the lower court verdict, the state government had constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to identify errors and irregularities in the investigation and fix the responsibility for botching up the investigation on individual officers.

The SIT submitted its report to the DGP last month.

Khan and others were on their way to Nuh district in Haryana from Jaipur when the cow vigilantes stopped them in Behror on the Jaipur-Delhi national highway.

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