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Gujarat HC upholds acquittals in two cases, cites ‘material contradictions’, inconclusive forensics
The Gujarat High Court has refused to disturb acquittals in two separate cases of violence linked to the 2002 riots and involving allegations of victims being “thrown alive into the fire” and chased down by mobs, dismissing the appeals filed by the State in 2003 and by an individual petitioner in 2007.In a judgment dated April 18, 2026 (which was made available on Thursday), a bench comprising Justice Nirzar Desai and Justice DN Ray of the Gujarat HC dismissed the appeal filed by the State challenging a 2003 order passed...