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In fresh developments, in the murder case of Junaid Khan, a teenager who was lynched on a train and then left to die on a platform, his brother Mohammed Hasim has filed a petition seeking cancellation of bail of one of the accused.
In 2017, when Junaid, Hasim and two other friends were returning from Delhi after Eid shopping, they were first verbally and then physically abused by a group of people which eventually led to Junaid being stabbed to death by one of the assailants. When the train stopped at Asaoti Railway Station, Junaid was thrown out of the train and was declared dead when he reached the hospital. After Junaid’s death, an FIR was registered the next day by his family members. The timeline of events that followed Junaid’s unfortunate death may be read here.
Sabrangindia had reported how even after the attack, the shocked and injured victims received no response from the Emergency Police and Helpline numbers. Junaid was killed, and his brothers Shakir and Hashim were also injured. The brothers who survived, had then also alleged that the Government Railway Police (GRP) officials just stood by and refused to help.
This incident had sparked the #NotInMyName Protests showing resistance to the repeated violence against minorities and targeted hate crimes. Four years later, there is little headway in the case itself. According to a report in Times of India the Supreme Court stayed the trial court proceedings in March 2018, and by October 2018, all six accused were out on bail.
On July 27, the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted time to the State to file a response to the petition seeking cancellation of bail granted to one of the accused, Naresh Kumar. Junaid’s brother, Mohammed Hasim filed the petition stating that he violated the conditions of interim bail by entering Faridabad district where he was directed not to enter. He submitted copy of news reports as well as proceedings of the Panchayat where Kumar was present. It is clear why the accused was directed not to enter Faridabad as Junaid’s family continues to reside in Faridabad’s Ballabhgarh town. The bench of Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal will take up the matter on August 31.
The order may be read here:
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