Ayodhya: All acquitted in Babri Masjid demolition case MM Joshi hail verdict
The case relates to the razing of the disputed structure in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
A special court in Lucknow delivered the much-awaited judgment on Wednesday in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case. All the 32 accused, including BJP veterans L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, have been acquitted.
All the 32 accused have been acquitted today by the CBI special court in the case of demolition of the disputed structure of Babri on 6 December 1992 in Ayodhya. After this, slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram' were raised in the courtroom. In a special conversation, one of the accused, Jai Bhagwan Goyal, said that after the judge pronounced the verdict, we all said 'Jai Shri Ram' to each other and shouted slogans in the court room too. He also said that we had disputed the disputed structure.
CBI judge S.K. Yadav had on September 16 directed all the 32 surviving accused to remain present in the court on the day of the judgment. However, L.K. Advani, M.M. Joshi, Uma Bharti and Kalyan Singh are unlikely to be present in the trial court.
The case relates to the razing of the disputed structure in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
Murli Manohar Joshi: “we are happy that the court looked into all the facts rhat were in our favour. The entire agitation was for construction of Ram Mandir.
Will say in the end.. Jai Jai Siya Ram"
Mr. Joshi also thanks all lawyers involved in the case for working hard on a complicated case.
Former Shiv Sena MP Satish Pradhan, who was an accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case, welcomed a CBI special court’s verdict acquitting all the 32 accused in the case.
“Truth has prevailed,” the 80-year-old former mayor of Thane told PTI, after attending the hearing through video conference.
Mr. Pradhan is now with the BJP.
“Truth always prevails. We have full faith in the judiciary,” he said.
The demolition incident was not pre-planned - Court
Before acquitting all the accused in the courtroom, Judge SK Yadav said that the incident of demolishing the disputed structure was not pre-planned. This incident happened suddenly. After this, the judge acquitted all the accused for lack of evidence. Lal Krishna Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi, Kalyan Singh, Satish Pradhan, Mahant Gopaldas and Uma Bharti were not present during the judgment.
First case related to Ram Janmabhoomi
Please tell that 2 types of cases were filed in Ayodhya regarding Ram Janmabhoomi. The first case was of a title suit, in which there was a dispute between people of 2 religions (Hindu and Muslim) about the ownership of the disputed premises of 67 acres. The first case was of a civil court in which the ownership of the land was to be decided. In this case, the Supreme Court decided on November 9 last year in favor of the Hindus and the disputed premises were occupied by Hindus.
Second case related to Ram Janmabhoomi
At the same time, the second case is of the Criminal Court, in which it was a crime to demolish the structure (which the Muslim side calls mosque) in the disputed premises. In this case, today a special CBI court acquitted all the accused.
