New Delhi, Sept. 27 -- A Delhi court has acquitted all 15 accused in the 2012 Jama Masjid riot case, observing that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Additional Sessions Judge Virender Kumar Kharta of Tis Hazari Courts pronounced the acquittal of Imran alias Dagda, Bilal, Mohd. Shamim, Naeemuddin, Tohid Ahmed, Abdul Zahid, Shahid alias Kamil, Ziauddin alias Murgewala, Arshad, Abdul Wahid, Mohd. Imran alias Rizwan, Salman alias Rajan, Mohd. Arif, Nadeem alias Kuppa, Mohd. Iqrar and Mohd. Irshad.
According to the prosecution, on the intervening night of July 21-22, 2012, a mob allegedly attacked a police booth near Jagat Cinema, Jama Masjid, setting it ablaze and damaging vehicles. Police had registered FIR 5...