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MP judge faces death threats after mob lynching life sentences
Hindustan Times··1 Jul
Additional District Judge Tabassum Khan of Narmadapuram received death threats on social media after sentencing 14 men to life imprisonment on June 12 for the 2022 mob lynching of truck driver Nazir Ahmad in Seoni Malwa over cattle smuggling allegations. Seoni Malwa police registered an FIR against unidentified persons on June 23.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Judicial verdicts in lynching cases can trigger public intimidation campaigns.
- Online death threats against judges are prosecutable under BNS provisions.
- Mob violence convictions may face political and social pushback.
What's Happening
- 14 men received life terms on June 12 for 2022 lynching.
- Judge Khan received social media death threats afterward.
- FIR registered June 23 against unidentified accused.
Case Background
- Truck driver Nazir Ahmad died after August 2022 Seoni attack.
- Court declined death penalty citing Bachan Singh jurisprudence.
- Effigies of the judge were burnt at some protests.
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