THERE IS NO PROOF THAT ADVANI & CO INCITED ANY VIOLENCE
Even if the conspiracy charge were to fail, the defendant could have been convicted of forming an illegal assembly, rioting, inciting communal hatred, making claims detrimental to national integration, insulting religious sentiments, causing serious injury, and obstructing servants. public.
However, the finding that Ashok Singhal was actually trying to stop the kar sevaks was taken as an indication that none of the defendants wanted the mosque demolished. As none of them had realized that the kar sevaks had initiated the demolition of the mosque, given all the confusion, it could not be said that they had played any role in creating the illegal assembly that brought down the Babri Masjid.
While there was evidence, including audio evidence, that the kar sevaks had yelled inflammatory slogans such as ‘mandir vahi banayenge’ and ‘tel lagavo Dabur ka, naam mitaon Babar ka’, the court found that there was no evidence that the defendant had raised none of these slogans.
Also, no unedited recordings of speeches were brought to court, so it was unclear “which defendant gave which speech” that day.
(With input from Live Law, The Hindu, and tweets from journalist Aneesha Mathur).
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