MARAD FISHERMEN KILLING:
24 MORE GET LIFE TERM
The
High Court on Thursday, 16th August, 2012, awarded rigorous life imprisonment
to 24 persons and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 each on them in a case relating
to the massacre of eight fishermen of Marad on May 2, 2003.With this verdict,
the High Court set aside their acquittal by the Kozhikode Special Additional
District Sessions Court (Marad cases). A Division Bench comprising Justice M
Sasidharan Nambiar and Justice P Bhavadasn passed the order while partially
allowingan appeal filed by the state government seeking to convict 76 accused
who were acquitted and a directive to enhance life imprisonment of 14 accused
to death penalty. The court ordered the 24 accused to surrender before
the trial court on August 24.The special court had earlier awarded rigorous
life imprisonment to 62 persons and five-year imprisonment to an accused,
Latheef Assainar, manager of Juma Masjid at Marad. The High Court dismissed the
appeal filed by the 62 convicts and confirmed their sentence.While awarding the
punishment to the 24 accused, the court observed that evidence was convincing
and legally acceptable.The 24 accused were Haris, Shihab, Akbar, Navas, Shamsu,
Ali Akbar alias Ali, Shameer, Noushad, Moideen Koya, Riyaz, Ameer, Shihab,
Thajudheen, Subair alias Koyamon, Ashraf, Assainar, Aboobacker, Knhikoya,
Abbas, Ashraf, K Majeed, Moideen Koya, Nazeer and Ashraf.
Prof.
John Kurakar
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