India, Nov. 4 -- A Delhi court has acquitted two men accused of vandalising multiple shops during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, observing that a mob chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans cannot be presumed to have taken part in violence unless there is evidence to suggest so.

Acquitting the two men, identified as Jony Kumar and Mithan Singh, additional sessions judge Praveen Singh of Karkardooma courts said, ".it is clear that none of the prosecution witnesses have, during their testimonies before the court, identified any of the accused being the part of a mob which was indulging in riots".

Referring to the accused persons, the judge in his order of October 31, further remarked, "The accused were standing with a mob and shouting slogans of...