UP: 36 held guilty in Panwari case, sentence to be announced on May 30

Agra (UP), May 28 -- A special court here on Wednesday held 36 accused guilty and acquitted 15 giving the benefit of doubt in the almost 34 years old infamous Panwari case of Agra district here in Uttar Pradesh, prosecution sources said here.

Prosecution sources said that the court of SC-ST Judge Pushkar Upadhyay has fixed May 30 as the next date to pronounce the quantum of punishment.

Prosecution sources said in the year 1990, violence broke out in Panwari village over the marriage procession of the daughter of a SC family. "Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Chaudhary Babulal was also made an accused in this case, but he was acquitted by the MP-MLA court in the year 2022. The hearing on the remaining accused went on in the SC-ST Special...