'Big Win for Us': Court Rejects UP Govt's Application in Dadri Lynching Case

Surajpur Court observed that the application to drop charges against the accused was on "baseless grounds."

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A Surajpur court on Tuesday, 23 December has rejected the Uttar Pradesh government's application to drop all the charges against the accused in the 2015 lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq.

"The application was on 'baseless' and 'unfounded' claims, the court observed," Advocate Yusuf Saifi told The Quint.