KOCHI: The Kerala HC discovered the seven accused in homicide of DYFI activist Shibin from Thuneri in Nadapuram responsible, overturning their earlier acquittal by a trial court docket. A bench of Justices P B Suresh Kumar and C Pratheep Kumar scheduled the enchantment filed by state govt and C Okay Bhaskaran, Shibin’s father, in opposition to the acquittal, for a listening to on sentencing on Oct 15.
The division bench convicted eight accused, Ismail, Muneer, Aslam, Siddique, Muhammad Anees, Shuhaib, Jasim and Abdul Samad, all IUML staff, discovering they have been immediately concerned in Shibin’s homicide.Since Aslam was murdered in 2016, HC eliminated his title from record of accused. Shibin (19) was hacked to dying on Jan 22, 2015 by a gaggle of IUML staff. Six different CPM staff have been severely injured within the assault. The prosecution alleged that the homicide stemmed from political and communal rivalry. Seventeen accused confronted trial on the particular extra periods court docket at Eranhipalam in Kozhikode for offences that included homicide, voluntarily inflicting damage with harmful weapons, rioting, harbouring offenders, and destruction of proof. HC noticed that prosecution had substantiated its expenses in opposition to the accused by presenting satisfactory materials and proof.
