Bara massacre

At midnight on 12–13 February 1992, the Maoist Communist Centre of India (now the Communist Party of India (Maoist)) brutally killed 35 members of the Bhumihar caste at Bara Village near Gaya District of Bihar, India.[1][2] The MCC's armed group brought the 35 men of Bara village to the bank of a nearby canal, tied their hands and slit their throats.[1][2] As many as 36 people were accused of the crime, but charges were framed against only 13. The police failed to arrest the others, who had defied their summons.[1][2]

Trial and aftermath

After a prolonged trial, nine people were convicted by the Court of District and Sessions Judge, Gaya, Jawaharlal Chaudhary, in its judgment and order dated 8 June 2001.[1][2] The court handed down death sentences to Nanhe Lal Mochi, Krishna Mochi, Bir Kuer Paswan and Dharmendra Singh, life sentences to Bihari Manjhi, Ramavtar Dussadh, Rajendra Paswan and Vakil Yadav, and imprisonment to Rabindra Singh.[1][2] The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentences on 15 April 2002.[1][2]

In further trials Gaya District and Sessions Judge Daroga Prasad designated the special TADA judge, pronounced Vyas Kahar, Naresh Paswan and Yugal Mochi of the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) guilty of involvement in the carnage and sentenced them to death too.[1][2] The court acquitted Tyagi Mahto, Vijay Yadav and Madhusudan Sharma, saying the prosecution had failed to establish charges beyond reasonable doubt.[1][2]The four convicts who were commuted to the death sentence, Krishna Mochi, Nanhe Lal Mochi, Bir Kuer Paswan and Dharmendra Singh were later awarded mercy by President Pranab Mukherjee on 1st of January, 2017. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PTI (Press Trust of India) (2009-02-11). "Death sentence for three Naxals in Bara massacre case". The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Zee News (2009-02-11). "Death sentence for three Naxals in Bara massacre case". Zee. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  3. ↑ http://m.huffingtonpost.in/2017/01/24/president-pranab-mukerjee-clears-all-32-mercy-petitions-pending_a_21661548/

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