New Delhi,Dec.21 : All the 22 accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case have been acquitted.
The CBI special court on Friday said there is not enough proof to establish conspiracy charge.
According to reports, most of the acquitted persons are policemen in the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati.
The CBI special court has rejected the petition to re-examine witnesses. It said it is not the prosecutor’s fault if witnesses turned hostile.
As many as 92 witnesses turned hostile in the 2005 case. The court observed that all the witnesses and proofs were not satisfactory to prove conspiracy and murder. The circumstantial evidence is not substantial, the court said.
The special judge observed that the allegation that Tulsiram Prajapati was murdered through a conspiracy is not true.
Most of the accused, who were acquitted on Friday are junior-level police officials from Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Prasanta Patnaik