In the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) plans to move the Supreme Court against all 32 accused being acquitted.
Two Ayodhya residents, Haji Mahboob and Syed Akhlaq, moved a revision petition before the Allahabad High Court after the CBI court acquitted the accused, including former deputy prime minister L K Advani.
According to the High Court’s two-judge bench, the appellants had no locus to challenge the judgment because they were not the victims.
Syed Qasil Rasool Ilyas, a spokesperson for the AIMPLB, said the board has now decided to appeal the acquittal to the Supreme Court.
We will certainly approach the Supreme Court since the apex court has already ruled that the demolition of the Babri Masjid was criminal,”.
According to him, “the five-judge bench that delivered the historic Ayodhya verdict called the destruction of the Babri Masjid a serious violation of the rule of law, and the accused remain out of the reach of the law.”
On December 6, 1992, a mob that was gathered by the accused attacked and burned the houses of appellants Haji Mahboob and Syed Akhlaq.
The Babri Masjid is close to Mahboob and Akhlaq’s residence.
The CBI Court judgement was challenged by Mahboob and Akhlaq in the High Court on January 8, 2021.
In its order, the High Court rejected the petition, saying, “In light of the foregoing discussion, this Court is of the opinion that the instant criminal appeal filed by the appellants under Section 372 Cr.P.C. is liable to be dismissed on the grounds that the appellants lack the locus to challenge the impugned judgment and order passed by the trial court of Sep 30, 2020. Therefore, the appeal is dismissed.”
