{"id":53138,"date":"2018-06-15T11:25:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T05:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53138"},"modified":"2018-06-15T11:25:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T05:55:47","slug":"hc-issues-notice-to-state-government-in-assam-lynching-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-issues-notice-to-state-government-in-assam-lynching-case","title":{"rendered":"HC issues notice to state government in Assam lynching case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Guwahati:<\/b>\u00a0In Assam&#8217;s Karbi Anglong district, the Gauhati High Court has issued notices to state government officials asking them to apprise it of steps taken to nab the culprits in lynching incident.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Assam-lynching-1024x637.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" data-attachment-id=\"53140\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-issues-notice-to-state-government-in-assam-lynching-case\/assam-lynching-1024x637\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Assam-lynching-1024x637.jpg?fit=1024%2C637&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,637\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Assam-lynching-1024&amp;#215;637\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Assam-lynching-1024x637.jpg?fit=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Assam-lynching-1024x637.jpg?fit=640%2C398&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-53140\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Assam-lynching-1024x637.jpg?resize=300%2C187&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Assam-lynching-1024x637.jpg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Assam-lynching-1024x637.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Assam-lynching-1024x637.jpg?resize=768%2C478&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Assam-lynching-1024x637.jpg?resize=1024%2C637&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA division bench, comprising Chief Justice Ajit Singh and Justice Achintya Malla Bujorbarua, which took suo motu cognisance of the incident in which two friends were beaten to death by a mob, observed that the state is under a constitutional obligation to protect the lives of its residents, and sadly in this case, it has failed to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Nilotpal Das (29) and Abhijeet Nath (30) were on Friday pulled out of their vehicle at Panjuri in Karbi Anglong district and beaten to death by a group of irate villagers, who suspected them to be child-lifters.<br \/>\nAssam chief secretary, principal secretary of home and political(B) department, director general of police, deputy commissioner and SP of Karbi Anglong, and officer in-charge of Dokmoka police station have been made respondents in the matter by the high court.<\/p>\n<p>In its order issued yesterday, the bench directed them to furnish information on the measures taken to arrest the wrongdoers and also action taken against erring officials.<br \/>\nThe case would be heard on June 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guwahati:\u00a0In Assam&#8217;s Karbi Anglong district, the Gauhati High Court has issued notices to state government officials asking them to apprise it of steps taken to nab the culprits in lynching incident. 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