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On 30 September, the special CBI court will rule whether or not the accused were involved in razing the mosque
A special CBI court will pronounce its judgement in the over 27-year-old Babri Masji demolition case on 30 September
Judge SK Yadav who has been hearing the case has directed all the 32 accused, including former deputy prime minister and senior BJP leader
LK Advani as well as 31 others to remain present in the court on the day of judgment.The other accused in the case, which changed India's
political landscape and the social fabric, include BJP leaders Murli Manohar Joshi, former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh, ex-MP Uma Bharti
and Vinay Katiyar, among others.The CBI court was working against the month-end deadline set by the Supreme Court for the verdict
The final arguments by the defence and the prosecution were heard by 1 September, and then the judge began writing the verdict.Some of the
final submissions by the accused were made through video conferencing.Issuing the order on Wednesday, the judge said the verdict will be
pronounced on 30 September and asked all accused to be present in court.The Babri Masjid was demolished in December 1992 by "kar sevaks" who
claimed that the mosque in Ayodhya was built on the site of an ancient Ram temple
On 30 September, the special court will rule whether or not the accused were involved in razing the mosque.The Central Bureau of
Investigation, which investigated the case, has produced 351 witnesses and about 600 documents as evidence before the court
Charges were framed against 48 people, but 16 died during the course of the trial
The CBI argued that the accused conspired and instigated the kar sevaks to demolish the 16th-century mosque.But the accused pleaded that
there is no evidence to prove their guilt and claimed they were falsely implicated in the case by the then Congress-led Central Government
as political vendetta.The mosque was pulled down on 6 December, 1992, by mobs of kar sevaks who maintained that it was built during the time
of the first Mughal ruler at the spot which marked the birthplace of Ram temple.In a landmark judgment last year, the Supreme Court allotted
the disputed site in Ayodhya for the construction of a Ram temple, while calling the demolition of the mosque a violation of the rule of
law.An alternative five-acre site has been found in the city for building a mosque.Champat Rai, the general secretary of the trust in charge
of constructing the temple, is among the 32 accused in the Babri mosque demolition case.The earlier deadline set by the Supreme Court for
the special CBI court to pronounce verdict was August-end
It was extended by a month on 22 August.With inputs from PTIFind latest and upcoming tech gadgets online on reviewcomparepurchase.com
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