The Supreme Court Today (Dec 20) granted bail to two more convicts in the case pertaining to the killing of 42 Muslim men from Uttar Pradesh’s Hashimpura in 1987. A Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said the two convicts have till date undergone an incarceration of over six years and thus are entitled to bail.
A Kanpur court has sentenced one of the surviving accused to life imprisonment for the 1981 Behmai massacre led by bandit Phoolan Devi. The court’s first conviction came 43 years after the tragic incident, bringing a sense of closure to one chapter of Phoolan Devi’s controversial life and highlighting the enduring impact on India’s social fabric and justice system.