All members of a rioting mob equally guilty: Gujarat High Court

April 19, 2016

Ahmedabad, Apr 19: A bench belonging to the Gujarat High Court ruled that in cases involving charges of rioting, all the members of a mob should be held guilty for the offences committed by any one of them.

The High Court announced its decision while hearing a 13-year-old murder case, in which a mob was accused of intercepting commuters, committing dacoity and even killing a pillion rider Mukesh Panchal. Six of the 12 accused were held guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment by a lower court, but they challenged the decision in the High Court.

Upholding the conviction, a bench of Justice K S Jhaveri and Justice G B Shah said, "Riots, resulting in serious injuries or even death, are of frequent occurrence in this state and cases relating to such riots require careful handling."

"A large number of persons are involved and evidence is often entirely of partisan character. There is, moreover, great danger of innocent persons being implicated along with the guilty, owing to the tendency of parties to try to implicate falsely as many of their enemies as they can," they added.

The bench further observed that the "law is very clear that if an offence is committed by any member of an unlawful assembly in furtherance of the common object of that assembly, every member of that unlawful assembly is guilty of that offence".

"Specific overt act of each member needs not be proved when the accused are proved to be members of that assembly," the bench said.

Keeping in view the above observations, the High Court rejected the defence argument on the grounds that their intention was "to spread havoc in the city".

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As seen in the picture all belongs to low and labor class or unemployed people, these people have only intension to loot the public property burglary and easy way to take money for their booze, Govt. must look in how to minimize the unemployment and keep them busy automatically problems will solve

Good judgement...but hard to implement...politicians will stand against it...they need votes at the end of the day...they will be released even if they get caught...

MoNa's hometown id burning, and MoNa is busy begging votes in Bengal...

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‘Profit’ trap: Mangaluru trader duped of ₹33.1 lakh in online App scam

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A 34-year-old fruit and vegetable trader in Mangaluru has reportedly lost ₹33.1 lakh after falling victim to an online investment scam run through a fake mobile app.

Police said the scam began in September, when the victim received a link on Facebook. Clicking it connected him to a WhatsApp number, where an unidentified person introduced a high-return investment scheme and instructed him to download an app.

To build trust, the fraudster asked him to invest ₹30,000 on September 24. The trader soon received ₹34,000 as “profit,” convincing him the scheme was genuine. Over the next two months, he transferred money in multiple instalments via Google Pay and IMPS to different scanner codes and bank accounts shared by the scammers. Between September 24 and December 3, he ended up sending a total of ₹33.1 lakh.

When he later requested a refund of his investment and promised returns, the scammers demanded additional payments, claiming he needed to pay a “service tax” first. Even after he paid a small amount, no money was returned, and the scammers continued pressuring him for more.

A case has been registered at the CEN Crime Police Station.

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Think Before You Post! Mangaluru Police Crack Down on Provocative Instagram Accounts

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December 5,2025

Mangaluru: In a significant step to curb online hate and intimidation, Mangaluru City Police have registered a suo motu case against multiple Instagram accounts accused of circulating alleged provocative and threatening content.

While monitoring social media activity on Tuesday, Kankanady Town PSI Anitha Nikkam identified the Instagram handle ‘team_targetttt_900’ for posting a hate message alongside images of lethal weapons. Another account, ‘team_nagara_900’, allegedly shared a threatening post targeting activist Bharath Kumdelu, tagging additional pages such as KARAVALI-OFFICIAL.

Several other accounts — including ‘immu_bhai.fan’, ‘target_boy_900’, ‘kings_of_manglore’, ‘team_target_boys.900’, ‘arshad_mangalore’, ‘target_ka19_ullal’, ‘team_target__’, ‘troll_tigersz_900’, ‘tr_group_900’, and ‘team_target_900’ — are also under scrutiny for spreading similar inflammatory material, police said.

Authorities have urged citizens, especially young social media users, to report suspicious pages and avoid engaging with groups that glorify violence or threaten individuals. Online hate can quickly escalate into real-world harm, and police stress that sharing or promoting such content can attract legal consequences.

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