Prayagraj. Allahabad High Court has granted bail to 32 people convicted in the 35-year-old caste violence case in Agra. Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav granted bail while hearing the criminal appeal of convicts Jaidev and 31 others in an order passed on August 28. An Agra court on May 28 sentenced the accused in this case to five years’ imprisonment. This violence took place in 1990 in Kagarol police station area of Agra district.
The counsel for appellant Jaidev and 31 others said they have been falsely implicated. He argued that the prosecution had examined about 27 witnesses but there were contradictions in their statements which were not considered by the trial court. Most of the appellants are above 65 years of age and are suffering from various ailments. The counsel argued that the trial court misread the evidence and convicted the appellants.
The high court was told that the appellants were on bail during the trial and did not abuse their liberty at any stage. All have been in jail since May 28, 2025. The counsel said that there is no possibility of early hearing of the appeal in future, so they are entitled to be released on bail till the appeal is pending. The court noted that appellant number 21, 95-year-old Devi Singh has been released on short-term bail by an order dated August 4, 2025.
The court said, “Keeping in mind that the final disposal of the appeal may take some time, the appellants are released on bail without commenting on the merits of the case. All the accused were on bail during the trial. They were taken into custody after being convicted by the trial court in Agra on May 28, 2025.
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