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A peculiar tribunal connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026) sentenced 5 convicts successful the 2016 Una flogging lawsuit successful which 4 Dalit men were thrashed erstwhile they were trying to tegument the carcass of a cattle to imprisonment of 5 years and imposed a good of ₹ 5,000 connected each of them.
A time earlier, the special tribunal successful Veraval convicted 5 persons and acquitted 35 others successful the flogging case, portion the lawsuit against a policeman was abated owed to his death. The proceedings against a juvenile is pending.
The incident, which occurred successful Mota Samadhiyala village, had triggered monolithic protests crossed the state aft videos of the onslaught went viral.
On Tuesday, the tribunal of peculiar SC/ST atrocities cases justice JJ Pandya sentenced the 5 accused to a five-year jailhouse word nether the provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Apart from a maximum jailhouse word of 5 years, the tribunal besides sentenced them to three-year imprisonment nether sections 323 and 324 of the Indian Penal Code, one-year imprisonment nether conception 342, and a jailhouse word of 2 years nether conception 504. All the sentences volition tally concurrently.
Defence lawyer Vijay Kumar said that 4 retired of these 5 convicts person already served much than six years successful jail, portion different 1 has been successful jailhouse for the past 4 years and 2 months, and volition beryllium required to acquisition the remaining jailhouse term.
The convicts are identified arsenic Ramesh Jadhav, Rakesh Joshi, Nagji Vaniya, Pramodgiri Goswami, and Balwatgiri Goswami. portion the proceedings against a juvenile is pending.
The tribunal had examined 260 witnesses during the people of the trial.
The incidental occurred astatine Mota Samadhiyala colony adjacent Una municipality of Gir-Somnath territory connected July 11, 2016, erstwhile 4 Dalit youths, arsenic portion of their accepted profession, were skinning the carcass of a cattle that had died earlier successful immoderate different village.
The accused, self-proclaimed cattle vigilantes, flogged the youths, who were past illegally enactment successful the lockup and thrashed by constabulary unit arsenic well.
It was alleged that the 4 Dalits were thrashed for astir 4-5 hours. Police allegedly connived with the perpetrators and forged immoderate FIR-related documents to assistance them.
Villagers from adjacent areas had attempted to rescue the Dalit youths, but were threatened by the accused. The villagers past called the constabulary power rooms successful Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad.
