Uttar Pradesh Court rejects government plea to withdraw charges against Akhlaq murder accused

A Fast Track Court successful Surajpur nether Gautam Budhha Nagar territory connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025) rejected the Uttar Pradesh plea to retreat the prosecution lawsuit against the men accused of lynching Mohammad Akhlaq successful 2015.

Additional District Judge Saurabh Dwivedi rejected the Public Prosecutor’s plea nether Section 321 Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which sought to driblet charges against the 14 accused.

The Court marking the lawsuit arsenic astir important issued absorption for regular proceeding of the lawsuit and directed for the extortion of the grounds related to the case. The lawsuit volition beryllium heard adjacent connected January 6, 2026. 

The Dadri lynching: however events unfolded

In the matter, the Uttar Pradesh Government successful October 2025 pushed to withdraw case against accused. Additional District Government Counsel, Gautam Buddha Nagar, had filed the withdrawal exertion successful the section court. The Assistant District Government Counsel, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bhag Singh Bhati acted connected the directions of the State Government done a missive dated August 26, 2025. 

The substance dates to September 28, 2015, erstwhile a assemblage gathered outside Akhlaq’s location successful Dadri aft an alleged announcement from a colony temple claiming that helium had slaughtered a cow. Akhlaq and his lad Danish, were dragged retired of their location and assaulted until they fell unconscious. The unfortunate died astatine a Noida hospital.

The section constabulary filed a First Information Report (FIR) nether Sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder),147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), 323 (assault), 504 (intentional insult to disturb peace), among others of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) astatine Jarcha police station.

In the aforesaid year the constabulary filed a complaint expanse against 15 people, including Vishal Rana, lad of a section BJP leader, arsenic main accused who helped the mob to Akhlaq’s location and assaulted the family.