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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas for cancellation of bail to one of the accused in the case related to beheading of Kanhaiya Lal, an Udaipur tailor in 2022.
A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma refused to interfere with the Rajasthan High Court order granting bail to Mohammed Javed on pleas filed by the National Investigation Agency and Yash Teli, the son of the deceased.
Teli's lawyer had contended that the role of Javed is very serious as he gave information about the whereabouts and presence of the deceased to the assailants.
He submitted that the high court was not correct in granting bail to him without delving deep into the gravity of the offence.
The plea submitted that the murder was committed in a communally surcharged atmosphere across the country.
The petition claimed the prime accused had gathered themselves, prepared to commit the murder, collected weapons, conducted a recce and planted Javed to inform about the whereabouts of the deceased.
According to the NIA, the accused Javed worked in a shop near Lal’s shop and gave his whereabouts at the time of the crime to the assailants.
Lal was beheaded at his shop in the busy Hathipole area of Udaipur on June 28, 2022, by two cleaver-wielding men for allegedly supporting a social media post in favour of BJP leader Nupur Sharma. The two accused, Mohammad Riyaz and Mohammad Gause, had also made a video of the act and posted it online, sending shockwaves across the country.