Raipur, January 06: Rights activist Binayak Sen has challenged in Chhattisgarh High Court the life sentence given to him by a local court after being convicted for sedition and links with Maoists, saying his involvement in the alleged crime was not proved beyond reasonable doubt.
58-yer-old Sen’s counsel Mahendra Dubey filed an appeal against his conviction yesterday, contending that after a thorough examination of the lower court’s judgement it has become clear his involvement in the alleged crime was not proved beyond reasonable doubt.
“Circumstantial evidence, which form the basis of the judgement, lack cohesion and arguments of the defence were ignored,” Dubey said in the petition challenging the December 24 order of Additional District and Sessions Judge B P Verma.
Dubey further said, “The lower court neither properly followed the procedure laid down for trial of criminal offences nor explained the evidence adduced in accordance with law.
–Agencies