<p class="title">A local court here has acquitted 12 people due to lack of evidence in connection with the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Additional District Sessions Judge Sanjive Kumar Tiwari acquitted them under sections 395 (dacoity) and 436 (arson) of the IPC on Tuesday in the riots case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to prosecution, an SIT had filed charge sheet against 13 people under sections 495 and 436 of the IPC. One person died during the pendency of the case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the hearing, three witnesses, including complainant Mohammed Suleman, turned hostile and did not support the prosecution.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was alleged that a mob set houses on fire and looted property during riots at Iisadh village in the district on September 7, 2013. </p>
<p class="title">A local court here has acquitted 12 people due to lack of evidence in connection with the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Additional District Sessions Judge Sanjive Kumar Tiwari acquitted them under sections 395 (dacoity) and 436 (arson) of the IPC on Tuesday in the riots case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to prosecution, an SIT had filed charge sheet against 13 people under sections 495 and 436 of the IPC. One person died during the pendency of the case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the hearing, three witnesses, including complainant Mohammed Suleman, turned hostile and did not support the prosecution.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was alleged that a mob set houses on fire and looted property during riots at Iisadh village in the district on September 7, 2013. </p>