Missionary Group Backs Five Christians Found Guilty of Murdering Hindu
February 9, 2005, 2:30 am
The Christian Post
Friday, Feb. 4, 2005 Posted: 6:55:54PM EST
This month, the High Court of Gujarat, India, is expected to hear an appeal to overturn the murder conviction of five Christians who were sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Hindu four years ago
This month, the High Court of Gujarat, India, is expected to hear an appeal to overturn the murder conviction of five Christians who were sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Hindu four years ago in the Valsad district of India’s Gujarat state.
“The matter should come up for hearing in the court in the first or second week of February,” said Attorney T.S. Nanavati of the Gujarat High Court, who is defending the accused.
“Four of the five convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code have a reasonably good chance of acquittal, but nothing can be said about the one who is convicted of hitting the murdered on his head,” Nanavati told Compass Direct.
According to Compass, the case stems from a violent clash between Hindu and Christian peoples that broke out in 2001 in the interior village of Piproli in Gujarat’s Valsad district.
Found guilty by a sessions court on June 19, 2004, the five—Ramesh Chandubhai Varli, Harjee Chandubhai Varli, Ishwar Chandubhai Varli, Chandubhai Dharmabhai Varli, and Dakalya Kalubhai Varli—appealed to the High Court on Aug. 17, 2004, for revision of the conviction.
Meanwhile, Barnabas reports that local staff of the Rev. Johnson Barnabas, zonal secretary of the Christian organization Friends Missionary Prayer Band (FMPB) - a missionary organization - are supporting the accused for the court case with their tithes and offerings.
The Christian Post
Friday, Feb. 4, 2005 Posted: 6:55:54PM EST
This month, the High Court of Gujarat, India, is expected to hear an appeal to overturn the murder conviction of five Christians who were sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Hindu four years ago
This month, the High Court of Gujarat, India, is expected to hear an appeal to overturn the murder conviction of five Christians who were sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Hindu four years ago in the Valsad district of India’s Gujarat state.
“The matter should come up for hearing in the court in the first or second week of February,” said Attorney T.S. Nanavati of the Gujarat High Court, who is defending the accused.
“Four of the five convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code have a reasonably good chance of acquittal, but nothing can be said about the one who is convicted of hitting the murdered on his head,” Nanavati told Compass Direct.
According to Compass, the case stems from a violent clash between Hindu and Christian peoples that broke out in 2001 in the interior village of Piproli in Gujarat’s Valsad district.
Found guilty by a sessions court on June 19, 2004, the five—Ramesh Chandubhai Varli, Harjee Chandubhai Varli, Ishwar Chandubhai Varli, Chandubhai Dharmabhai Varli, and Dakalya Kalubhai Varli—appealed to the High Court on Aug. 17, 2004, for revision of the conviction.
Meanwhile, Barnabas reports that local staff of the Rev. Johnson Barnabas, zonal secretary of the Christian organization Friends Missionary Prayer Band (FMPB) - a missionary organization - are supporting the accused for the court case with their tithes and offerings.
Missionary Group Backs Five Christians Found Guilty of Murdering Hindu
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