Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge Aniruddha Subhash Gandhi issued the discharge order on October 13 in Pune.
- The court set aside the JMFC’s August 22 rejection of his discharge plea, calling that order not legal, proper or correct.
- Awhad had faced allegations under IPC Sections 143, 147, 149, 323, 336 and 341, along with Section 135 of the Bombay Police Act.
- The court held the prosecution failed to show he formed or joined an unlawful assembly, which requires at least five persons sharing a common object.
- The case arose from March 2016 clashes at Fergusson College after protests over Rohith Vemula’s death, with the charge sheet filed in August 2018.