J-K HC refuses to ban pellet guns in Valley

September 22, 2016 15:04

Just in: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court refuses to ban pellet guns, cites mob violence in Valley.

The court declined to ban the use of pellet guns for crowd control on Wednesday, while news outlets reported that 300 new victims of pellet injuries had been admitted to SMHS hospital in Srinagar over the last 11 days.

According to a report by the Indian Express, the court said, "It is manifest that so long as there is violence by unruly mobs, use of force is inevitable.' The bench also added that it was not going to pursue the demand to prosecute officers for using pellet guns on the grounds that no investigative authority has found proof of officers using excessive force or violating Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) while using pellet guns.

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