Indore (Madhya Pradesh): In a major blow to turncoat Akshay Bam and his father Kantilal Bam, Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a criminal revision filed by them, upholding the framing of attempt to murder charges against them in a 2007 land dispute that turned violent.

Justice Gajendra Singh, pronouncing the reserved order on October 31, rejected the plea challenging the legality of the additional sessions judge’s March 7 order. The petitioners had argued that there was no evidence of firing or intent to kill complainant Yunus Patel and that the inclusion of Section 307 was politically motivated.

The case dates back to October 4, 2007, when a fight allegedly broke out on agricultural land near Kanadia Bypass, leading to registration of a case at Khajrana police sta

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