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A 12-year-old boy and his father in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone has received a notice to pay Rs 2.9 lakh for allegedly damaging public property during the Ram Navami violence that took place in April this year.
Madhya Pradesh Prevention and Recovery of Damages to Public Property Act, which came into effect in January, allows the government to seek compensation from offenders who damage public and private properties during agitations. Their neighbors claim that the 12-year-old boy and his father, Kalu Khan, robbed and vandalized their home when violence broke out in Khargone on 10 April.
Though a plea seeking relief was moved by Khan’s lawyer before the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, the court rejected the petition and asked Khan’s family to approach the tribunal. The tribunal also subsequently denied the plea on vague grounds of civil procedure.