Ramnarayan's advocate brother Ramprasad Gupta filed a petition in the high court, saying, "The sessions court order acquitting Sharma is erroneous under law.u00a0

There is evidence against Sharma." The sessions court had last month acquitted Sharma after observing that there is no direct or circumstantial evidence to show his involvement in the case. The court, however, convicted 21 persons, including 13 policemen, and sentenced them to life imprisonment on charge of murder.