Judicial Documents and Correspondence Regarding the Chandur Bisa Case

Sub title : Court Judgment and Related Papers on a Communal Incident in Berar, 1939-1940

Subject: Communal Violence | Judicial Proceeding | Berar Province

Date of publication: 1940

Language: English

Page: 125 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27440

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah | Chandur Bisa Case — Berar — Communal Riot | Judicial Judgment — Sessions Court — Jagdeorao Murder — Hindu-Muslim Conflict — Congress Leader | Procession Dispute — Muslim Defendants — Political Violence

Abstract: This file contains a Sessions Court judgment and related correspondence concerning the assassination of Jagdeorao, a prominent Hindu Congress leader in Chandur Bisa, Berar, on 17th March 1939. The judgment, delivered by Sessions Judge H.H. Clarke on 24th February 1940, details the trial of 43 Muslims accused of the murder, set against a backdrop of long-standing Hindu-Muslim tensions in the town. The documents outline a history of provocations, including religious pamphlets, disputes over procession routes, and alleged desecrations, which culminated in the fatal attack.

Description: A collection of primary legal and personal documents centering on a significant communal murder case in Central India. The core of the file is the detailed Sessions Court judgment, which serves as a legal narrative of the events leading to the killing and the subsequent trial. The accompanying cryptic correspondence suggests that the case was of interest to higher political circles, likely including the Muslim League under M.A. Jinnah, as an example of communal strife and alleged administrative partiality. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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