Madhya Pradesh: Muslim Judge Receives Death Threats After Convicting Seven Men in Lynching Case

Madhya Pradesh: Muslim judge receives death threats after convicting seven men in lynching case

Unidentified persons have been booked after Tabassum Khan faced communal abuse online and her effigies were burnt.

Life term for a 14-strong lynch mob: The order that made an MP judge the target of communal threats

Judge noted noted that offence of mob lynching had been proved, accused assaulted victims 'brutally', resulting in a death.

After convicting seven in lynching case, judge becomes target of communal abuse, death threats

Madhya Pradesh Additional District and Sessions Judge Tabassum Khan became the target of death threats, communal slurs, misinformation campaigns and effigy burning following her June 12 judgment convicting seven accused in the lynching case.

Supreme Court lawyers condemn threats to MP judge after life sentences for cow vigilantes

The Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association has strongly condemned threats and vilification directed at Narmadapuram district judge Tabassum Khan after she sentenced seven men to life imprisonment for lynching a cattle transporter

Security tightened for judge facing social media threats over life terms in Madhya Pradesh lynching case

1 min readBhopalJul 1, 2026 03:05 AM IST Police have enhanced the security of a sessions judge in Madhya Pradesh, who recently convicted seven men in the 2022 Seoni Malwa lynching case, after she faced a barrage of threats and abuse on social media. Additional District and Sessions Judge Tabassum Khan, posted in Narmadapuram district, on June 12 sentenced seven men to life imprisonment for the lynching of truck driver Sheikh Lala Nazir Ahmed, w…

Judging the Judge: The communal backlash against a lynching verdict

The conviction of the men responsible for the lynching of truck driver Nazir Ahmed should ordinarily have been hailed as the conclusion of one stage of a criminal prosecution. After nearly four years of investigation and trial, the Sessions Court delivered a reasoned judgment based on witness testimony, medical evidence, forensic material and the applicable provisions of criminal law. Those dissatisfied with the verdict had a constitutionally re…