Pehlu Khan was lynched in Rajasthan's Alwar district while he was on the way to Haryana's Nuh on April 1, 2017.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said his government will appeal against the verdict in Pehlu Khan lynching case. A local court in Rajasthan acquitted six out of the nine accused of lynching Pehlu Khan in 2017.

"Our State Government has enacted law against mob lynching in first week of August 2019. We are committed to ensuring justice for the family of late Pehlu Khan. State Government will file an appeal against order of ADJ," said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

"The Alwar court acquitted all six lynching accused giving them benefit of doubt," said Additional Public Prosecutor Yogendra Khatana.

One of the points raised by the defence counsel in the case is the fact that the court did not consider video footage as admissible evidence.

The defence counsel in the Pehlu Khan case Hukum Chand told India Today TV that the court did not consider the video of the mob lynching as admissible evidence. "It was treated as a bogus video. The police did not get FSL investigation of the video footage done. The children of Pehlu Khan could not identify the accused even inside the court. On the basis of these factors, the court acquitted the six accused today," he said.

A representative of the Mewat Panchayat mentioned that they were unhappy with the court verdict today.

Pehlu Khan was lynched in Rajasthan's Alwar district while he was on the way to Haryana's Nuh on April 1, 2017.

Pehlu and 6 others were returning from a cattle fair in Jaipur after purchasing cows and other bovine animals when they come under a brutal attack on National Highway 8 linking Jaipur to Delhi.

Pehlu received fatal injuries and later passed away at a hospital in Alwar.