New Delhi [India], July 07 (NT): After landing in a political storm by welcoming eight men who were offender in the Ramgarh lynching case in Jharkhand with a garland, Union Minister Jayant Sinha on Saturday clarified his stand.

Sinha who represents the Hazaribagh seat in Lok Sabha, said that the Ranchi High Court has suspended the punishment of the accused and released them on bail.

Taking to micro blogging website The Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation said, "In the Ramgarh case (mob lynching), the Ranchi High Court, which is the first court of appeal, has suspended the sentence of the accused and released them on bail while admitting their case. The case will once again be re-heard."

Sinha further asserted that he has full faith in our judiciary and that those who are not guilty would be out of danger while the convicted would be appropriately punished.

"I have full faith in our judiciary and rule of law. Unfortunately, irresponsible statements are being made about my actions when all that I am doing is honoring due process of law. Those that are innocent will be spared and guilty will be appropriately punished," Sinha said.

He further said, "I have repeatedly expressed my misgivings about the Fast-Track Court judgement sentencing each accused to life imprisonment. I am pleased that the Hon'ble High Court will hear the matter as a statutory court of appeal to test the correctness of the Fast-Track Court order."

 Worth mention here Sinha, yesterday felicitated eight men who were accused for killing a meat trader in Jharkhand last year.

In a picture that has rounded on Social media and went viral, the Union Minister could be seen garlanding the accused in the Ramgarh lynching case in Jharkhand at his residence on the outskirts of Hazaribagh.