 On 24 August 2018, in a landmark judgement Delhi High Court reversed the acquittal of 20 accused and upheld the conviction of 13 others in the case with enhanced punishment for nine of them.A bench of justices S. Muralidhar and I S Mehta said Muralidhar noted that atrocities by those belonging to dominant castes against Scheduled Castes have shown no sign of abating even after 71 years of Indian independence.After the verdict, two police companies were deployed in Mirchpur under the charge of duty magistrate and DSP.