‘Can’t jail people for infinity while looking for others’
New Delhi:19.12.2020
Applicants cannot be made to remain in jail for infinity merely on account of the fact that other persons who were part of the mob have to be identified and arrested, a Delhi court said while granting bail to two men lodged in jail since April after being held for rioting. “Needless to say, the investigation is complete; chargesheet has also been filed; trial is likely to take a long time,” additional sessions judge Vinod Yadav said. Dinesh Tiwari, counsel for Shah Alam and Riyasat Ali, had sought bail on the ground of parity with co-accused. TNN
‘No FIR or any specific charge against accused’
It also came on record that Alam is the brother of former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, the main accused. Accused counsel Dinesh Tiwari argued that the accused had been identified by the witnesses for they belonged to a particular community.
He also highlighted that after completing the investigation, police had filed a chargesheet. “No useful purpose would be served by keeping them behind bars, as the trial in the matter is likely to take a long time,” submitted Tiwari.
Special public prosecutor Manoj Chaudhary contested the submission by saying that the two men had been identified by the witnesses and therefore they couldn’t take the plea of parity.
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