Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: Court Denies Bail To Tahir Hussain, Says Prima Facie Case Made Out
A Delhi Court yesterday denied bail to former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain in relation to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts dismissed the regular bail plea filed by Hussain, noting that he was denied the relief in 2024 as well wherein it was observed that the allegations against him were prima-facie true.
The judge said that though the Supreme Court has recently granted bail to five co-accused namely Mohd. Saleem Khan, Gulfisha Fatima, Shadab Ahmad, Shifa-Ur-Rehman and Meeran Haider, but relief was denied to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam on the grounds of them being the key conspirators.
“Now, despite the order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court regarding the co-accused persons, when this Court has once formed the opinion that prima-facie case is made out against the applicant, no other different opinion can be formed now by reviewing the earlier order,” the judge said.
Notably, the Court also denied bail to co accused persons Athar Khan and Saleem Malik.
The accused, who were student activists in the forefront of organising anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in 2019-2020, are facing charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Indian Penal Code for allegedly formulating the "larger conspiracy" behind the communal riots which took place in the national capital in the last week of February 2020.
The accused in the case are Tahir Hussain, Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, Isharat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa-Ur-Rehman, Asif Iqbal Tanha(granted bail in 2021), Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Mohd. Saleem Khan, Athar Khan, Safoora Zargar(granted bail on humanitarian grounds as she was pregnant when arrested), Sharjeel Imam, Faizan Khan, Devangana Kalita (granted bail) and Natasha Narwal(granted bail).