Delhi riots case 2020: The plea was listed today before the division bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait. It states that he had challenged the trial court order dismissing his bail plea.
According to the prosecution, a riotous mob attacked police at Chand Bagh near Peer Baba Dargah on February 24, 2020, resulting in the death of Lal from a gunshot injury and serious injuries to the then Shahdara DCP Amit Sharma, then ACP Gokalpuri Anuj Kumar and another head constable Chetrapal.
Tahir, the then Municipal Councilor had his office at Main Karawal Nagar Road and he had gathered a lot of goons there. The mob had pelted stones, petrol bombs and shots were fired from the roof top of the office of Tahir.
Earlier, also on November 29, a Delhi court discharged two accused in a case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots in which they were accused of having set ablaze a building.
2020 Delhi riots: Noor Mohammad, who was accused of being a part of a riotous mob that set ablaze a shop in the Khajuri Khas area on February 24, 2020 was acquitted.
Northeast Delhi saw brutal riots in 2020 after supporters and opposers of the Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) took to the streets, which led to the death of over 53 people over the course of the next 10 days.
2020 Delhi riots: The top court said that the high court posted the matter for further hearing on January 25 while refusing to stay proceedings on a separate application moved by Hussain saying multiple FIRs have been lodged for the same.
On April 16, clashes broke out between two groups of people, belonging to different communities, during a Shobha Yatra procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area.
A bench headed by Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice on the appeal of the accused challenging the rejection of his bail by the trial court and directed that the matter be listed before another bench dealing with the bail pleas of other accused in the case.
Hearing pleas, a division bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul, Rajnish Bhatnagar noted that a matter challenging constitutional validity of offence of Sedition under Section 124A of IPC is pending for hearing before SC on May 5.
According to sources, Ansar held the meeting at Kushal Chowk in Jahangirpuri with 30 people in which it was planned as to how they would stop the procession.
It was a disputed BMW car and Ansar had taken its illegal custody using his criminal background. Later he gave the car to someone who lived in West Bengal.
The apex court also said that it will take a serious view of the demolition on Wednesday, which was carried out even after its orders though the NDMC Mayor was informed.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana ordered status quo in the present situation, and said the petition would be listed before an appropriate bench.
A video that the police said is circulating on social media, showed Sonu alias Imam alias Yunus in a blue kurta opening fire during the incident.
Twenty-five people have been arrested in connection with the stone-pelting and arson in which some vehicles were also torched during the clashes between two communities on Saturday evening.
The riots, which went on for three days, had erupted in northeast Delhi on February 24 after clashes between citizenship law supporters and protesters spiralled.
Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat had reserved the order on Mar 3 after hearing arguments from the counsel appearing for Khalid and the prosecution.
2020 North-East Delhi riots victim Manori Begum said that I'm not interested to live here anymore. "In future, if we find any buyer, I'll sell my house and move away somewhere else," said Manori Begum adding that after riots, the peace and harmony of the area was disturbed.
A photograph of Shahrukh Pathan pointing a gun at Delhi Police Head Constable Deepak Dahiya had surfaced on social media during the communal riots in 2020.
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