The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Delhi Police on the bail plea filed by former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councilor Tahir Hussain in the murder of an Intelligence Bureau (IB) employee during the 2020 riots in North East Delhi.
Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta issued a notice to the Delhi Police and posted the matter for hearing on January 15, 2025.
Hussain who was arrested on March 16, 2020 for allegedly killing Ankit Sharma during the 2020 violence in North East Delhi is seeking bail on the grounds of prolonged detention and said that of the 20 prosecution witnesses examined so far by the trial court, most of them. the eyewitnesses did not support the prosecution’s case.
Hussein also revealed that the accused in this case were granted bail by the High Court.
IB security assistant Sharma is among the 53 people killed in the communal riots that have gripped the district. The body of Sharma, 25, was found in a canal in Khajuri Khas near Chand Bagh. The autopsy report revealed that there were 51 injuries caused by sharp weapons and blunt force. Sharma’s father, in his complaint filed at the Dayalpur police station, said he had strong suspicions that his son was killed on the orders of Hussain.
Sharma’s father reported to the police on February 26, 2020, that his son, who left the house on February 25 in the evening to see what was happening in his neighborhood hit by riots, did not return home. AAP suspended Hussain after he was named as an accused in the case.
A trial court charged Hussain and 10 others in March last year under Indian Penal Code sections 147 (punishment for sedition); 148 (riots, armed with a deadly weapon); 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, place of residence, language, etc); 302 (punishment for murder); 365 (abduction or abduction with the intention of secretly and improperly for the purpose of confining a person); 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy); 149 (all members of an unlawful assembly are guilty of committing a common prosecution); 188 (disobeying an order issued by a public servant); and 153A (offering outrage with intent to cause riot).
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