Former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan was granted bail Monday in connection with an FIR over a conspiracy to hatch the Delhi riots. Here’s what led to the order.
In its judgment Wednesday, the CBI court observed that there is nothing on record to suggest that Ishrat Jahan and the others killed in 2004 encounter were not terrorists.
The CBI had sought permission from the state govt to prosecute IPS officer G L Singhal, Tarun Barot and Anaju Chaudhary, involved in the alleged fake encounter case in 2004.
Senior advocate Ramesh Gupta, appearing for Jahan, said she was suffering psychological problems due to her isolation in wake of Covid outbreak in the jail.
Former Congress municipal councillor Ishrat Jahan was arrested on 26 February and booked under the UAPA in a case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February.
A special CBI court was told by CBI officials that sanction to prosecute retired police officers D.G. Vanzara & N.K. Amin in the case had been declined by the state government.
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