new Delhi: Delhi Police said on Tuesday that Safura Zargar, a student of Jamia Millia Islamia, has been granted bail, as Delhi Police has said he has no objection to release on humanitarian grounds. Zargar was arrested on 10 April.
Jargar is 23 weeks pregnant. Given the COVID-19 epidemic and the ease with which the disease can spread to congested prisons, concern was raised about his health and safety in Tihar Jail.
according to this Livelaw, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench on Tuesday that the state has no objection in releasing him on bail provided that he is not involved in the activities which are being investigated. Mehta also asked that she live in Delhi.
At the insistence of lawyer Nitya Ramakrishnan, who is appearing on behalf of Zargar, the court limited the scope of the bail condition granted by Mehta, specifying that he was not involved in activities that “obstruct the law” Huh”.
A bench of Justice Rajiv Shankhadhar granted bail to Zargar on a bond of Rs 10,000, but on certain conditions. The judge said that she could not indulge in activities that would violate the law or obstruct the investigation. In addition, he has to seek the permission of the court before leaving Delhi and be in touch with the investigating officer every 15 days over the phone.
This order, the judge said, should not be considered as a precedent in this case or in any other case. Justice Shekhar also said that while he was returning, some documents he had received from the state in a “seal cover”. They have not opened or circulated the documents, he said, which will be returned to SG.
Nitya Ramakrishnan (left). Photo: special arrangement / wire
“I am very grateful to the High Court. His arrest and detention was a traitor. A serious and absurd case was made instead of a status report filed in opposition to his plea for bail. In fact, the state had opposed her bail, and in these dreaded COVID days, she remained in custody in an unbreakable case for two months, ”Ramakrishnan, Zargar’s lawyer, told Wire.
He said, ‘We were ready on the basis of merit as well, but the need was to follow the point of SG and Aman Lekhi, which should have happened. Cultivating dissatisfaction with criminality is just as dangerous, and a trend that should be opposed the most. “
Earlier on Monday, the Delhi Police had objected to the bail, saying that pregnancy is not a valid basis for it.
As Wire Already reported earlier, Zafar was arrested by the Special Cell on April 10, with FIR 48/2020 lodged in the Zafarabad Road-Block case. He was granted bail in the case on 13 April but on the same day his name was added to FIR 59/2020 and he was arrested again.
The Delhi Police has stated in its report that witnesses and co-accused, not only in the national capital, but also on charges of serious disruption of causing massive disruption and riots, have clearly identified Zargar as a major co-conspirator. Has implied. In other parts of the country. “
Safoora Zargar bail order by The Wire at Scripur 23.06.2020
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