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The Complete Details of Safoora Zargar’s Bail Granted by Delhi HC
While SG Tushar Mehta, appearing for Delhi Police put forth three conditions, Delhi high court modified it to five.
Aishwarya S Iyer
India
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Now 24 weeks pregnant, this was the Jamia Millia Islami student and anti-CAA protester’s fourth attempt for bail in the Delhi riots case under FIR 59/2020.
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“Without in any manner conceding to the factual assertions and legal submission made by the petitioner and without in any manner diluting the contents and submissions made in the reply filed thereto and without making it a precedent either in ongoing investigations or any other investigation(s), purely on humanitarian ground, the prosecution agrees to the petitioner being released on regular bail…”
The Delhi High Court bail order begins with the above statement made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Delhi Police, in the third day of bail hearings for UAPA accused Safoora Zargar on 23 June. Mehta did not oppose bail, like he had in the hearing on 22 June.
Now 24 weeks pregnant, this was the Jamia Millia Islamia student and anti-CAA protester’s fourth attempt for bail in the Delhi riots case under FIR 59/2020. Mehta said that the petitioner can be released, subject to the following conditions being imposed by the court.
Justice Rajiv Shakdher goes on to say that since both the parties did not address him on the merits, ‘this order will not be treated as a precedent.’
He also says that he had received some documents filed on behalf of the respondent/ state, albeit, in a sealed cover. “I have not opened the sealed cover. The documents, which are in sealed cover, are returned to the Registry,” the judge noted in the order.
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