New Delhi: A Delhi court today granted bail to Bilal Ahmed Kawa, an LeT suspect arrested in the 2000 Red Fort attack case, noting that except one, all other co-accused have either been acquitted or discharged.
Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma noted that the other accused acquitted or discharged by the trial court and the Delhi High Court, were facing more serious charges than Kawa.
The court granted the relief to Kawa on furnishing of a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of the same amount, and directed him not to hamper the probe.
In his bail plea, Kawa had claimed that no purpose would be served by keeping him in custody further.
They told the court that Kawa, one of the conspirators in the attack, was absconding for 17 years and had been declared a proclaimed offender.
Additional Sessions Judge OP Saini had also awarded seven-year jail term to Ashfaq's wife Rehmana Yousuf Farooqui, an Indian, for giving shelter to the main accused. Other convicts -- Bagar Mohsin Baghwala, Sadaqat Ali and Matloob Alam -- were also awarded seven-year rigorous imprisonment.
The high court, however, acquitted six others, including Farooqui, citing lack of sufficient evidence against them.
Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma noted that the other accused acquitted or discharged by the trial court and the Delhi High Court, were facing more serious charges than Kawa.
The court granted the relief to Kawa on furnishing of a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of the same amount, and directed him not to hamper the probe.
In his bail plea, Kawa had claimed that no purpose would be served by keeping him in custody further.
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They told the court that Kawa, one of the conspirators in the attack, was absconding for 17 years and had been declared a proclaimed offender.
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Additional Sessions Judge OP Saini had also awarded seven-year jail term to Ashfaq's wife Rehmana Yousuf Farooqui, an Indian, for giving shelter to the main accused. Other convicts -- Bagar Mohsin Baghwala, Sadaqat Ali and Matloob Alam -- were also awarded seven-year rigorous imprisonment.
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The high court, however, acquitted six others, including Farooqui, citing lack of sufficient evidence against them.
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