2020 Delhi riots: Regarding the identification of the two accused persons as part of the riotous mob, the court noted that as Monish did not know anyone from the mob, nor did he remember their faces, he could not identify any culprit before the court.
Delhi riots 2020: Almost after a 3-year-long manhunt, the manhunt for the accused ended as Delhi Police succeeded to nab him from Karnataka.
According to the prosecution, a riotous mob attacked police at Chand Bagh near Peer Baba Dargah on February 24, 2020, resulting in the death of Lal from a gunshot injury and serious injuries to the then Shahdara DCP Amit Sharma, then ACP Gokalpuri Anuj Kumar and another head constable Chetrapal.
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The court's order was passed while dealing with a petition filed in March 2020 by a man who asked authorities to expeditiously conclude the process of DNA matching to find out if one of the recovered bodies was that of his brother's.
On interrogation, Imran confessed to his crime. Further, it also surfaced that he remained involved in the Delhi riots.
Earlier, also on November 29, a Delhi court discharged two accused in a case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots in which they were accused of having set ablaze a building.
Noting that the case did not attract Section 436 of the IPC, which was the only offence triable by the sessions court, Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala transferred the matter back to the magisterial court concerned.
2020 Delhi riots: Noor Mohammad, who was accused of being a part of a riotous mob that set ablaze a shop in the Khajuri Khas area on February 24, 2020 was acquitted.
Northeast Delhi saw brutal riots in 2020 after supporters and opposers of the Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) took to the streets, which led to the death of over 53 people over the course of the next 10 days.
2020 Delhi riots: The top court said that the high court posted the matter for further hearing on January 25 while refusing to stay proceedings on a separate application moved by Hussain saying multiple FIRs have been lodged for the same.
The judge further said that to establish the identity of the accused as a member of the riotous mob, the prosecution relied upon the testimonies of both police officials.
Delhi 2020 riots case: Umar Khalid had been arrested by Delhi Police in September 2020 under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and provisions of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly being the "masterminds" of the February 2020 riots.
Delhi riots: Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat passed the directions after watching the CCTV footage submitted by Tihar jail authorities related to the alleged incident.
On April 16, clashes broke out between two groups of people, belonging to different communities, during a Shobha Yatra procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area.
A bench headed by Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice on the appeal of the accused challenging the rejection of his bail by the trial court and directed that the matter be listed before another bench dealing with the bail pleas of other accused in the case.
Shahrukh Pathan was involved in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots in which he was found brandishing a loaded pistol towards a policeman in the Jafrabad area.
Hearing pleas, a division bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul, Rajnish Bhatnagar noted that a matter challenging constitutional validity of offence of Sedition under Section 124A of IPC is pending for hearing before SC on May 5.
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions for an inquiry headed by a former CJI into the clashes that took place in Delhi and other states during Ram Navami.
It was a disputed BMW car and Ansar had taken its illegal custody using his criminal background. Later he gave the car to someone who lived in West Bengal.
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