The Delhi High Court observed that prisons were primarily for punishing convicts and not to detain undertrials to send out a message to the...
The Delhi High Court observed that prisons were primarily for punishing convicts and not to detain undertrials to send out a message to the public. It made the observation while granting bail to an accused in the violence that rocked Northeast Delhi in February, PTI reported on Monday.
“The remit of the court is to dispense justice in accordance with law, not to send messages to society,” said Justice Anup J Bhambhani.
Firoz Khan, a truck driver from Old Mustafabad in Delhi, is accused of being part of a mob of around 300 people that allegedly torched a confectionery shop. While granting bail, the court asked Khan to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two sureties of the same amount from his kin. He has been asked not to leave the national Capital without the court’s permission.
Clashes had broken out between the supporters of the Citizenship Amendment Act and those opposing it between February 23 and 26 in North East Delhi, killing 53 people and injuring hundreds. The violence was the worst Delhi saw since the anti-Sikh riots of 1984.
In its May 29 order, the High Court rejected the argument of the police that granting bail to Khan at this early stage may send an...
