New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Karkardooma Court on Friday granted a 15-day interim bail to the 2020 North-east Delhi riots accused, Shahrukh Pathan, who brandished a gun and pointed it at a police constable during the violence.
Pathan, who is currently lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail, has been granted interim bail to attend to his father, who is unwell.
The court granted interim bail to the Delhi riots accused on a personal bond of Rs 20,000 and a surety of the same amount.
Abdullah Akhtar, counsel appearing for Pathan through video conferencing, said that his client has been in judicial custody since March 3, 2020, and has never been granted interim bail. Akhtar submitted that Pathan was granted parole to visit his ailing father and during the period of parole, the applicant complied with all the terms and conditions set by the court.
“On March 1, 2025, the father of the applicant was admitted to RK Narender Prakash Hospital due to severe medical complications. The presence of the accused is urgently required during the pre and post-surgery period of his father. Further, there is no male member in the house of the applicant to look after his father,” the counsel told the court.
Pathan is accused in two cases related to the riots, including pointing a gun at Head Constable Deepak Dahiya and being involved in a plot to murder a man named Rohit Shukla. He was nabbed from Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district after he was caught on camera waving a gun at Delhi Police head constable Deepak Dahiya during the tensions in February 2020.
An FIR was registered against Shahrukh Pathan on the statement of head constable Deepak Dahiya.
As per his statement, he was present at a road in Jafrabad, under the Metro line, where many people had gathered illegally, and were raising slogans against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
The members of the unlawful assembly had stones, bottles and pistols in their hands and started pelting stones on them. In the meantime, one person, carrying a pistol, ran towards him and fired 3-4 shots on the people around.
When the accused was at a distance of around 9-10 feet from the complainant, he aimed the pistol at his head and fired with an intention to kill him. The complainant bent his head and somehow saved himself, the statement said.
Shahrukh Pathan was booked for offences such as an attempt to murder, criminal force to deter public servant, and possession of a dangerous weapon. Later, charges for rioting and unlawful assembly were also added to the case.
–IANS
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