Marriage of sister not exceptional circumstance for grant of bail: Court tell 2020 riots accused
New Delhi(PTI): A court here has dismissed the application of a 2020 northeast Delhi riots case accused seeking interim bail to attend the wedding of his sister, saying such relief is granted only in "exceptional circumstances".
The court said attending the wedding ceremony of a sister was not an exceptional circumstance warranting it to overlook its decisions on five earlier occasions declining interim bail to the accused on merit.
Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala was hearing the sixth interim bail application of Mohammed Wasim against whom an FIR was registered at Dayalpur police station under various IPC provisions, including rioting, and sections of the Arms Act and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
"Applicant has been denied bail on the merits of the case till date. Interim bail is granted in exceptional circumstances only and attending a marriage and other ceremonies of the sister is not that kind of exceptional circumstance due to which the court should overlook its decision taken so far declining bail to the applicant on merit," the judge said in an order passed on Thursday.
"Therefore, I am not inclined to grant interim bail on the ground taken by the applicant because it is only his wish to attend the ceremonies. The arrangement of the marriage can be done by other family members," ASJ Pramachala added.
The court, however, provided Wasim with the option of attending the wedding in custody parole subject to payment of requisite expenses to be incurred for the same.
"Applicant shall furnish details of the venue of this marriage before Jail Superintendent concerned and on deposit of the requisite fee or expenses for custody parole, he should be taken to such venue of marriage on July 23 for four hours," the court said.
During the proceedings, Special Public Prosecutor Madhukar Pandey opposed the bail plea, saying Wasim was declared a proclaimed offender and was arrested after a lot of effort on September 28 last year.
Wasim's counsel had moved the interim bail application seeking interim bail for 30 days for attending the wedding and other associated ceremonies of his sister.
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
