2019 rioting case: Delhi HC seeks police response in activist Asif Iqbal Tanha's plea challenging charges against him
Justice Sanjeev Narula, issuing notice, posted the matter for consideration next on October 13.
Two other accused in the case — activist Sharjeel Imam and Jamia student Chandan Kumar — have also challenged the framing of charges against them by a trial court, with their petitions also pending before the Delhi High Court. The high court is due to consider all these pleas on October 13.
While framing charges against the accused, the trial court, in an order on May 7, observed, 'Accused Sharjeel Imam was not only an instigator, he was also one of the kingpins of a larger conspiracy to incite violence.'
Imam and Tanha were charged under sections related to abetment, criminal conspiracy, being part of an unlawful assembly, and rioting with a deadly weapon of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and sections of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, among others.
According to the chargesheet filed in this case, 41 vehicles, including government vehicles, were damaged and set ablaze by a mob of hundreds in New Friends Colony. It also stated that 10 police officers were injured, including a station house officer (SHO) who sustained grievous injuries.
Fourteen people have been discharged in the case, while charges have been framed against nine others.
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