Justice undenied! Bail Plea of Delhi Riots accused Shahrukh Pathan Khan rejected
15 Apr 2021 16:30:09
New Delhi, Apr 15: Delhi riots-accused, Shahrukh Pathan Khan who had requested bail at the Delhi High Court has not been provided with any asylum at the court, since the Delhi HC has rejected his bail plea. A single judge bench of Justice Suresh Kait of the Delhi High Court today rejected the bail application.
In the Shahrukh Pathan vs State case, the Delhi High Court has refused to grant bail to Shahrukh Pathan who was seen in a viral video pointing a gun at an unarmed Delhi Police personnel during the riots at the National capital, on Feb 2020. The Single Judge Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait stated, "Keeping in mind the gravity of offence committed by the petitioner as also the facts of the present case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner."
Relying upon the video footages produced by the police as evidence, the court said, "The video clipping and pictures played before this Court have shaken the conscience of this Court how petitioner could take law and order in his hands." It further said that regardless of his intention to kill the complainant or any person present in the public with his open air pistol shots, it was "hard to believe that he had no knowledge that his act may harm anyone present at the spot."
The Karkardooma Court (Delhi) in November had refused to grant interim bail to Pathan, whose videos showing him "firing shots" at a policeman, during the February 2020 Delhi Riots had gone viral on the social media/internet. Justice Kait held that, "...the learned trial court has rightly held that, "the learned trial court has rightly held that the petitioner is alleged to have participated in riots and his picture speaks a volume about his involvement."