Red Fort terror attack: Jawad Siddiqui’s interim bail rejected, gets conditional parole to meet his wife.
Red Fort Terror Funding Case: Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, Chairman of Al Falah Trust, accused in the alleged money laundering case related to the terrorist attack in the Red Fort complex, did not get interim bail from the Delhi High Court. However, on humanitarian grounds, the court has allowed him to meet his wife on custodial parole from 10 am to 4 pm on July 21, 23 and 25. The court made it clear that during this period he will not meet anyone other than his wife.
Why did the court reject interim bail?
The bench of Justice Saurabh Banerjee said that there is no concrete fact on record to prove that the health condition of the petitioner’s wife is likely to suddenly become critical or reach an emergency state. According to the court, the medical records available indicated improvement in his condition.
The bench also held that the possibility of the accused absconding, influencing witnesses and tampering with evidence if granted interim bail cannot be ruled out.
‘Rules cannot be relaxed on humanitarian grounds’
The High Court said that it is fully sympathetic to the serious illness of the petitioner’s wife, but considering the seriousness of the allegations, the status of the trial and the alleged role of the accused, the legal standards of bail cannot be relaxed merely on humanitarian grounds.
Wife suffering from fourth stage cancer
Jawad Siddiqui, while seeking interim bail of six weeks, had said that his wife is suffering from the fourth stage of ovarian cancer and he wants to be with her in this difficult phase of life.
ED had opposed the bail
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) argued in the court that if granted interim bail, the accused could tamper with the evidence or abscond. The agency suggested granting custodial parole instead of interim bail, which was accepted by the court.
It is noteworthy that on June 9, the trial court had also rejected the interim bail plea of Jawad Siddiqui. This money laundering case pertains to alleged misuse and illegal funding of fees taken from students of educational institutions of Faridabad-based Al Falah Trust.
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