The Delhi High Court has sought a response from Delhi Police on the petition of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councilor Tahir Hussain challenging his conviction and life sentence in the case of murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) employee Ankit Sharma during the February 2020 Delhi riots. The bench of Justice Pratibha M. Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan accepted Tahir Hussain's appeal for hearing. The court has listed the case for hearing on December 2 along with other related appeals.
Lower court records also summoned
Delhi High Court directed the jail authorities to keep on record the details of the convict related to Tahir Hussain. The court has also summoned records of the subordinate court in the case. In his appeal, Hussain has challenged the decision of the lower court in which he was convicted in the case and sentenced to life imprisonment. He has claimed that the purpose of investigating the case was to implicate him to calm public anger.
Ankit's father had filed a missing report.
According to the prosecution, on February 26, 2020, complainant Ravinder Kumar had informed the Dayalpur police station that his son Ankit Sharma, an employee in the Intelligence Bureau (IB), was missing since February 25. According to the prosecution, Ravinder Kumar later got information from some local people that after murder of a person, his body was thrown from the mosque located near Chand Bagh culvert towards Khajuri Khas drain. After this, the investigation of the case proceeded and the facts related to Ankit Sharma's death were investigated.
Four other convicts were also sentenced to life imprisonment
The prosecution claimed in the court that Ankit Sharma's body was recovered from Khajuri Khas drain. According to the prosecution, 51 injury marks were found on his body. On July 31, the lower court had convicted Tahir Hussain and four other accused Nazim, Qasim, Javed and Anas and sentenced them to life imprisonment in the murder of IB employee Ankit Sharma. However, while giving the sentence, the court had said that this case does not fall in the 'rarest of the rare' category, hence it is not appropriate to give death penalty in this case.
The matter is related to Delhi riots of 2020
This case is related to the communal violence that took place in North-East Delhi in February 2020. On February 24, violence broke out after clashes between supporters of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and protesters opposing it. At least 53 people were killed in this violence, while a large number of people were injured. Now Tahir Hussain has challenged the lower court's decision in the Delhi High Court. Accepting the appeal, the High Court has sought reply from the police and has also summoned the lower court records related to the case.
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