2010 Bareilly riots case: Cleric skips court docket summons citing well being causes

LUCKNOW UP cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, chief of Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC), on Wednesday once more failed to look earlier than a Bareilly court docket regardless of summons in reference to the 2010 Bareilly riots case. He was admitted to a Delhi hospital after complaining of chest ache and respiration issues on Tuesday.

A court docket official knowledgeable that the cleric’s lawyer appeared earlier than the court docket to offer an software on his behalf, however the court docket refused to just accept it as Allahabad excessive court docket had directed the cleric to look earlier than the trial court docket on Wednesday, and now, he should file software within the excessive court docket to get any reduction within the matter. (Pic for illustration)

The court docket of ADJ Ravi Kumar Diwakar of Quick Monitor Court docket-I had issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) towards Khan however deferred the date of look earlier than court docket to April 1, after the court docket of district decide took cognizance of the applying filed by one other accused searching for switch of the riots case to a different court docket.

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A court docket official knowledgeable that the cleric’s lawyer appeared earlier than the court docket to offer an software on his behalf, however the court docket refused to just accept it as Allahabad excessive court docket had directed the cleric to look earlier than the trial court docket on Wednesday, and now, he should file software within the excessive court docket to get any reduction within the matter. He mentioned the police might now arrest him in compliance with the NBW issued towards him by the trial court docket within the riots case.

A senior authorities counsel of Bareilly knowledgeable that the cleric had approached the Allahabad excessive court docket to get reduction within the case towards the NBW issued towards him, however the court docket turned down his plea. He mentioned the court docket, nevertheless, directed him to look earlier than the trial court docket on March 27 (Wednesday). The cleric didn’t seem on the fastened date citing well being causes, he added.

The federal government counsel mentioned the trial court docket had on March 19 deferred the date for his look to April 1 after the court docket of district decide took cognizance of the applying filed for transferring the case to another court docket. The court docket is more likely to wait until April 1 and concern additional directives thereafter, he mentioned.

Bareilly further district authorities counsel Digamber Patel knowledgeable that Tauqeer Raza was elusive because the trial court docket of ADJ Ravi Kumar Diwakar summoned him, taking suo motu cognizance of his alleged involvement in a 2010 riots case, on March 5.

In his order, the ADJ had said that the identify of Tauqeer Raza, who allegedly instigated the riots, was earlier not included within the chargesheet regardless of having ample proof and thought of him because the mastermind of riots, the ADGC mentioned.

“The court docket has issued two warrants dated March 5 and 11 asking native police to supply him earlier than the court docket and issued NBW on March 13, when he didn’t seem on two dates directing strict orders to police officers to arrest him and produce him within the court docket on Tuesday (March 19),” mentioned a Bareilly police official.

He mentioned the police launched a serious hunt after the court docket’s order and carried out raids in numerous districts of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan and Hyderabad, however he couldn’t be arrested.

Riots had erupted in Bareilly on the day of Juloos-e-Mohammadi following a conflict between two teams on March 2, 2010. Tauqeer Raza allegedly delivered an inflammatory speech whereas addressing a crowd, after which a mob torched a police publish and homes belonging to members of a group had been set on hearth. Following the conflict, curfew was imposed within the metropolis for round 4 weeks.