India News | Court Allows 8 Days Police Custody of Jailed Gangster Hashim Baba, Others
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A Delhi court has allowed police eight days' custody of jailed gangster Hashim Baba, his wife Zoya Khan and two others in a MCOCA case.
New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI) A Delhi court has allowed police eight days' custody of jailed gangster Hashim Baba, his wife Zoya Khan and two others in a MCOCA case.
Special judge Chander Jit Singh was hearing the plea filed by Delhi Police Special Cell for 10 days of custody of the accused including Sameer and Anwar Khan alias Chacha.
On July 21, the court said, "Argument was raised on behalf of the accused that some of them (Baba and Sameer) have been in custody for the last few years, and then, how could they run a syndicate or will communicate from the jail?"
It said one of the grounds for seeking police custody was to specifically probe the aspect of the communication being made while they were incarcerated.
"Therefore, this argument falls under its own weight," the court said.
Delhi Police was, therefore, allowed "a fair chance" to thoroughly investigate the case.
"As a part of a fair trial where an accused should get a chance to put forth his case, in a similar vein, as the other side of the coin of a fair trial, prosecution should get a chance to through investigate the matter so that a holistic picture is put before the court to enable the court to find out the truth," the court said.
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