NEW DELHI: A court has sought response of the inspector, assistant commissioner of police (ACP) and the sanctioning authority concerned on why the statement of the sanctioning authority granting permission to prosecute does not match with the details in the chargesheet in a northeast Delhi riots case.
The observations came while hearing a bail application of Babu Wasim, arrested for allegedly supplying a countrymade pistol to co-accused Shahrukh Pathan, who has been booked for brandishing a pistol at a police officer during the February 2020 riots.
During hearing of the bail plea, Wasim’s counsel had argued that he was not related to the case and had been falsely implicated.
Special public prosecutor Anuj Handa, appearing for police, had opposed the plea saying there were telephonic conversations between Wasim and Pathan on December 6, 2019.
This article first appeared in timesofindia.indiatimes.com