The Delhi High Court on Tuesday partially set aside a trial court’s order dated February 4, which had discharged the 11 accused, including Sharjeel Imam, Asif Iqbal Tanha and Safoora Zargar in the 2019 Jamia violence case. This comes after the Delhi Police filed a revision petition against the trial court’s order. Damage to property and peace is not protected.”She then partially reversed the trial court order and framed charges against nine accused under various offences, including rioting, unlawful assembly and more. Accused Mohd Shoaib and Mohd Abuzar were charged under Section 143 of the IPC, and discharged from all other offences. In Tanha’s case, he was discharged of Sections 308, 323, 341 and 435 of the IPC and charges were framed against him under other Sections.

Source: Indian Express March 28, 2023 12:22 UTC