India, Feb. 18 -- New Delhi

A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to 12 persons held for allegedly indulging in violence during a demolition drive near the Faiz-e-Ilahi mosque in Turkman Gate last month, observing that the prosecution failed to identify or establish specified roles of the persons.

Passing a common order on multiple bail applications, additional sessions judge Bhupinder Singh of Tis Hazari Courts based the order on multiple aspects. The court observed a lack of specific footage highlighting the role of the accused in the unlawful assembly, a lack of any injury that was grievous in nature to the victim police officers, no evidence showing an overt use of social media and an absence of substantive damage to public property...