HC junks cases against Jamaat
New Delhi, July 18 -- The Delhi high court on Thursday quashed 16 cases registered against 70 Indian nationals, accused of providing shelter to attendees of Tablighi Jamaat in their homes or mosques during the CoVID 19 outbreak.
"Chargesheets quashed," justice Neena Bansal Krishna said while pronouncing the verdict. A detailed copy of the judgement is awaited.
The Delhi police had initially charged the Indian nationals under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including criminal conspiracy, Epidemic Diseases Act, the Disaster Management Act and Foreigners Act. The cops had also named 195 foreign nationals. Most of the foreign nationals were not charge-sheeted or the trial court had refused to take cognisance on the chargesheet, on the principles of double jeopardy....
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