A Delhi Court on Thursday granted interim protection from arrest to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Member Legislative Assembly (MLA) Amanatullah Khan in a case in which he has been accused of obstructing police from arresting an accused. .Additional Sessions Judge Jitendra Singh said the allegation of the police team that Khan was instrumental in facilitating the escape of an accused person in another case "does not seem to carry weight" since that accused was already on anticipatory bail in the case in which police had gone to arrest him.Hence, the Court ordered that no coercive steps be taken against Amanatullah Khan till the next date of hearing, which is February 24. Meanwhile, it directed the AAP MLA to join investigation."This Court is of the considered opinion that applicant has made out a case for interim protection till the next date of hearing. In the meanwhile, the applicant is directed to join the investigation as and when required by the Investigating Officer."Further, the Court directed the Investigating Officer to procure and produce the CCTV Footage in and around the place of incident for determining the nature and gravity of the allegations..Khan had been issued a notice by the police for his appearance at Jamia Nagar Police Station today. Apprehending arrest, he moved the Rouse Avenue Court for anticipatory bail.As per the FIR, the police team had reached the place of incident at 03:00 PM on February 10 for the arrest of one Shavez Khan, a person accused in relation to a 2018 FIR.As per the police, Amanatullah Khan along with 20 to 25 persons then reached the spot and obstructed the police when they were trying to arrest Shavez Khan.The public prosecutor today opposed Amanatullah Khan's bail plea. He sought time to examine the Investigating Officer who filed the chargesheet in 2018 FIR and verify whether any supplementary chargesheet had been filed against Shavez Khan..Judge Singh examined the orders passed in Shavez Khan's case and found that he was admitted to anticipatory bail on July 30 in 2018. Thus, the Court opined that allegation against Amanatullah Khan does not seem be correct and granted him interim protection from arrest..Advocates Rajat Bhardwaj, Md. Irshad, Kaustubh Khanna, Saurav Kakroda and Dilshad Ali represented Amanatullah Khan. Senior Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava and Additional Public Prosecutor Manish Rawat represented Delhi Police..[Read Order]
A Delhi Court on Thursday granted interim protection from arrest to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Member Legislative Assembly (MLA) Amanatullah Khan in a case in which he has been accused of obstructing police from arresting an accused. .Additional Sessions Judge Jitendra Singh said the allegation of the police team that Khan was instrumental in facilitating the escape of an accused person in another case "does not seem to carry weight" since that accused was already on anticipatory bail in the case in which police had gone to arrest him.Hence, the Court ordered that no coercive steps be taken against Amanatullah Khan till the next date of hearing, which is February 24. Meanwhile, it directed the AAP MLA to join investigation."This Court is of the considered opinion that applicant has made out a case for interim protection till the next date of hearing. In the meanwhile, the applicant is directed to join the investigation as and when required by the Investigating Officer."Further, the Court directed the Investigating Officer to procure and produce the CCTV Footage in and around the place of incident for determining the nature and gravity of the allegations..Khan had been issued a notice by the police for his appearance at Jamia Nagar Police Station today. Apprehending arrest, he moved the Rouse Avenue Court for anticipatory bail.As per the FIR, the police team had reached the place of incident at 03:00 PM on February 10 for the arrest of one Shavez Khan, a person accused in relation to a 2018 FIR.As per the police, Amanatullah Khan along with 20 to 25 persons then reached the spot and obstructed the police when they were trying to arrest Shavez Khan.The public prosecutor today opposed Amanatullah Khan's bail plea. He sought time to examine the Investigating Officer who filed the chargesheet in 2018 FIR and verify whether any supplementary chargesheet had been filed against Shavez Khan..Judge Singh examined the orders passed in Shavez Khan's case and found that he was admitted to anticipatory bail on July 30 in 2018. Thus, the Court opined that allegation against Amanatullah Khan does not seem be correct and granted him interim protection from arrest..Advocates Rajat Bhardwaj, Md. Irshad, Kaustubh Khanna, Saurav Kakroda and Dilshad Ali represented Amanatullah Khan. Senior Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava and Additional Public Prosecutor Manish Rawat represented Delhi Police..[Read Order]
