New Delhi, March 12 A Delhi court on Thursday denied bail to Sharukh Pathan, accused of pointing a gun at a constable during the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots.
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing Pathan's regular bail application, based on the time he had already spent in custody, which was rejected.
The detailed order is awaited.
Pathan, who is currently in Tihar Jail in Delhi, is accused in two cases related to the riots, including pointing a gun at Head Constable Deepak Dahiya and being involved in a plot to murder a man named Rohit Shukla.
Pathan was arrested on March 3, 2020, from Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh, in connection with violent clashes that broke out in Northeast Delhi on February 24, 2020, leaving 53 people dead and scores injured.
An FIR under relevant sections of the Arms Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including rioting, using a deadly weapon, unlawful assembly, obstructing a public servant in the performance of their duties, promoting enmity between different groups, and other offenses, was registered in the case.
