Delhi Court grants bail to Kashmiri man accused of planning assassination

Srinagar, Aug 29: The Court of Additional Sessions Judge New Delhi has granted bail to a Kashmiri man who Police claimed to had arrested for allegedly contracted for killing of a priest.
After hearing prosecution and defence counsel advocate Sarfaraz Wani via video conference, the court observed that charge-sheet has already been filed and antecedents of the accused are reported to be absolutely blemish free.
“In the Instant matter, charge-sheet has already been filed. Recoveries have already been affected and except for the present case, the criminal antecedents of the applicant/accused are reported to be absolutely blemish free,” court said.
It added that considering the period of incarceration coupled with the fact that trial in the instant matter is expected to consume considerable time, “accused John Mohammad Dar is ordered to be released on bail.”
The court while granting bail put the accused under the conditions that he shall appear on every date of hearing as fixed by the court concern.
“He shall keep his mobile phone on at all times and shall drop a pin on the google map to ensure that his location is available to the investigating officer. He shall commit no offence whatsoever during the period that he is on bail in present FIR,” the court said.
Earlier, defence counsel advocate Sarfaraz Wani submitted before court that accused is a resident of Kashmir and has been falsely implicated and is in jail for the last three months.
He further submitted that accused has deep roots in the society and has clean antecedents.
He pleaded that accused is the only bread winner of his family and a carpenter by profession.
“The investigation has been completed and no purpose would be served by keeping him behind the bar,” he pleaded while praying for release of accused on bail.
As per prosecution, accused was planning to assassinate the head of a religious institution in Delhi and NCR.
On 18 May, this year, Delhi Police claimed to have arrested a man who was allegedly contracted for killing Dasna Devi temple’s head priest. 24-year-old John Mohammad Dar alias Jehangir, a resident of Pulawa district in Kashmir, was apprehended from a hotel in Paharganj.