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A bench headed by Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice on the appeal of the accused challenging the rejection of his bail by the trial court and directed that the matter be listed before another bench dealing with the bail pleas of other accused in the case.
“List the appeal before the bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar subject to the order of the Acting Chief Justice on July 3. The status report is filed in the meantime,” stated the bench also comprising Justice Anish Dayal.
Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad informed the court that certain bail cases concerning the same conspiracy are already pending before the other bench.
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The bail applications of Khalid and Imam are already pending before the bench headed by Justice Mridul.
On April 7, the trial court dismissed their bail plea of Rehman, saying that there were reasonable grounds for believing that the accusation against the accused was “prima facie” true.
The prosecution had opposed the bail application before the trial court arguing that there were statements of numerous witnesses including protected public witnesses highlighting the incriminating material against the accused.
A broad reading of all the statements brings out the role of the accused Rehman in the context of conspiracy and riots, it had said.
It had also been argued that the accused was a member of the Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC) and the WhatsApp group of the JMI Coordination Committee and others.