NEW DELHI: Two men accused of rioting and damaging a school from the rooftop of another during the northeast Delhi riots in February 2020 have been granted bail by a Delhi court.
Additional sessions judge Vinod Yadav referred to a Delhi High Court order, which allowed bail to a co-accused, and observed that the witnesses hadn’t identified the accused, and named them much later, thereby creating doubts over their identification.
“The investigation in the matter is complete and chargesheet filed, while the trial is likely to take longer. Applicants cannot be made to incarcerate in jail for infinity on account of the fact that other people have to be identified and arrested,” the court held.
The counsels — Abdul Gaffar and Ravindra Narayan — appearing for Irshad and Sirjuddin stressed that their clients, too, were entitled to bail.
The court noted that the witness hadn’t named the accused in his statements recorded on March 8 and March 11, but did so on March 24, creating doubt on the identification.