MOHD TAHIR HUSSAIN vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

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$~4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 14th January, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 4819/2024 MOHD TAHIR HUSSAIN .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Rebecca John, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Rajiv Mohan, Ms. Tara Narula, Ms. Shivangi Sharma, Ms. Sonal Sarda Mr Rishabh Bhati, Ms. Anushka Baravah, Mr. Rehan Khan, Mr. Chinmay Kanojia, Mr. Nilanjan Dey & Mr. Chandveer Shoran, Advocates. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr. Rajat Nair, SPP, through VC, Mr. Dhruv Pande, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. Shubham Sharma & Mr. Vikramaditya Singh, Advocates. A copy of this order be placed in all the matters Sushil Kumar, Insp. Priyanka, AEKC Crime Branch Sunlight Colony. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T (oral) CRL.M.A. 516/2025 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The Application is disposed of. CRL.M.(BAIL) 50/2025 Signature Not Verified DigitallySigned By:SAHIL SHARMA BAIL APPLN. 4819/2024 Page 1 of 12 Signing Date:14.01.2025 20:50:55 3. The present Application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “BNSS, 2023”) has been filed on behalf of the Applicant/Petitioner seeking “Interim Bail” from 14.01.2025 to 09.02.2025 to participate in the election process and to contest the Delhi Assembly Elections, 2025 from Mustafabad Constituency, Delhi. 4. It is submitted in the Application that the Applicant/Petitioner is an accused in relation to the Delhi Riots which took place in February, 2020. The Applicant/Petitioner was taken in custody and arrested by the Police on 05.03.2020 in FIR No. 101/2020 dated 25.02.2020 under Sections 109/114/147/148/149/188/353/427/435/436/454/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as “IPC, 186