In a shocking development, the Delhi High Court on On Tuesday (January 18) granted bail to six persons who were involved in the brutal murder, mutilation, and dismemberment of Dilbar Negi during the Delhi Riots that took place in February 2020
The accused Mohammad Tahir, Shahrukh, Mohammad Faizal, Mohammad Shoaib, Rashid, and Parvez were granted by Justice Subramonium Prasad. They were sent to jail for setting Anil Sweet Corner on fire and the brutal murder of Dilbar Negi who was just 22 years old.
Advocate Amit Mahajan, appearing for the Delhi Police had vehemently opposed the grant of bail.
BREAKING: Delhi High Court grants bail to 6 accused in the murder case of 22 year Dilbar Negi in #delhiriots case who sustained burn injuries beyond recognition. Tahir, Shahrukh, Mohd. Faizal, Mohd. Shoaib, Rashid and Parvez have been granted bail by Court. #dilbarnegi pic.twitter.com/Tu9tdsOMY0
— LawBeat (@LawBeatInd) January 18, 2022
On February 2020, the accused had allegedly chopped off the hands, and feet of Dilbar Negi who was working in the sweet shop and had come to Delhi looking for a job from his native state Uttarakhand just six months before the incident.
As per the Police report, rioters pelted stones and set several shops on fire on February 24 near Shiv Vihar Tiraha, and two days after the riots, the police found a mutilated and torched dead body that was unrecognizable at the time.
Later, the police were able to identify the deceased as 22-year-old as Dilbar Singh Negi.
An FIR was registered by the Police under Section 147 (Punishment for rioting), 148 (Rioting, armed with a deadly weapon), 149 (Unlawful assembly), 302 (Murder), 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence), 436 (Mischief by fire) and 427 (Mischief causing damage) of the Indian Penal Code against the accused at Gokulpuri Police Station.
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