Delhi riots case: Court summons ED special director for non-appearance of prosecution

The court observed that it waited for around half an hour for somebody to appear on behalf of the prosecution.

A Delhi court has summoned the Special Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the non-appearance of the prosecution in the money laundering case against former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain linked to the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots.

The court has directed the Special Director, ED, to appear in person before the Karkardooma Court on the next date of hearing on December 8, at 2.00 PM.

Pointing to the non-appearance of the prosecution, the court noted that during the hearing the IO wasn’t present in court, neither was anybody else on behalf of the prosecution.

The court observed that it waited for around half an hour for somebody to appear on behalf of the prosecution.

The court noted that earlier, too, there was a non-appearance on behalf of the prosecution in the court for the purpose of filing a reply and supply of application/judgments/arguments.

Further, the court said though it was stated that such things would not happen in the future, it has happened again.

The court was hearing an application filed on behalf of Hussain. The court pointed out that there was a direction to provide an advance copy of the ED’s reply to the counsel for the accused. However, not only was the advance copy not supplied, even the reply to the court had not been filed.

While listing the matter for hearing on December 08, the court ordered Tahir Hussain to be produced physically from judicial custody on the next date.

Published By:
ramesh sharma
Published On:
Dec 6, 2023