New Delhi, July 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Delhi court on Thursday deferred the hearing on the quantum of sentence to July 27 in the case of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four others convicted for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.
The Karkardooma Court adjourned the matter after the sentencing hearing could not be concluded and fixed July 27 for hearing arguments on the quantum of sentence.
Earlier this month, the court convicted Hussain, Javed, Anas, Nazim and Kasim in the murder case after holding them guilty of offences including murder, kidnapping, rioting and promoting enmity between different groups.
In its detailed judgment, the court held Hussain guilty under Sections 302 (murder), 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine a person), 188 (disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon) and 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The four co-convicts were also held guilty of the same offences, while all five were acquitted of the charge of criminal conspiracy under Section 120B of the IPC. The court had also acquitted six other accused, holding that the prosecution failed to establish their guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
The case relates to the killing of IB officer Ankit Sharma, whose body was recovered from a drain in the Khajuri Khas area on February 26, 2020, during the communal violence that rocked North-East Delhi.
According to the prosecution, Sharma was caught in the violence near his residence on February 25, 2020, when clashes broke out between two groups near the Chand Bagh Pulia.
It was alleged that he was abducted by a mob, assaulted and stabbed multiple times before his body was dumped into a nearby drain.
The FIR was registered at the Dayalpur police station on the complaint of Sharma's father, Ravinder Kumar, who alleged that his son had gone out to purchase household items but never returned.
The violence that rocked North-East Delhi in February 2020 claimed 53 lives, left several others injured and caused damage to property worth crores of rupees.
Source: IANS
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