Terror charges framed in High Court blast case
2 Oct 2012 5:38 AM IST
Paving the way for trial, a special court on Monday framed terror charges against an accused involved in a blast outside the Delhi High Court in 2011, sources said.
National Investigation Agency [NIA] Special Judge H S Sharma, during the in-camera proceedings, framed charges against Wasim Akram Malik. His trial will begin on 15 October.
Fifteen people were killed and 79 injured on 7 September 2011 in the explosion outside gate number 5 of the court complex.
The court on 4 September found sufficient evidence against Malik under terror charges and penal provisions dealing with criminal conspiracy, murder and attempt to murder, the sources said.
‘In my view, the prosecution has collected sufficient evidence to frame charges under Section 120B [criminal conspiracy], 440 [mischief committed for causing death] 436 [mischief by explosive substance], 302 [murder], 307 [attempt to murder], 325 [voluntarily causing grievous hurt], 323 [voluntarily causing hurt] of the Indian Penal code and under section 4 [explosion used to endanger human life] of the Explosive Substances Act,’ the court said.
Malik, who is in judicial custody, is the first accused against whom the charges have been framed in the case.
The court, however, dropped against him the charges dealing with waging war against the state and conspiracy and collecting arms to wage a war against the country. The NIA moved the high court challenging the trial judge’s decision to drop these charges.
The NIA in March filed a charge sheet against six accused, including a minor. Malik and another accused, Amir Abbas Dev, were arrested in September 2011.
Amir Abbas Dev has turned approver in the case and is in judicial custody. The other accused in the case are Malik’s brother.
National Investigation Agency [NIA] Special Judge H S Sharma, during the in-camera proceedings, framed charges against Wasim Akram Malik. His trial will begin on 15 October.
Fifteen people were killed and 79 injured on 7 September 2011 in the explosion outside gate number 5 of the court complex.
The court on 4 September found sufficient evidence against Malik under terror charges and penal provisions dealing with criminal conspiracy, murder and attempt to murder, the sources said.
‘In my view, the prosecution has collected sufficient evidence to frame charges under Section 120B [criminal conspiracy], 440 [mischief committed for causing death] 436 [mischief by explosive substance], 302 [murder], 307 [attempt to murder], 325 [voluntarily causing grievous hurt], 323 [voluntarily causing hurt] of the Indian Penal code and under section 4 [explosion used to endanger human life] of the Explosive Substances Act,’ the court said.
Malik, who is in judicial custody, is the first accused against whom the charges have been framed in the case.
The court, however, dropped against him the charges dealing with waging war against the state and conspiracy and collecting arms to wage a war against the country. The NIA moved the high court challenging the trial judge’s decision to drop these charges.
The NIA in March filed a charge sheet against six accused, including a minor. Malik and another accused, Amir Abbas Dev, were arrested in September 2011.
Amir Abbas Dev has turned approver in the case and is in judicial custody. The other accused in the case are Malik’s brother.
Next Story
