Delhi Riots Case: High Court Grants Interim Custody-Bail To Jamia Student For Exams

Delhi Riots Case: Asif Iqbal Tanha has been directed by the court not to use the devices for any other purpose except studying and also not to erase or tamper with browsing history on the laptop or SMSes and call records of phone.

The Delhi High Court has granted interim custody-bail to Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) student Asif Iqbal Tanha, arrested in a case related to the northeast Delhi riots last year, for two weeks to stay at a hotel in Delhi for studying and appearing in exams scheduled from June 15. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani noted that it is imperative for Asif Tanha to sit in his three remaining backlog or compartment examinations to complete his BA (Hons) (Persian) programme and said he be released on interim custody- bail on the morning of June 13 and shall be brought back to prison by guards on the evening of June 26. As agreed by the counsels for the state and Asif Tanha, he will be staying at a hotel in Kalkaji in Delhi under the custody of two prison guards deputed by the Jail Superintendent. Asif Tanha has undertaken to bear all charges and expenses to be incurred there, including lodging and food.