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Big Verdict : Blamed For Covid Violation , Delhi HC HC Drops Charges In Tablighi Jamaat Case
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said there was ‘not a whisper’ either in the first information reports (FIRs) or the chargesheets about the petitioners being found COVID-19 positive or moving negligently or unlawfully with intent or knowledge to spread the disease of COVID-19.
The Delhi high court has dropped charges against 70 Indian nationals accused of housing foreign attendees of Tablighi Jamaat congregation in March 2020 allegedly in violation of COVID-19 norms pointing out no evidence to prove they participated in any prohibited activity.
According to PTI, Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said there was ‘not a whisper’ either in the first information reports (FIRs) or the chargesheets about the petitioners being found COVID-19 positive or moving negligently or unlawfully with intent or knowledge to spread the disease of COVID-19.
“There is not a whisper in the entire chargesheet that any of these petitioners were found COVID-19 positive or that they had stepped out of the Markaz after March 24, 2020 or that they were likely to spread COVID-19,” the court said.
Justice Krishna discharged the petitioners on July 17 but the detailed order was made available.
Continuation of these chargesheets against the petitioners would tantamount to abuse of the process and is also not in the interest of justice, it said.
“The chargesheets and proceedings emanating therefrom, are hereby quashed and petitioners are discharged,” the court held.