Undertrials accuse Delhi trial court judge of communal bias
Submitted by admin7 on 9 November 2009 - 9:52pm
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Three undertrials lodged in Tihar Central Jail have in an affidavit alleged that the Delhi district court judge who is hearing their case, has shown communal bias and used objectionable remarks against them during the proceedings. They said they have lost hope of justice from the court as the judge seems to have reached conclusion even before the conclusion of the trial.
In affidavits separately filed in the court of District & Sessions Judge G P Mittal, the accused said: The attitude and conduct of the Ld. Presiding Officer is biased and before conclusion of the trial, the Ld. Presiding Officer has reached the conclusion that we are guilty as on number of times, the Ld. Presiding officers has passed remarks which are absolutely unwarranted.
In the affidavits, the undertrials have mentioned some remarks of the learned judge. At one occasion, they alleged, the judge told the accused that they were Ajmal Kasab’s brother and they were all of the same clan.
“Ld. Presiding Officer passed remarks by addressing all of us ‘That Ajmal Kasab is your brother. You all are of the same clan but now you are not owning him,” the affidavits read.
According to the affidavits filed on November 3, two accused -- Shafaquat Iqbal @ Iqbal S\o Abdul Gani and Shabbir Ahmed S\o Mohd. Shafi – are from Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir while Mohd. Hassan @ Abu Qasim S\o Mohd. Hussain is from Punjab province in Pakistan
All lodged in the Tihar Central Jail are facing trial under IPC Sections 121,122,123 etc and Section 4\5 of Explosive Substance Act. Their case is pending with an additional sessions court of Delhi. They were detained under the FIR No 28/07 by Special Cell.
The accused have also made a serious allegation that the judge once told them that they were lucky to be in jail otherwise they would have been killed.
“On one occasion, the Ld. Presiding Officer has said that “You are lucky being inside jail otherwise you would have been dead,” they said.
In view of these incidents, the accused said, they have lost faith in the court.
“In view of the biased and prejudiced attitude of the Ld. Trial Court, we have no faith in it and we are hopeful that we will not be getting justice as the Ld. Trial court has reached the conclusion that we are guilty before the conclusion of the trial.”
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Fight the terror
Fight the terrorist churning radical Imam's who preach hatred against hindus rather than shedding tears for the undertrials. YEs, this is a bias from trial court judge and who knows he might have seen so much less convictions because the prosecution couldn;t get their job right even though there is overwhelming evidence in their terrorist activities. This is just one reason for his biased attitude. There could be any thing. Not all judges are born biased. Their experience makes them so.
Nothing New in it
Nothing new in this news except the fact that it has been reported. There are many 'liberals' who take media coverage or govt press conferene on face value. There was one lady from Pakistan who talked about Indian govt taking 'many steps' in uplifting women and talked about many societies not allowing women to drive. We know what she means but if we ask her to represent the victims of Gujrat, she would develop cold feet. If we allow this type of people to speak more, the days are not far when licence for flesh trade would also be listed as 'women's emancipation'. It is upto us, women or men to decide whom we allow to represent us.
The torment of many more Muslims would continue as India fast tops the 'police state' status with selective application of law.
Painful but true
I assure you that the story reported hereinabove is absolutely true, because I am the one who is defendending two accused out of these three, I am the defense counsel in this case and representing Shafakat Iqbal and Shabbir both r\o Doda, J&K and this is not the one example there are so many and now I think time has come to show our concern and compel the JUDICIARY to act in an impartial manner and to deliver justice, as expected from it. (M.S. Khan)
May Allah free all Muslims
May Allah free all Muslims prisoners. I also pray to Allah to give patience to their families in this turbulent times.
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