Delhi HC Seeks Police Response on Tahir Hussain’s Challenge to Ankit Sharma Murder Conviction
The bench admitted Hussain’s appeal and set a December 2 hearing after his conviction in Ankit Sharma’s murder case.
- On Wednesday, The Delhi High Court sought a police response regarding former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain's appeal challenging his conviction and life sentence for the 2020 murder of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma.
- Communal clashes over the Citizenship Act in Delhi in February 2020 left at least 53 people dead; Sharma's body was recovered from a Khajuri Khas drain with 51 injuries.
- A trial court sentenced Hussain and four co-convicts—Nazim, Qasim, Javed, and Anas—to life imprisonment on July 31, holding the case did not fall within the "rarest of rare" category.
- Challenging the conviction, Hussain argues the investigation aimed to implicate him to satisfy public anger, prompting a bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan to admit the appeal.
- The Delhi High Court listed the matter for hearing on December 2 and directed jail authorities to place Hussain's nominal roll on record for review of trial court proceedings.
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LatestlyDelhi HC seeks response from Delhi Police on Tahir Hussain's appeal against conviction, life sentence
IB Official Ankit Sharma was murdered in the Dayal Pur area during the North East Delhi Riots in February 2020. His mutilated body was recovered from a drain. A division bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan issued a notice and sought a response from the Delhi Police.
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Times of IndiaDelhi HC seeks police response on Tahir Hussain’s challenge to Ankit Sharma murder conviction
The Delhi High Court has sought a response from police regarding Tahir Hussain's appeal. Hussain challenges his conviction and life sentence for the murder of Ankit Sharma. The court admitted his appeal and scheduled it for further hearing. Sharma's father had reported him missing during the 2020 riots. Hussain and four others were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder.
The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear the appeal of convict Tahir Husain in the massacre of IB officer Ankit Sharma. All related appeals will be heard simultaneously on December 2. Lawyer Rajeev Mohan also said that the statement of a witness was misunderstood.
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