The city court on Tuesday rejected Syed Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi’s first bail plea after his arrest by the special cell on March 6 for his alleged role in the February 13 Isreali diplomat’s car bombing case.
Chief metropolitan magistrate Vinod Yadav observed that the investigation of the offences allegedly committed by the accused is considered grave, which is in its very crucial stage and more over taking consideration of the “large scale international ramifications of the investigation,” he is “not inclined to admit applicant on bail at this stage. The bail application for bail is accordingly dismissed.”
Earlier, the defence counsel had argued his client should not be alleged as a “conspirator” on the basis of his vocal communications especially if the police do not have any evidence to produce before the court.
“If there is evidence to the effect that the applicant had talked to some or any of the assailants at or around the date of strike, then for want of actual contents of the mobile phone conversation the presumption of conspiracy cannot be raised against him,” said the representative of the applicant.
Regarding the Call Detail Records (CDRs), the court noted, “ it is clearly apparent that the basis of allegations against the applicant of conspiring with the actual assailants are there, which prima facie show that he had a role to play in this terrorist strike.”
From the case diaries of the public prosecutor, it is further shown “that one of the assailant, who was arrested in a different country, had applied for Indian visa simultaneously with one of the accused persons who is suspected of having given effect to the actual strike in this case.”
Here, the public prosecutor opposing the bail plea of the accused Kazmi had argued that the investigation in the matter in at a crucial stage, “where the evidence is being collected through the help of the international police.”