Swami Aseemanand gets bail in Samjhauta blast case

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Confined in Ambala jail for the past four years, Swami Aseemanand was charged for his role in Samjhauta Express link train blast February 18, 2007 at Diwana village in Panipat.

CHANDIGARH: In a major development, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday granted bail to Hindu leader Swami Aseemanand in the Samjhauta train blast case.

Confined in Ambala jail for the past four years, Aseemanand was charged for his role in the Samjhauta Express link train blast Feb 18, 2007 at Diwana village near the industrial town of Panipat.

Division bench comprising Justice SS Saron and Justice Lisa Gill of the high court has granted him bail while considering the pleas that Swami Assemanand is in custody for the past four years and there are around 300 witnesses in this case, some of which are in Pakistan and it would take years to complete the examination of all the witnesses.
BJP leader and senior advocate Satya Pal Jain had appeared before the court on behalf of Swami Aseemanad.

In his bail petition, Aseemanand had been arguing that his name did not figure in the initial FIR lodged on February 19, 2007, by the railway police.

"In fact, the FIR was lodged against one Ajmat Ali, arrested on the basis of a sketch prepared on description given by two passengers.

When the case was handed over to the NIA in July 2010, names of all accused were changed and the list included Aseemanand," his counsel has argued. Aseemanand, who is presently lodged in Ambala jail, had also argued that there is not an iota of evidence with the prosecution to establish there case against him and keeping him inside custody for so many years would be injustice to him.

On November 30, 2013, the special NIA court Panchkula had dismissed his bail plea after accepting the arguments of National Investigations Agency that letting out Aseemanand on bail would have been fatal for the prosecution. NIA had also argued that since some of the accused involved in the case are still at large, Aseemanand could tamper with the investigations.

In a major development, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday granted bail to Hindu leader Swami Aseemanand in the Samjhauta train blast case.
Confined in Ambala jail for the past four years, Aseemanand was charged for his role in the Samjhauta Express link train blast Feb 18, 2007 at Diwana village near the industrial town of Panipat.

Division bench comprising Justice SS Saron and Justice Lisa Gill of the high court has granted him bail while considering the pleas that Swami Assemanand is in custody for the past four years and there are around 300 witnesses in this case, some of which are in Pakistan and it would take years to complete the examination of all the witnesses.
BJP leader and senior advocate Satya Pal Jain had appeared before the court on behalf of Swami Aseemanad.

In his bail petition, Aseemanand had been arguing that his name did not figure in the initial FIR lodged on February 19, 2007, by the railway police.

"In fact, the FIR was lodged against one Ajmat Ali, arrested on the basis of a sketch prepared on description given by two passengers.

When the case was handed over to the NIA in July 2010, names of all accused were changed and the list included Aseemanand," his counsel has argued. Aseemanand, who is presently lodged in Ambala jail, had also argued that there is not an iota of evidence with the prosecution to establish there case against him and keeping him inside custody for so many years would be injustice to him.

On November 30, 2013, the special NIA court Panchkula had dismissed his bail plea after accepting the arguments of National Investigations Agency that letting out Aseemanand on bail would have been fatal for the prosecution. NIA had also argued that since some of the accused involved in the case are still at large, Aseemanand could tamper with the investigations.

 

 

Source : Times Of India