Delhi riots case: SC grants Tahir Hussain custody parole to campaign for Assembly elections

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain, an accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case, to be released on custody parole to campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections in the national capital, reported Bar and Bench.

Hussain is contesting the elections, scheduled for February 5, on an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen ticket from the Mustafabad seat. The counting of votes will take place on February 8.

On January 22, a division bench of the court delivered a split verdict on Hussain’s petition seeking interim bail.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta granted him custody parole from January 29 till February 3 for campaigning, subject to several conditions, Live Law reported.

“He [Hussain] shall be let out for 12 hours every day as per jail manual,” Bar and Bench quoted the bench as saying. “Pending bail plea before High Court to be decided on its own merits.”

The Aam Aadmi Party had suspended Hussain after he was listed as an accused in the riots case. He subsequently joined the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen in December.

The case pertained to the clashes that had broken out in North East Delhi in February 2020 between supporters of the Citizenship Amendment Act and those opposing the controversial legislation. The violence left 53 dead…

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