New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- A Delhi court on Saturday held that expelled AAP leader Tahir Hussain had allowed a mob to use his building as a vantage point to pelt stones at people and properties during the February 2020 northeast Delhi riots, convicting him of abetment to rioting.
This is the second conviction of Hussain in a case related to the riots. On July 31, a Delhi court sentenced the former AAP councillor and four co-convicts to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma.
Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh convicted Hussain under Section 147 (rioting) read with Section 109 (abetment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in the case registered at Dayalpur police station.
He was acquitted of the more serious charges, including Sections 148 (rioting while armed with deadly weapon), 380 (Stealing from a residential house), 427 (mischief causing damage), 435, 436 (mischief by fire or explosive) and 450 (trespass to commit offence punishable with life imprisonment) of the IPC, read with Section 109.
In its 53-page judgment, the court said the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that on February 24, 2020, between 2 pm and 3 pm, a mob gathered on the terrace of Hussain's house on Main Karawal Nagar Road and used the building's height to pelt stones at passers-by and nearby properties.
The court relied on the testimonies of four public witnesses.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.