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IN THE COURT OF SH. DEEPAK SEHRAWAT, CMM (NDD),
~ PATIALA HOUSE COURTS, NEW DELHI

Case FIR No. 688 dated 22.12.2000 u/s. 302/307/353/186/201/121/216/468/420/471/ 474/120-
B/34-IPC, 14 Foreigners Act, 4/5 Explosive Substances Act & 25/27 Arms Act, PS Kotwali,
Delhi.

State Vs. Bilal Ahmad Kawa s/o Ali Mohammad Kawa
rio Qutubuddin Pora, PS M.R.Ganj, Aali Kadal,
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. (Aged: 37 years),

Subject: Application for permission for obtaining specimen handwriting &
signatures of accused Bilal Ahmad Kawa in the case.
Hon'ble Sir,

The brief facts of case are that on 22.12.2000, at around 9.05 PM, an incidence of
firing/attack in the Red Fort, Delhi in which 6 terrorist of banned terrorist organization Lashkar-e-
Toiba (LeT), armed with AK-56/47 rifles entered into Red Fort and fired of the security forces,
deployed in the security of the Red Fort. Total three army personnel died in the incidence. On the
same day, the terrorist organization, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) has claimed for the above mentioned
attack on Red Fort. Accordingly, the above mentioned case vide FIR No. 688/2000 dt. 22.12.2000,
was registered at PS Kotwali, Delhi. Subsequently, the investigation of the case has been transferred
to Special Cell, Delhi. During the investigation of the case, on 25.12.2000 one accused namely
·Ashfaq Ahmed @ Abu Hamaad @ Mohd. Arif. s/o Mohd. Akram r/o Abottai:!~Hi,_Pii.ki_st~!l• .. t~y
militant of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, alongwith his wife, was arrested from Delhi' .. On"tfie-o'as!S' of his··
interrogation, another raid was conducted in the area of Batla House, Delhi on 26.12.2000, in which '
one of his associate and intruder namely Abu Samal (r/o Pakistan), was killed in the encounter with_:
the team of Special. Cell, Delhi. Other executors were identified as Abu Samad, Abu Saad, AbJ
Sakhar, Bilal and Abu Haidar (all r/o Pakistan). In this case, earlier seven accused persons Ashfaq
Ahm9d @ Arif, Rehmana Yusuf, Nazir Ahmed Qasid, Farooq, Babar Mohsin Bagwala, Matloob
Alam and Sadaqat Ali were convicted on 31.10.2005, by the Ld. court of Sh. O.P. Saini, ASJ, Delhi.
During the appeal, on 13.9.2007, all the accused persons have been acquitted by the Delhi High
Court, Delhi vide orders dated 13.09.2007, except accused Ashfaq Ahmad @ Mohd. Arif, whose
death penalty was confirmed by the Hon'ble High Court and later on by the Apex court on
I 0.8:20 II. In this case, several accused persons including the above mentioned accused Bila!Ahmed
Kawa, were declared as PO by the concerned court of Sh. A.K. Sarpal, MM, Tis Hazari Courts,
Delhi vide orders dated 04.05.2001.

On 10.01.18, the above mentioned Bilal Ahmed Kawa R/0 Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir,
Proclaimed offender and wanted in present case FIR No. 688/2000, PS Kotwali, Delhi has been
arrested in Delhi in the case, who is present! y in Police Custody remand vide orders dated
11.01.2018 of this Hon'ble Court for 10 days (i.e. upto 21.01.2018). During the course of
investigation of the case, it was revealed that the bank account of the present accused was used in the
present case for receiving and withdrawing of hawala money, used in the case/incidence. As such,
the specimen handwriting and signatures of the present accused Bilal Ahmad Kawa, are required for
further investigation purpo.ses in the case.
It is, therefore, humbly prayed to grant necessary permission for obtaining the specimen
handwritings of the above mentioned a~cused Bilal Ahmad Kawa, in the present case please.

Prayed accordingly, \
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