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' IN THE COURT OF DUTY MM
jt PATIALA HOUSE COURTS, NEW DELHI

Case FIR No. 688 dated 22.12.2000 u/s. 302/307/353/186/201/121/216/46.8/420/471/ 474/120-
B/34-IPC, 14 Foreigners Act, 4/5 Explosive Substances Act & 25/27 Arms Act, PS Kotwali,
Delhi (Being investigated by the Special Cell, Delhi).

State Vs. Bilal Ahmad Kawa s/o Ali Mohammad Kawa
r/o Qutubuddin Pora, PS M.R.Ganj, Aali Kadal,
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. (Aged: .37 years),
(Date of arrest: I 0.01.2018)

Subject: Application for JC remand of the accused Bilal Ahmad Kawa in the case.

Hon'ble Sir,

It is submitted that the present accused Bilal Ahmad Kawa was arrested On 10.01.2018, in the
above mentioned case FIR No. 688/2000, PS Kotwali, Delhi (being investigated by the Special Cell,
Delhi). 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 r/o Abottabad, Pakistan, the militant of Lashkar-e-
Tayyeba, alongwith his wife, was arrested from Delhi. On the basis of his interrogation, other
executors were identified as Abu Sarna!, Abu Samad, Abu Saad, Abu Sakhar, Bilal and Abu Haidar
(all r/o Pakistan). In this case, earlier seven accused persons were convicted on 31.10.2005, by the
Hon'ble court of Sh. O.P. Saini, ASJ, Delhi. During the appeal, on 1:3.9.2007, 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/continued by the
· Hon'ble High Court and later on by the Apex court on 10.8.20 11. In this case, several accused
persons including tbe above mentioned accused Bi1a1 Ahmed Kawa, were declared as PO by the
concerned court ofSh. A.K. Sarpal, MM, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi vide orders dated 04.05.2001.
On I 0.01.18, the above mentioned accused Bilal Ahmed Kawa was arrested in the case in
Delhi, who has been taken on Police Custody remand vide orders dated 11.01.2018 of this Hon'ble
Court for 10 days, which completed today. During his PC remand he has been interrogated in detail
and· the facts disclosed by him, were verified from tbe other concerned departments in Delhi and
J&K. In this regard, it is submitted that the investigation of the case is still in progress and yet to be
completed.
It is, therefore, humbly prayed to send the present accused Bilal Ahmad Kawa, into Judicial
Custody remand for 1}.s,lays, in the present case please.
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Prayed accordingly,

(Dafip Kumar)
Inspr./Spl Cell/NDR
Lodhi Colony, New Delhi.
Dated: 21..01.2018