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IN THE HON'BLE COURT OF SH. DEEPAK SHERAWAT, CMM,
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 (Being investigated by the Special Cell, Delhi).

State Vs . Bilal Ahmad Kawa s/o Ali Mohammad Kawa
. ;-:, rio Qutubuddin Pora, PS M.R.Ganj, Aali Kadal,
\ Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. (Date of arrest: 10.01.20 18)

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

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 ofLashkar-e-Toiba, alongwith his wife, was arrested from Delhi. On the basis of his
interrogation, other executors were identified as Abu Samal, 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 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 continued by the Hon'ble High Court and later-on by the Apex
court on 1 0.8.2011. In this case, several accused persons including the above mentioned
accused Bilal 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 accused Bilal Ahmed Kawa was arr¢sted in the
case in Delhi. Presently, he is in judicial custody remand till today. 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 requested that the Judicial Custody remand of the present
accused Bilal Ahmad Kawa, may please be extended further for 14 days, in the present case
please.

Prayed accordingly,

(Dalip Kumar)
Inspr./Spl Cell/NDR
Lodhi Colony, New Delhi.
Dated: 02.02.201~<'2,\