Page 264 - STATE v ARIF & ORS. SC-NO-540-2022 PART 1

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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 1:-I.R.Ganj, Aali Kadal,
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir.

Subject: Request for providing original documents from judicial file for further
investigation purposes.

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Hon'bleSir,

The brief facts ofthe 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
Lashkarce-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-Taiba (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.
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During the investigation of the case, earlier total I 1 accused were arrested out of
which all the accused persons have been acquitted/discharges by the Hon'ble Trial/appellant
courts, except on accused namely Ash'faq Ahmed @ Abu Hamaad @ Mohd. Arif rio.
Pakistan; whose death penalty was confirmed by the Hon'ble High Court and later on by the
Apex court on 10.8.2011. 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. The present
accused namely Bilal Ahmed Kawa RIO Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, was arrested in the
case on 10.01.2018, who is presently on bail vide orders dated 07.02.2018 of the Hon'ble
court cifrSh: Sidharth Sharma, ASJ (FTC), Patiala House Courts, Delhi.

During the investigation of the case, it was revealed that during the year 2000, above
mentioned Pakistani militant of LeT namely Mohd. Arif @ Ashfaq has received Hawala
money in Delhi and sent the same to Jammu & Kashmir through some bank accounts,
including Rs. I 0 Lakhs in the bank account of present accused Bilal Ahmad Kawa (Ale no.
28552609) in his Grindleys Bank Ltd., Srinagar Branch, J&K, which were used for the
terrorist activities in the state. The above mentioned amount of Rs. 10 Jakhs was withdrawn
in Srinagar, J&K from 18.07.2000 to 22.07.2000 through various bearer cheques, duly
signed by the present accused Bilal Ahmed Kawa. The same was distributed to various
person i.e. LeT operatives in Kashmir.