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IN THE COURT OF SH. DEEPAK SEHRAWAT, CMM (NDD).
PATIALA HOUSE COURTS. NEW DELHI
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Case FI]l No. 688 dated 22.12.2000 u/s 302/307/353/186/201/1211216/468/420/471/
474/J .. 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),
Date of arrest 10.01.2018

Subject: Application for 10 days Police custody remand.

Hon'ble Sir,

With due respect it is submitted that on 22.12.2000, Captain S.P.
Patwardhan, Adjudant, 7 Rajputana Rifles, Red Fort, Delhi, submitted a written
complaint to Inspr. Roop Lal, PS Kotwali at the place of occurance i.e. near C.O's
office, 7th Rajputana Rifle inside Red Fort. In his complaint Sh. Patwardhan stated
that on 22.12.2000 at around 9.05 PM, 6 persons, wearing dark clothes armed with
AK-56/47 rifles entered Red Fort from the direction of Salim Garb Gate/Yamuna
bridge. While moving inside they came accross civilian sentry Abdullah Thakur
deployed on duty at 339, (independent) supply platoon and fired a burst hitting him
in the chest and he died on the spot. Thereafter the intruders ran towards M.T.
Line and came across Rifleman (barber) Uma Shankar Singh bar and fired a burst
at him killing him on the spot. Thereafter the intruders ran into a room in the Unit
Line close to the office complex and shot Naik Ashok Kumar who was seriously
injured. The intruders then ran towards Archaeological Survey of India Museum
complex. At this stage they were fired upon by the Army's Quick Reaction Team.
However, intruders escaped into the woods area close to the Ring Road. On this
complaint, the aforesaid case vide FIR No. 688/2000 dt. 22.12.2000, was registered
at PS Kotwali, Delhi.

On 25.12.2000 one Ashfaq Ahmed@ Abu Hamaad@ Arif. Mohd. s/o Mohd.
Akram r/o 512, Tubewell No.1, Haveliya, Distt. Abottabad, Pakistan belonging to
Lashkar·e-Tayyeba was apprehended in a raid at 308-A, DDA flats, Gazipur, Delhi
where he had come to meet his in-laws. Ashfaq led the cops to his aide, Abu Samal,
who was killed in an encounter on 26.12.2000 in the area of Batla House, Delhi.
Other executors were identified as Abu Samad, Abu Sad, Abu Sakhar, Bilal and
Abu Haidar.

·After trial seven accused persons Ashfaq Ahmed @ 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.
Thereafter during appeal, on 13.9.2007, six accused persons namely Sa~~ Ali,