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The court has come to the conclusion that since the applicant (Hussain) has spent more than half of the period of imprisonment for allegedly committed by him, he is entitled to bail.
A court in the national capital on Saturday granted bail to former councilor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Tahir Hussain in the money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the 2020 north-eastern Delhi riots.
However, Hussain will still remain in jail as he is an accused in the alleged major conspiracy behind communal riots. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai, who hearing Hussain’s bail plea, said that he has been in jail for more than four years, while the maximum punishment for the offense under Section Four of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) is seven years.
The petition said that the former councilor of ‘AAP’ has served more than half the sentence. The court said, “The court has come to the conclusion that since the applicant (Hussain) has spent more than half of the period of imprisonment for allegedly committed by him, he is entitled to bail. Accordingly, the applicant is granted bail for depositing two bail bonds of Rs 50,000 and two bail bonds of the same amount. ”Delhi Police had registered three FIRs against Hussain and others in connection with communal riots.
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