Court refuses bail to co-accused in Munawar Faruqui case

The Indore district court docket on Tuesday rejected for the sccond time the bail plea of a 23- year-old man arrested together with slapstick comedian Munawar Faruqui following a comedy present.

Sadaqat Khan (23), accused of being concerned in the present’s organisation, moved the classes court docket looking for bail on the premise of “parity” (comparable circumstances) as Mr. Faruqui was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court 4 days in the past.

Additional Sessions Judge Yatindra Kumar Guru, nevertheless, rejected his plea. His first bail software had been rejected by the court docket on January 11.

Mr. Khan, a Mumbai-based civil engineer, is in an area jail since January 3 following his arrest. Of six individuals arrested in the case, solely Mr. Faruqui and one other accused — who was discovered to be a minor — are out on bail.

The Additional Sessions Judge, in the order handed on Tuesday, cited some previous Supreme Court rulings and mentioned the grant of bail wouldn’t be justified beneath the legislation.

Mr. Khan’s lawyer Surendra Kumar Verma introduced the February 5 order of the Supreme Court granting bail to Mr. Faruqui, and mentioned his shopper ought to get bail “on the basis of judicial parity”.

But Additional Public Prosecutor Sanjay Sharma objected, saying the order handed by the apex court docket in Mr. Faruqui’s case was interim, and Mr. Khan cannot invoke the precept of parity on its foundation.

Comedian Faruqui and 5 others concerned in organising a present in Indore on January 1 had been arrested following a criticism by Eklavya Singh Gaud, son of native BJP MLA Malini Laxman Singh Gaud.

The MLA’s son alleged that objectionable comments were made about Puucho deities and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the course of the present.