JAMAAT CASE: BAIL TO 82 BANGLADESH NATIONALS

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Friday granted bail to 82 Bangladeshi nationals who were chargesheeted for attending a Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Nizamuddin here in the month of March for allegedly violating visa conditions, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines, issued in the wake of Covid-19 outbreak. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gurmohina Kaur granted the relief to the foreigners on furnishing a personal bond of ₹10,000 each. The accused foreign nationals will file their plea bargaining applications on Friday, said their advocates.

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Friday granted bail to 82 Bangladeshi nationals who were chargesheeted for attending a Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Nizamuddin here in the month of March for allegedly violating visa conditions, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines, issued in the wake of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gurmohina Kaur granted the relief to the foreigners on furnishing a personal bond of ₹10,000 each.

The accused foreign nationals will file their plea bargaining applications on Friday, said advocate Ashima Mandla and Mandakini Singh, appearing for the foreign nationals.

Under plea bargaining, the accused plead guilty to the offence praying for a lesser punishment.

In India, the Code of Criminal Procedure allows the process of plea bargaining for cases where the maximum punishment is imprisonment for seven years, where offences don’t affect the socio-economic conditions of the society and when the offences are not committed against a woman or a child below 14 years of age.

During the hearing at the court, all the foreign nationals were produced before the court through video conferencing only.