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 Kazmi
granted bail after seven months in jail
The Supreme Court Friday granted bail to journalist Syed Mohammed
Ahmed Kazmi who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the
Israeli embassy vehicle blast case in which an Israeli diplomat's »
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New Delhi: The Kazmi Solidarity
Committee welcomes the Supreme Court order granting bail to Syed
Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi after seven months in custody on charges of
involvement in the bomb attack on an Israeli diplomatic vehicle.
"The committee deplores the obstructive attitude of the prosecution
and the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, which have been
perversely attempting to keep Mr. Kazmi in prison despite their
inability to file a chargesheet within the extended time granted
under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act", a signed statement
from the Solidarity Committee said.
"Not only did the
prosecution seek an extension of 90 days after the mandated period
of judicial custody was over, it also used its inefficiency as an
alibi, pleading that it needed more time to send out letters rogatory seeking international judicial assistance",
the statement said.
"While Mr. Kazmi was in custody, the
Special Cell left no stone unturned in orchestrating a media trial
to establish his guilt, planting malicious stories of his
"confession" (while disavowing responsibility for these in court
hearings)", it added.
"The committee would like to underline once again that" the
statement said, "Despite
this campaign by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, independent
media reports have suggested that the evidence against Mr Kazmi is
feeble and the case against him, unlikely to stand any form of
scrutiny."
The statement is signed by
Sukumar Muralidharan, Saeed Naqvi, Seema Mustafa, John Cherian,
Jawed Naqvi,Sanjay Kapoor, Iftikhar Geelani, Ajit Sahi, Iqbal
Ahmad (journalists),
Shabnam Hashmi, Mahtab Alam, Manisha Sethi, Mansi Sharma and other
activists and journalists of Syed Kazmi Solidarity
Committee.
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