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Mumbai:
Soon after a Pune court sentenced German Bakery blast convict Himayat Baig
to death for his role in the terror attack which left 17 people
dead in February 2010, his relatives claiming that he was innocent
approached Jamiat Ulama for appeal in the High Court.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, a prominent body of Muslims, provides free
legal aid to Muslim youth who had been falsely implicated in
different cases.
Thirty-one-year-old Baig has been sentenced to death by a Pune
court on Thusrday in the February 13, 2010 German Bakery blasts
case.
Baig's brother Tariq Baig and other
relatives met Gulzar Azmi, a social activist, who heads the Legal
Cell of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind and appealed for legal aid needed for
the appeal in the higher court.
“The family members of Himayat Baig met us. They claimed that he
was innocent and falsely dragged into the case by the
Anti-Terrorism Squad. We have not yet decided anything. Once they
get the copy of the judgment, we would study it and then decide it
on the merits of the case,” Azmi said in a statement sent to
ummid.com.
He added that they would “check all
facts of the case” before taking a decision.
“Our panel of experts and legal
advisors would go through each and every detail and if we are
convinced that he was innocent, we would take a decision on this,”
Azmi said.
“Our policy is very clear, we extend legal aid, only if we are
convinced that the person is innocent,” he said, pointing out that
in the past too they have extended legal aid to many accused – and
have fought the case successfully in trial courts, high courts and
Supreme Court.
The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has defended the accused 7/11 train blasts
case , 26/11 (legal aid to Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed),
Malegaon blasts case (2006), Aurangabad Arms haul case (2006),
Mulund blast case, Gateway of India blasts case, 13/7 Mumbai
triple blasts case, Arthur Road jail assault case, Indian
Mujahedeen cases (Ahmadabad, Delhi, Mumbai), Akshardham attack
case, Kolkata American Centre attack case, Haren Pandya murder
trial, Qateel Siddiqui murder probe, Mozawalla case (Official
Secrets Act), and others.
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