The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the habeas corpus petition of one of many accused within the Delhi Police case, Gulfisha Fatima, alleging a “larger conspiracy” behind the northeast Delhi riots.
A division bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh mentioned that Fatima was in judicial custody and the detention can’t be mentioned to be unlawful. “It is well settled that the writ of habeas corpus will not be in respect of a person who is in judicial custody,” the court docket mentioned.
Fatima was arrested on this case on 09 April 2020 and is at present in judicial custody. He argued within the petition by his counsel that his custody in judicial custody was “illegal and void” and questioned the validity of the trial court docket’s order extending his judicial custody final yr.
Questioning the listening to of the petition, the court docket mentioned that if Fatima has any grievance towards the order of the trial court docket, she will be able to benefit from additional judicial treatment. The court docket mentioned that this order will be challenged in acceptable judicial proceedings earlier than the suitable discussion board.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
