Summary:
New Delhi: "The Delhi High Court has granted a three days` custody parole to jailed former MP Mohd Shahabuddin, who is lodged in Tihar Jail and serving a life term in a murder case.
The grant has been made for him to meet his family in the national capital.
The former Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) leader, a convict and an undertrial was shifted to Tihar jail in 2018 by the Supreme Court from Siwan jail in Bihar.
Justice A J Bhambhani noted that the police departments of both Bihar and Delhi are saying in unison that they cannot assure Shahbuddin`s custody and safety and alternatively, they are saying that they would need to deploy inordinately vast resources if his custody and safety is to be ensured.
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New Delhi: "The Delhi High Court has granted a three days` custody parole to jailed former MP Mohd Shahabuddin, who is lodged in Tihar Jail and serving a life term in a murder case.
The grant has been made for him to meet his family in the national capital.
The former Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) leader, a convict and an undertrial was shifted to Tihar jail in 2018 by the Supreme Court from Siwan jail in Bihar.
Justice A J Bhambhani noted that the police departments of both Bihar and Delhi are saying in unison that they cannot assure Shahbuddin`s custody and safety and alternatively, they are saying that they would need to deploy inordinately vast resources if his custody and safety is to be ensured.
The high court granted custody parole to Shahabuddin for a period of six hours at a time on any three days of his choice, whether consecutive or otherwise, within 30 days from the date of the order, which was passed on Wednesday.
"On each of these three days, the petitioner (Shahabuddin) would be taken in custody with adequate police security and protection, to a single address of his choice to be indicated by him in writing to the Jail Superintendent in advance, but only within the State of Delhi; which address and location would be verified and secured appropriately by the State," it said.
The high court said during the period of custody parole, he shall be free to meet only his mother, wife and any other blood relatives but no one else and he shall be afforded sufficient privacy to interact with such persons as he pleases.