HC extends Atiqrsquos judicial custody by 14 days

  • | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

Now, his judicial custody has been extended by 14 more days.”Ahmad was shifted to Bareilly district jail from Deoria after he allegedly thrashed Jaiswal inside the jail, who was reportedly abducted by Ahmad’s goons from Lucknow on December 26. After the incident, the UP government had suspended Deoria jailer Devnath Pandey and two others — Munna Pandey and Rakesh Kumar Sharma.Besides, Deoria jail superintendent Dilip Pandey was also transferred.A team of three lawyers, including advocate Nisar Ahmad, Iqrar Ahmad and Radhe Shyam Pandey had arrived from Allahabad to discuss cases with Ahmad, the hearing of which was scheduled on Wednesday. BAREILLY: The Allahabad high court’s Lucknow bench on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad by 14 days in a Lucknow-based businessman Mohit Jaiswal abduction case.Earlier, in the morning, a battery of lawyers had arrived at Bareilly district jail to meet gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad.One of the lawyers, Nisar Ahmad, said that the jail authorities prevented them from meeting Ahmad, who had to be taken to a Lucknow court.Nisar Ahmad told TOI, “On the ground of my client’s health, we had requested the court to grant him bail but the court turned down the request.

BAREILLY: The Allahabad high court’s Lucknow bench on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad by 14 days in a Lucknow-based businessman Mohit Jaiswal abduction case.Earlier, in the morning, a battery of lawyers had arrived at Bareilly district jail to meet gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad.One of the lawyers, Nisar Ahmad, said that the jail authorities prevented them from meeting Ahmad, who had to be taken to a Lucknow court.Nisar Ahmad told TOI, “On the ground of my client’s health, we had requested the court to grant him bail but the court turned down the request. Now, his judicial custody has been extended by 14 more days.”Ahmad was shifted to Bareilly district jail from Deoria after he allegedly thrashed Jaiswal inside the jail, who was reportedly abducted by Ahmad’s goons from Lucknow on December 26. After the incident, the UP government had suspended Deoria jailer Devnath Pandey and two others — Munna Pandey and Rakesh Kumar Sharma.Besides, Deoria jail superintendent Dilip Pandey was also transferred.A team of three lawyers, including advocate Nisar Ahmad, Iqrar Ahmad and Radhe Shyam Pandey had arrived from Allahabad to discuss cases with Ahmad, the hearing of which was scheduled on Wednesday.

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