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Allahabad High Court Quashes Case Against Two Men Over Nizamuddin Markaz Visit
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In Short: The Allahabad High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against two men who were booked during the Covid-19 pandemic after the police alleged they had attended a religious gathering at Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz and could potentially spread the infection.
Justice Dr Gautam Chowdhary observed on September 18 that the case was based on the apprehension that the applicants might have been infected with coronavirus and could infect others, but their subsequent Covid tests turned out to be negative.
The applicants argued before the high court that the FIR had been lodged on false and frivolous allegations, and the court noted that the state did not dispute these facts.
The court observed that the applicants were falsely implicated in the case with ulterior motive and mala fide intent and only on the basis of presumption.
It further noted that if the present proceedings were allowed to continue, it would result in the abuse of the process of the court as well as the process of law.
The case arose from an FIR registered on April 2, 2020, at Shahganj Police Station in Jaunpur under various sections of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 and the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.
The FIR alleged that the police received information about two men who had travelled to the Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi to attend a religious gathering and, on returning, were allegedly staying at their homes with family members without informing the authorities.
Background
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a more than six-decade-old land ceiling proceeding after finding that a notice was issued to a man who had already died, among other procedural failures.
In the wake of a five-storey PG building collapse in South West Delhi, police are relying on a student who was among the survivors to build charges against the property's operators.
What's still developing
- Nothing material beyond the confirmed record.