Bail for 82 Bangladeshis in Tablighi Jamaat case
   Date :11-Jul-2020

Bail for 82 Bangladeshis
 
 
NEW DELHI ;
 
A DELHI court on Friday granted bail to 82 foreign nationals from Bangladesh who were charge sheeted for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation here allegedly in violation of visa norms, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating Government guidelines issued in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gurmohina Kaur granted the relief to the foreigners on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 10,000 each. Till date, 371 foreign nationals from 31 different countries, who were chargesheeted in the case, have been granted bail by the court.
 
The police had in June filed 59 chargesheets, including supplementaries, against 956 foreigners belonging to 36 different countries in the case. The accused who were granted bail Friday will file their plea bargaining applications on Saturday, said advocates Ashima Mandla, Mandakini Singh and Fahim Khan, appearing for them. Under plea bargaining, the accused plead guilty to the offence, praying for a lesser punishment. During the hearing, all the foreigners were produced before the court through video conferencing.
 
The court had granted bail to 122 Malaysians on Tuesday and 91 other foreigners from 21 countries on Wednesday and 76 foreign nationals from eight countries on Thursday. The investigating officer had earlier told the court that the investigation was completed against the 956 foreigners in the case and each has been allegedly found to have independently committed the offence for which he has been chargesheeted.