BREAKING: Jamia Millia Islamia student Safoora Zargar, arrested on 10 April in connection with the Delhi Riots, denied bail by Additional Sessions Court judge Dharmender Rana after four hour long hearing at Patiala Court in Delhi. @HuffPostIndia
Safoora Zargar is 21 weeks pregnant. Her lawyers argued that she has polycystic ovary syndrome increasing her chances of a miscarriage. Judge Rana said, “Considering the material on record, it cannot be said that there is no prima facie case made out against the accused.”
Safoora Zargar’s lawyers argued there is no evidence linking anything that she said or did with the #DelhiRiots in February. Denying the pregnant woman bail, Judge Rana there was prima facie evidence to show there was “a conspiracy to at least blockade the roads (chakka jam)...”
Zargar’s lawyers said she was not even in northeast Delhi on 24 Feb. Judge said “mere absence” does not help if prima facie evidence of conspiracy...”evidence of acts and statements made by any one of the conspirators in furtherance of common object is admissible against all.”
