Kolkata: A terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba, released now death row To wage war against the state, was first introduced Calcutta High Court Amid tight security on Tuesday, when he himself wanted to argue against his death sentence. HC allows him to defend his life in court and asks State Legal Services Authority To provide a lawyer to help him in the legal formalities.
Sheikh Abdul Naeem (42), who hails from Aurangabad in Maharashtra, is lodged in Tihar Jail, and was brought to the Calcutta HC by the Delhi Police after a division bench agreed to hear the case on leave. However, there were some discrepancies in his application, so the HC will hear him on May 17. Until then, Naeem will remain in the Presidency Jail.
In 2007, Naeem, along with two Pakistanis and a Kashmiri Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, were caught by the BSF while trying to illegally enter India from Bangladesh through the Benapole-Petrapole check post. Fake Indian voter ID cards, licences, passports and visas, Indian currency and US dollars were seized from their possession. In December 2018, a Bongaon court sentenced Naeem to death. The other three were also given capital punishment.
Naeem was linked to the Aurangabad arms seizure and the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case. Naeem and three others were charged under several sections of the IPC, including 121 (waging war against the state), 468 (forgery), 470 (forgery of documents) and section 14 of the Foreigners Act. In 2014, he had escaped from judicial custody in Chhattisgarh while being taken to Mumbai by train to be produced before the MCOCA court. He was arrested again in 2017 from Lucknow.
Naeem was brought to the Calcutta High Court by the Delhi Police at around 10 am on Tuesday. He was wearing a formal pink check shirt, brown trousers and a pair of formal shoes, with a leather bag hanging over his left shoulder. He had a blue trolley bag.
A division bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Bivas Patnaik heard his appeal on a holiday as he expressed his “desire to present an appeal petition against his sentence and death sentence” and wanted to personally argue the appeal. He prayed that he be provided with copies of material demonstrations to enable him to formulate his arguments.
The High Court ordered that during the hearing of the appeal he would be kept in the Presidency Jail amid high security and “be personally produced before this Court with proper police protection and security measures to pursue his arguments.” The HC requested senior criminal lawyer Shekhar Basu to be an amicus curiae in the matter. The court ordered correctional home officers to ensure their presence in other cases through video linkage.
While being taken out of court at 1.10 pm, Naeem told a group of reporters that he himself was eager to present his appeal and claimed that he was “innocent” and was being “framed” as he was jailed. was being kept in the van.
Sheikh Abdul Naeem (42), who hails from Aurangabad in Maharashtra, is lodged in Tihar Jail, and was brought to the Calcutta HC by the Delhi Police after a division bench agreed to hear the case on leave. However, there were some discrepancies in his application, so the HC will hear him on May 17. Until then, Naeem will remain in the Presidency Jail.
In 2007, Naeem, along with two Pakistanis and a Kashmiri Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, were caught by the BSF while trying to illegally enter India from Bangladesh through the Benapole-Petrapole check post. Fake Indian voter ID cards, licences, passports and visas, Indian currency and US dollars were seized from their possession. In December 2018, a Bongaon court sentenced Naeem to death. The other three were also given capital punishment.
Naeem was linked to the Aurangabad arms seizure and the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case. Naeem and three others were charged under several sections of the IPC, including 121 (waging war against the state), 468 (forgery), 470 (forgery of documents) and section 14 of the Foreigners Act. In 2014, he had escaped from judicial custody in Chhattisgarh while being taken to Mumbai by train to be produced before the MCOCA court. He was arrested again in 2017 from Lucknow.
Naeem was brought to the Calcutta High Court by the Delhi Police at around 10 am on Tuesday. He was wearing a formal pink check shirt, brown trousers and a pair of formal shoes, with a leather bag hanging over his left shoulder. He had a blue trolley bag.
A division bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Bivas Patnaik heard his appeal on a holiday as he expressed his “desire to present an appeal petition against his sentence and death sentence” and wanted to personally argue the appeal. He prayed that he be provided with copies of material demonstrations to enable him to formulate his arguments.
The High Court ordered that during the hearing of the appeal he would be kept in the Presidency Jail amid high security and “be personally produced before this Court with proper police protection and security measures to pursue his arguments.” The HC requested senior criminal lawyer Shekhar Basu to be an amicus curiae in the matter. The court ordered correctional home officers to ensure their presence in other cases through video linkage.
While being taken out of court at 1.10 pm, Naeem told a group of reporters that he himself was eager to present his appeal and claimed that he was “innocent” and was being “framed” as he was jailed. was being kept in the van.