Tis Hazari firing: Court takes cognizance of Delhi police's chargesheet against eight accused
Oct 04, 2023
New Delhi [India], October 4 : A Delhi court on Tuesday took cognizance of the charge sheet filed by Delhi police against eight accused in the Tis Hazari Firing and rioting case.
On July 5, firing and stone pelting occurred between two groups of lawyers at Tis Hazari Court premises.
Initially, Eight accused were arrested and six firearms were recovered by the Delhi police. Later on, Two accused were arrested.
This incident was captured in the CCTV footage and had gone viral.
Metropolitan magistrate Chatinder Singh of Tis Hazari court took cognizance of the charge sheet.
The matter has been fixed for scrutiny of the charge sheet. A copy of the charge sheet has been supplied to the counsel of the accused persons.
A charge sheet has been filed under sections 147, 148, 201, 307, 323, 325 IPC and 25 and 27 Arms Act against eight accused namely Shiv Ram Pandey, Lalit Sharma, Manish Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Sachin Sangwan, Ravi Gupta, Aman Singh and Jeetesh Khari.
Delhi police have cited 32 prosecution witnesses in the charge sheet. It also includes CCTV footage of the incident. The FSL report has also been annexed with the charge sheet.
During the investigation, Delhi police recovered six country-made pistols from the accused persons and ammunition in huge quantities.
While dismissing the bail application of accused Shiv Ram Pandey, Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Sharma had said, "In such a serious case where arms and ammunition were indiscriminately used and further, huge arms and ammunition were recovered from the co-accused persons, releasing the applicant on bail at this nascent stage of the investigation would seriously prejudice the course of the investigation."
Bar Counsel of Delhi (BCD) had suspended the enrollment of the counsels accused in the matter in its inquiry.
