HC grants bail to Red Fort shootout accused

New Delhi, May 29: The Delhi High Court today granted bail to Matloob Aalm, an accused in the Red Fort shootout case.

Justice R S Sodhi and Justice P K Bhasin observed that the sentence of the accused should be suspended in view of cumulative effect.

Arguing for the petitioner, Anil Aggrawal submitted that Matloob Alam had already served two years and six months of his sentence coupled with little possibility of the case being heard by the court in the near future.

Matloob Alam had against him the charges of providing the ration card (Public Distribution System) with the main accused of the case, Ashfaq.

The Red Fort shootout occurred on December 22 in the year 2000.

The bench directed that the grant of bail was subject to furnishing a surety of Rs 20,000 before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) or a duty Magistrate.

UNI