Recently, Delhi court granted bail to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain in connection with a case related to the north-east Delhi riots of 2020.

The single-headed bench of Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pulastya Pramachala noted that the incident for which the first information report (FIR) was registered occurred at a location and time close to two other incidents for which Tahir Hussain had already been granted bail by the Delhi High Court.

“In that situation, even though a bail order may not be a precedent for other case, in the aforesaid peculiar situation, bail granted to the applicant by a court higher in hierarchy to this court, does create a material change in the circumstances in favour of the applicant,” the Court said in its order of September 2.

Furthermore, the Court took into account that number of witnesses were the same across all the First Information Reports (FIRs), and the High Court had already examined the merits of the earlier two cases before granting bail to Hussain.

“In that situation for this court there may not be a reason to take a different view. This material change in the circumstance in itself becomes a ground to grant bail to the accused/applicant in this case as well. Hence, application is allowed,” the Court ordered.

Earlier, in July Delhi High Court has granted bail to Tahir Hussain in five cases related to Delhi riots.