SC quashes bail granted to accused who attacked Owaisi in UP’s Hapur

The Supreme Court set aside an Allahabad High Court order granting bail to two men to the accused who fired at the vehicle of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi in February 2022.  A bench of Justices MR Shah and MM Sundresh directed the accused to surrender before the jail authority within a week from today and set aside his bail “considering the seriousness of offences”.

The bench said, “While granting bail, the seriousness of the offense is relevant in deciding the bail application.”

Earlier, in February this year, Owaisi had challenged the bail granted to two persons accused of firing at his vehicle in February this year. The apex court had also sought response from the Uttar Pradesh government and the two accused — Sachin Sharma, and Shubham Gurjar — on the limited issue as to whether the matter relating to the bail granted to them be remanded back to the Allahabad High Court for fresh consideration.

It had dismissed Owaisi’s challenge to the bail granted to the third accused Aalim while noting that the role attributed to him and the allegations were dated six months prior to the incident, that he supplied the foreign-made pistol and no role has been attributed to him with respect to any fire shot.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owais’s car was attacked in Hapur while he was returning to Delhi after attending an event in Uttar Pradesh in February, a week before the polls.