New Delhi: A court in Delhi has granted bail to accused Iqbal Singh in a case related to the violence on Republic Day during the farmers' tractor rally against the Centre's three new farm laws.
Special Judge Neelofer Abida Perveen granted bail to Iqbal Singh asking him to furnish a personal bond with one local surety.
The Court directed him to mention the mobile phone number to be used by him and shall ensure that the same number is kept on switched on mode at all times with location activated and shared with the Investigating Officer (IO) throughout and shall telephonically confirm his location with the IO on the first and fifteenth day of each calendar month.
It also imposed various conditions that he shall not travel outside the country without prior permission and join investigation when called. It asked him to scrupulously appear on each and every date of hearing before the trial court and shall not delay or interfere with the trial in any manner and also he shall not threaten, influence intimidate witnesses nor tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.
"The accused and the surety shall not change the verified address and respective mobile phone numbers without prior intimation to the IO," the Court said.
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Iqbal Singh was represented by advocates Jaspreet S Rai and Jasdeep Dhillon. Delhi Police had registered a case on January 27 at Kotwali on the statement of SHO of the station, in respect of the violence and rioting at Red Fort on January 26 by an unruly mob of protestors agitating against the three Agriculture Acts/ Farm Bills promulgated by the Parliament in the month of September 2020.