New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed Jamia Millia Islamia University student Asif Iqbal Tanha, arrested in the east Delhi violence case, to be kept in a guest house for appearing for his examination scheduled from December 4.
Justice Manoj Kumar of the high court Ohri allowed Tanha to stay at a guest house situated at Lajpat Nagar, while hearing his interim bail petition seeking to attend exams scheduled between December 4 and 7.
The bench directed that he be allowed to carry all necessary reading material and books and said it would be the responsibility of the jail superintendent that from the guest house, the accused be taken to the examination centre at JMI university at 8:30 am on December 4, 5 and 7 and brought back to the guest house after the exams.
He will be brought back to jail after the three exams are over, the bench said while also allowing Tanha to make a phone call to his counsel for 10 minutes once a day during his stay at the guest house.
The trial court had on November 26 granted custody parole to Tanha.