Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal issued the order on December 20, later reported on December 24, directing release if the men are not required in other cases.
- The Special Cell’s theory referenced a Riyadh meeting and directions from IM figures to revive SIMI and IM, but the court found no case-specific corroboration.
- The chargesheet relied on custodial confessions deemed inadmissible under the Evidence Act, with no recoveries or discoveries flowing from those statements.
- The prosecution leaned on charge-sheets from 35 other cases and a witness list largely of duty officers and record clerks, which the court said did not create grave suspicion in this FIR.
- The investigating officer recorded in 2024 that no separate incident was probed in this case, and the defence said both accused remain jailed due to other pending proceedings.