The High Court of Karnataka has declined to grant bail to Mohammed Shariff, president of Bengaluru district unit of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), who has been arraigned as an accused in the case related violence and attack on police stations in DJ Halli-KG Halli localities of the city on August 11, 2020.
A Division Bench comprising Justice B. Veerappa and Justice S. Rachaiah passed the order while upholding the August 27, 2021 order, passed by the special court for the National Investigation Agency’s (NAI) cases in rejecting Shariff’s plea for release on bail.
The High Court observed that “the chargesheet filed against the appellant clearly depicts his active participation in the offence as a member of the terrorist gang and in conspiracy with other accused persons for criminal act in violent acts. Thereby, he was coordinating with movement of other accused persons, including persons belonging to SDPI during the violent acts at KG Halli and DJ Halli police stations.”
