Delhi riots: Court frames attempt to murder charges against man who waved gun at cop

A Delhi Court has framed charges of rioting and attempt to murder against Shahrukh Pathan who was seen in a viral video aiming a gun at a police constable during the riots in Delhi in February 2020His illegal firearm a 765 mm pistol along with two live rounds was recovered and several shots had been fired by him according to police Pathan is currently lodged in Tihar Jail after he was arrested on March 3 last yearAdditional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat said in Tuesdays order that accused Shahrukh Pathan has raised his pistolnot sideways but straightaiming at the Head Constable HC Deepak Dahiya who is taller than him but the direction of the pistol was aimed at the cops head and even the point at which the trigger is pulled the aim is straight towards DahiyaUsually after firing or pulling of the trigger there is a jerk and the hands and the pistol is raised up because of the jerk Thus even the video shows firing by accused Shahrukh Pathan from the pistol in daylight with an aim to kill HC Deepak Dahiya This is enough for framing the charge against the accused Shahrukh Pathan under Section 307 IPC the order readIt further stated that though no injury is caused in the present case to Dahiya that does not mean that Section 307 IPC is not made out as injury on the part of the body of the victim is a relevant factor but it depends on the facts of the case and in the present case injury is not material at all The court held that it is quite apparent that accused Shahrukh Pathan led a group of rioters who formed an unlawful assembly at 66 Foota Road on February 24 last year at about 200 PM and fully armed with deadly weapons committed rioting attempt on the life of HC Deepak Dahiya obstructed a public servant in discharge of his public functions and assaulted or used criminal force on a public servant to deter the public servant from discharge of his dutyThe judge charged Pathan under sections 147 punishment for rioting 148 rioting armed with a deadly weapon 186 obstructing public servant in discharge of duty and 188 disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant of the IPCCharges were also framed under sections 353 assault 307 attempt to murder read with section 149 member of unlawful assembly guilty of a common offence of the IPC and various sections of the Arms Act to which he pleaded not guilty and claimed trialFour other accused in the mob Kaleem Ahmad Ishtiyak Malik Shamim and Abdul Shehzad were also charged by the court The riots broke out in northeast Delhi in February 2020 after clashes between antiCAA Citizenship Amendment Act and proCAA protesters took a violent turn The time of the mayhem coincided with then US President Donald Trumps maiden trip to IndiaOver 50 people had died in the riots Several posts had then gone viral on social media mainly on Facebook adding fuel to the fireThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever