Delhi High Court Quashes FIRs Against Indian Nationals For Housing Tablighi Jamaat Attendees During Covid-19

The Delhi High Court has quashed sixteen (16) cases against seventy (70) Indian nationals for hosting foreign attendees of Tablighi Jamaat congregation in March 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, while pronouncing the verdict, ordered, "Chargesheets quashed."

The Court passed its Judgment on 16 Petitions relating to 70 Indians.

Advocate Ashima Mandla appeared on behalf of the Petitioners seeking quashing of FIRs registered against them.

A detailed verdict is awaited.

Delhi Police previously opposed the pleas for quashing of FIRs registered for hosting foreign attendees of the congregation of March 2020.

The police claimed that the accused local residents sheltered the attendees who had come to Nizamuddin Markaz in violation of the prohibitory orders on movement to contain the spread of Covid-19.

With PTI Inputs