“…this Court cannot but arrive at the conclusion that the police were unable to apprehend the actual perpetrators behind commission of the offence, but surely managed to rope the persons herein as scapegoats.”
These were the words of a Delhi Court in their order discharging Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and eight others in the the Jamia Violence case from 2019.
What else did the court say? Arul Verma, Special Judge (NDPS), South-East District, Saket Court, in his order, further noted that the police had, from the crowd of protesters, “arbitrarily chosen” to array some people as accused and others as police witnesses.
The judge also said: