As Mark Helprin said, “Justice can sleep for years and awaken when it is least expected.”
Faizan’s death during the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, now an infamous case, had been termed an outcome of a hate crime. On 23 July, the Delhi High Court allowed his mother Kismatun’s petition seeking a CBI probe into his son’s death. The 23-year-old was allegedly killed by men in uniform and his mother moved to court, seeking justice for her son. A single judge bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani allowed the petition and rapped the alleged perpetrators, saying “the case presents allegations of gross violation of human rights, as the unlawful actions of the policemen, who are yet to be identified, were motivated and driven by religious bigotry and therefore would amount to a hate-crime.”
The court held that the Delhi Police's investigation into the death of Faizan has been insufficient. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani said that the investigation has been “conveniently sparing” of the persons suspected to be involved in “brutally assaulting” Faizan. The court came down heavily on the policemen who were involved in the case and expressed its concern over the fact that the police authorities have not been able to find the men in uniform who were assaulting Faizan and other young men on the site of the incident.