Aurangabad arms haul case: HC suspends convict’s life sentence, grants bail

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Afroz Khan Shahid Khan Pathan, a pharmacist, was convicted in 2016 for being part of a larger conspiracy to commit anti-national activities..

The court granted him bail after accepting his contention that there was no evidence to suggest he had visited Bangladesh via Calcutta and brought funds pursuant to the conspiracy..

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has suspended the life term handed down to a man convicted in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case and granted him bail during pendency of his appeal.ge..

He contended in his plea that though there was a reference to him in the confessional statements of two of his co-accused - Mohammed Amir Shakil Ahmed and Sayyed Aakif Sayyed Zafaruddin -, there was no evidence to suggest that he had visited Bangladesh via Calcutta and brought funds pursuant to the conspiracy..

Neither of the confessions, where there is a reference to the applicant, prima facie shows that the applicant (Pathan) had in fact been to Bangladesh and brought funds or that he had knowledge or reason to believe the purpose for which he was sent to Bangladesh or of the larger conspiracy, the bench said..

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