The Delhi High Court on Friday granted five-day interim bail to Baljeet, a lifer in the Jigisha Ghosh murder case, for being able to attend partition proceedings relating to a family plot in south Delhi.
Justice G. S. Sistani and Vinod Goel, however, directed the convict to not contact Jigisha’s family or leave Delhi.
While Special Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan said he could be allowed to attend the partition proceedings while in custody, Baljeet’s counsel Amit Kumar submitted that he needed to participate in family discussions to arrive at any agreement to the mode of the partition.
‘Physical presence must’
“The State has ascertained that Baljeet’s family holds a 250 sq yards plot at Masoodpur village. His brothers seek partition of the property, for which his presence is necessary. The police recorded the statements of his relatives and neighbours to confirm this,” the Bench noted. “Having regard to the submissions made and verification carried out, we suspend the sentence of the appellant for a period of five days from the date of his release, subject to his furnishing a personal bond of ₹20,000 with one surety....,” it ordered.
Set of instructions
“The appellant [Baljeet] will provide a mobile number of his close relation to the trial court. He will not contact the family member of the deceased during this period. He shall not leave the NCT of Delhi,” the court said. Baljeet is one of the three convicts in the 2009 murder case of IT executive Jigisha Ghosh.
