Delhi minister denied anticipatory bail

NEW DELHI: Delhi food and supplies minister Imran Hussain and his four associates were denied anticipatory bail by a Delhi court here on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: Delhi food and supplies minister Imran Hussain and his four associates were denied anticipatory bail by a Delhi court here on Thursday.

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Hussain, along with his associates — Mohsin Ahmed, Furkan Hussain, Irfan Hussain and Hammad, were accused of demanding rs 30 lakh from a Delhi resident.

The complainant had accused the minister and his associates of threatening to demolish his under-construction building if he failed to pay the money.

The complainant had also alleged that he was abused and one of the minister’s associate flashed a pistol at him and threatened to implicate him in a rape or a murder case.

Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma dismissed the application after considering that the matter was “serious” and the offence was “not compoundable”.

The judge said, “Considering the evidence so far, I do not find it a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail.”

An FIR was registered against the minister and four others at Jafrabad Police Station early this year.

The complaint was registered under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 387 (putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion) and 389 (putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion) of the IPC.