Bail Hearing Date Set for Shahi Jama Masjid President Amid Legal Tensions

Zafar Ali, president of the Shahi Jama Masjid Management Committee, will have his bail plea heard on March 27. Arrested over the November 24 violence linked to a mosque survey protest, Ali maintains his innocence. Lawyers in Sambhal protested his arrest, claiming it aims to prevent his testimony.

A court has scheduled the bail hearing of Zafar Ali, leader of the Shahi Jama Masjid Management Committee, for March 27. Ali faces multiple charges following unrest related to a mosque survey protest.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Nirbhay Narain Rai requested the prosecution to furnish the case diary by the hearing date. Ali, currently detained at Moradabad jail, insists he did not incite the riots and claims wrongful implication.

The local legal community is rallying around Ali, with a pen-down strike in Sambhal protesting what they view as an effort to suppress his testimony in an ongoing judicial commission probe into the protest violence.

(With inputs from agencies.)