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Pak scientist Khalil Chishty gets bail from Supreme Court | | The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Dr. Khalil Chishty, a Pakistani scientist, who has spent many years at the Ajmer Central Jail in connection with a murder case. Dr Chishty is 80 now, and is unable to walk unaided. He has to be carried to and from jail by two people. He is accused of killing a man during a brawl in Ajmer in April 1992. He was visiting the Rajasthan city then to offer prayers at the famous shrine
of Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisty. In June, 2011, Justice Markandey
Katju of the Supreme Court appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to release
Chishty on humanitarian grounds. In an email sent to the Prime Minister Justice
Katju said he was making this appeal, not as a judge but as a human being, for
the release of Dr. Khalil Chishty, who is old and infirm, under Article 72 of
the Constitution. Acting on Justice Katju's appeal, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot approved his mercy plea and sent it to Governor Shivraj Patil for final
clearance. After that, Patil sent a questionnaire to the law department on various
issues concerning the case. |
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