Israeli diplomat: Kazmi moves HC for stay on transfer of case

Syed Mohammad Kazmi, facing trial in the Israeli diplomat attack case, today moved the Delhi High Court seeking a stay on the transfer of his case from Tis Hazari to Patiala house court till charges are framed.
Following a Delhi government notification on September 12, the cases of Delhi Police Special Cell, including Kazmi's, have been transferred from various courts to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Patiala House court.
Appearing for Kazmi, advocate Mehmood Pracha told the bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and V K Rao that Additional Sessions Judge Atul Kumar Garg of Tis Hazari court has completed the hearing of arguments on framing of charges and it is unfair to transfer the case at this stage.

Seeking that the bench transfer the matter back to ASJ Garg's court, the lawyer said that "from April 5 to August 8, the court has held 12 hearings and it has completed its hearing on arguments on charge and also heard Kazmi's plea for discharge.
"Let that court frame charges and then the case may be transferred," the lawyer said, alleging that the prosecution has adopted delaying tactics.
The bench asked the counsel for state and police to seek instruction and inform the court on Kazmi's plea by Friday.

On July 16, the police had filed a supplementary charge sheet in the case.

Kazmi, an Indian journalist, is facing the charges of conspiring with foreign elements and others for the terror strike.
The second charge sheet has elaborated the earlier charges that the conspiracy was hatched outside India and it has been substantiated by the reports procured by the probe agency from Israel and the Indian Embassy in Iran.