Janjivan Bureau
New Delhi: The sole convict in the 2005 Delhi serial blasts case,Tariq Ahmed Dar, will walk out of jail a free man late on Monday after being granted bail in a related money-laundering case.
A Delhi court noted Dar’s prosecution for economic offences was based on the same banking transactions relied upon by the prosecution to charge him under stringent anti-terror law provisions in the main Delhi blasts case.
He was cleared of those charges last Thursday while being convicted under minor sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Additional sessions judge Reetesh Singh also noted that Dar had already served more than five years in jail for offences with a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment.
“In these facts and circumstances…I admit him to bail subject to him furnishing a personal bond of Rs 25,000 with one surety of the like amount,” he said.
With this, Dar has either been acquitted or been given bail in all cases against him.
Last Thursday, Dar – who hails from Srinagar – was convicted in Delhi’s worst terrorist attack that saw three separate blasts rip through the heart of the Capital, killing 67people and wounding 225.
