New Delhi: A man arrested for allegedly creating a ruckus on board an IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Delhi was on Friday granted bail by a court here for being "mentally unstable."
Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma released Mursalin Sheikh on bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 25,000 with one surety of the like amount. The court enlarged Sheikh on bail, taking note of medical documents, which indicated the accused was mentally unstable.
"Considering the medical report that the accused was mentally unstable, I am inclined to grant bail to applicant (Sheikh)," the court said. The court had sent Sheikh to Tihar jail yesterday for a day after reserving its order on his bail plea.
Sheikh's counsel Rajat Sharma had submitted that his client deserved the relief as he was mentally unstable as per the medical records provided by the family. Sheikh, 27, who hails from Mumbai, had boarded the IndiGo flight (6E196) on Wednesday from Mumbai and had allegedly turned violent midair, attacking the crew and threatening to take the plane down.
09/11/12 ZeeNews
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Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma released Mursalin Sheikh on bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 25,000 with one surety of the like amount. The court enlarged Sheikh on bail, taking note of medical documents, which indicated the accused was mentally unstable.
"Considering the medical report that the accused was mentally unstable, I am inclined to grant bail to applicant (Sheikh)," the court said. The court had sent Sheikh to Tihar jail yesterday for a day after reserving its order on his bail plea.
Sheikh's counsel Rajat Sharma had submitted that his client deserved the relief as he was mentally unstable as per the medical records provided by the family. Sheikh, 27, who hails from Mumbai, had boarded the IndiGo flight (6E196) on Wednesday from Mumbai and had allegedly turned violent midair, attacking the crew and threatening to take the plane down.
09/11/12 ZeeNews
