Jammu: Six months after he was arrested as a top militant suspected to have helped five men who hijacked the Kathmandu-Delhi Indian Airlines flight IC-814 to Kandhar in 1999, Mehrajuddin Wani alias Mehrajuddin Dand alias Javed Ahmed was bailed out by a court in Kishtwar as the Jammu and Kashmir police failed to present challan against him.
He was bailed out by Munsiff Kishtwar Umesh Sharma, who has been working as acting Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kishtwar. The court ordered to release Dand on bail on his furnishing a bail bond and personal bond of Rs 10,000 each.
The police could not present challan against Dand in the court as Jammu Kashmir government failed to grant sanction for his prosecution within a stipulated period of 180 days.
21/03/13 Arun Sharma/Indian Express
