New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain seeking bail in connection with the murder of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.

A single-judge Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna rejected the bail plea of Hussain. In December last year, a Bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta sought Delhi Police’s reply on Tahir Hussain's plea against the trial court order rejecting his bail application.

A Delhi court, in March 2023, framed murder charges against Tahir Hussain in the case.

Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala of Karkardooma Courts had framed charges against 11 people, including Hussain, holding that they were liable to be tried for offences under Secti

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