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Juvenile serving term in High court blast case tells court he is being bullied, called terrorist

In response Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Pandit ordered the superintendent to file an official report in this regard explaining why hasn't action been taken so far.

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The juvenile, who is currently serving a three-year term at special home for boys in the national capital, on Friday filed an application in a Delhi court accusing inmates of the same home of bullying him. The juvenile in his application has alleged that other inmates have been passing 'sarcastic comments' and calling him a terrorist.

The application filed in the court also states that the inmates have on many occasions sarcastically asked the juvenile if he would also blow up the home. They also forced him to consume drugs freely available in the establishment. According to application, the juvenile, had made an official complaint with the superintendent of the home located in Majnu ka Tilla area of northern Delhi, but his pleas have not been attended to.

In response Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Pandit ordered the superintendent to file an official report in this regard explaining why hasn't action been taken so far.

Principal magistrate Vishal Singh, on July 7, 2014, had found the juvenile guilty for his role in the terror attack on September 7, 2011. Six people were named as accused in the charge sheet filed by NIA in 2012 including the minor.

The minor, who was apprehended immediately after the blasts, was granted bail but was ordered a three-year term in 2014. He was ordered to stay at the home which also housed the minor involved in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case of 2012.

"We fear that he is being mentally tortured and that he may experience an unfortunate situation. It is suspicious that the authorities have not taken any action on the complaint so far. The honorable judge has called for a report on January 14," said Raies Ul-Haq Ahmad Sikander who is assisting senior counsel Mahmood Pracha in the case.

Earlier, ASJ Pandit had ordered fresh arguments in the case after the transfer of an additional sessions judge (ASJ) who had reserved her order on the defence plea challenging the conviction of the juvenile.

Pracha, counsel for the juvenile had argued for transfer of the case to the court of the predecessor judge citing a Delhi High Court division bench judgment which had allowed a petition challenging the transfer of a case involving Javed Ahmed Tantray accused of being a Hizbul Mujahideen militant.
 

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