Court extends custody of 2 Delhi HC blast case accused till Nov 22

The judicial custody of Aamir Abbas Dev and Wasim Akram Malik, arrested for their alleged role in the Delhi High Court blast which left 15 people dead, was today extended by a Delhi court till November 22.

Special NIA Judge HS Sharma extended the judicial custody of both the accused after the agency said the probe into the case was still continuing.

Malik and Dev were produced before the court after expiry of their judicial custody.

The investigators have said Malik, a Jammu and Kashmir native studying Unani medicine in Bangladesh, was a 'key link' in the conspiracy behind the blast outside gate number 5 of the high court on September 7 that also left over 70 injured.

Dev, a native of Jammu and Kashmir, has been accused of sending terror e-mails to media groups after the blast.

NIA had also seized three mobile phones from Jammu and Kishtwar in connection with the case.

A metropolitan magistrate had earlier recorded Dev's testimony under section 164 of the CrPC in an in-camera proceeding.

The statements recorded by a magistrate under section 164 of the CrPC bind the accused and any U-turn during the trial would make him liable for prosecution for the offence of perjury.