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SC refuses to grant bail to accused in IC 814 Kandahar hijacking case

ANI
Published : Nov 23, 2017, 4:16 pm IST
Updated : Nov 23, 2017, 4:16 pm IST

The Indian airlines flight IC 814 from Kathmandu to New Delhi was hijacked on December 24, 1999. The hostage crisis lasted for seven days.

The court denied bail to the accused as it found no merit in his bail plea. (Photo: PTI)
 The court denied bail to the accused as it found no merit in his bail plea. (Photo: PTI)

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the bail application filed by the accused in the IC 814 Kandahar Hijacking case, Abdul Latifa Adam Momin.

A division bench of the Apex Court, headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and comprising Justice Naveen Sinha, refused to grant bail to accused Momin, after finding no merit in his plea.

IC 814, an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 en route from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India was hijacked on Friday, December 24, 1999, shortly after it entered Indian airspace.

Harkat-ul-Mujahideen was accused of the hijacking. The motive for the hijacking was to secure the release of three militants - Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and Masood Azhar.

The hostage crisis lasted for seven days and ended after the government agreed to release the three militants.

These militants have since been implicated in other terrorist actions, such as Mumbai terror attacks.

There were 191 passengers on board including 15 crew members, where one person was stabbed, who succumbed to his injuries, while several others were wounded.

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