JAMMU, Nov 12: Jammu and Kashmir High Court today stayed the arrest of a petitioner in much publicised 2013 Kishtwar riots.
Justice B S Walia of Jammu and Kashmir High Court stayed the warrants of arrest issued under section 512 CrPC against the petitioner Shabir Ahmed Sirwal.
In a petition filed, it was submitted that the petitioner was falsely booked into the case, which was registered due to the riots that happened in Kishtwar where one boy lost his life.
Justice Walia, however, after hearing counsel for the petitioner in length, directed that general warrant issued against petitioner prior to the order of High Court staying the proceedings in the challan shall not be acted upon till next date of hearing before the bench and subject to filing of objections by the other side. (AGENCIES)
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