Kazmi gets bail in bombing case

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Syed Mohammad Ahmed Kazmi, more than seven months after his arrest for the alleged involvement in the February 13 bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat’s car here.

While granting bail to Kazmi, a Bench comprising Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice S S Nijjar and Justice J Chamleshwar directed him to deposit his passport before the authority concerned.

The Bench, which heard an appeal filed by Kazmi against the Delhi High Court order rejecting bail, also restrained him from travelling abroad.

Kazmi, who claimed to be working for an Iranian publication, was picked up by the special cell of the Delhi Police.

He was lodged in prison on March 6, after the probe showed him to be in touch with a suspect who stuck a  magnetic bomb on diplomat Tal Yehoshua Koren’s car.

Yehoshua and an Indian driver of the embassy vehicle were among the four injured.

Kazmi allegedly helped the suspect conduct a recce of the Israeli Embassy to know about arrival and departure of diplomats.

The Delhi Police special cell filed a chargesheet in the case in August and named Kazmi as the main accused.  The role of four Iranians -- Houshang Afshar Irani, Masoud Sedaghatzadeh, Syed Ali Mahdiansadr and Mohammed Reza Abolghasemi -- in the case is under probe. The accused were charged under Section 16 (committing terrorist acts) and Section 18 (conspiracy) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act, besides Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 323 (causing injury) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.

The chargesheet said Houshang visited India in April last year and left the next month.

He allegedly returned on January 29 this year and left for Malaysia just hours after the blast.