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This is an archive article published on October 6, 2011

Delhi HC blast: Kishtwar youth in judicial custody now

Special NIA Judge HS Sharma sent Hussain to judicial custody till October 7 after the agency officials said they no longer needed him for custodial interrogation.

Abid Hussain,a suspect in the Delhi High Court blast case who was arrested by the NIA,was on Wednesday sent to judicial custody by a special court.

Special NIA Judge HS Sharma sent Hussain to judicial custody till October 7 after the agency officials said they no longer needed him for custodial interrogation.

During the in-camera hearing,the NIA also moved an application,seeking to record Hussains statement separately before a magistrate under section 164 of the CrPC.

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Hussain reportedly told the court that he did not need the services of a lawyer. He is also reported to have said that he was not a juvenile as the official records said,and that he was born in 1994,though he did not know the date and month.

Meanwhile,Hussains co-accused Amir Abbas Devs police custody will expire on October 7.

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