A city court on July 25 will pronounce its verdict in the controversial 2008 Batla House encounter case in which suspected IM operative Shahzad Ahmad has been facing trial. “Come for order on 25th of this month,” said Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri after the prosecution and the defence concluded their final arguments. In its final arguments, the prosecution had contended that it has sufficient circumstantial evidence and phone records to prove that accused Shahzad was present in the Jamia Nagar flat.
and was among those who fired at the police party leading to the death of inspector MC Sharma. It had said that Shahzad, along with another accused Junaid, had jumped off the balcony and fled after firing at the police during the encounter on September 19, 2008.