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Terrorist jailbird wants bail for sex with wife
August 24, 2004
Ahmedabad - Lawyers come up with all kinds of arguments while petitioning courts for their clients' bail. But the application filed by Firozkhan Zafarkhan, an accused in the Godhra train carnage, counts high in originality — he wants to be released on bail so he can go home and fulfil his carnal desires.
The plea may sound strange but there is nothing immoral here — all the accused wants to do is to go home to his wife and enjoy conjugal bliss. In his two-page application dated August 18, Firozkhan has sought a 30-day bail.
Sources say Firozkhan had earlier made an oral representation before the court. "However, on the instructions of the honourable court, I am giving a written application regarding the same," says the application.
The application is slated for hearing shortly. According to jail sources, the plea was to be heard on Monday but did not come up for hearing. The Godhra case is one of several Gujarat riot cases where the trial has been stayed by the Supreme Court.
Firozkhan, who has been in jail for the past 30 months along with 95 other accused in the Godhra train carnage case, claims both he and his wife are undergoing mental trauma because their physical needs have not been satisfied for a long period. "Our religion prohibits sex outside marriage," he states in his plea.
He adds in his plea that establishing physical relationships with people other than one's spouse is also forbidden in Indian culture.
Hailing Indian tradition, where "women remain loyal to their parents as well as husbands", Firozkhan, in his application, expresses gratitude towards women and calls them 'Devi'.
Firozkhan was allegedly in the mob at Singal Falia which burnt the S-6 compartment of the Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002 and has since been booked under Pota.
"Please grant me temporary bail for a period of 30 days or whatever you think right on humanitarian grounds," he says.
The accused has also requested the court to ensure that all expenses regarding this issue be taken care of. "My financial condition is very bad and hence I have not engaged any personal lawyer," he states in the plea.
"I am sorry if inadvertently I have violated any law," he writes, stating that although "law is above all emotions", he would request the court to consider his case only on "humanitarian grounds".
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