Delhi HC asks police to reply to ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain's appeal in IB officer murder case
The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear an appeal from former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2020 murder of an Intelligence Bureau officer. The court will hear his appeal alongside those of his co-convicts on December 2.
Why it matters
This case involves high-profile political figures and sensitive communal riots, making the judicial process a matter of significant public interest.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) sought response of police on a plea by former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain challenging his conviction and life sentence for the murder of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma during the February 2020 riots.
Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Vikas Mahajan admitted the appeal and listed it for hearing on December 2 along with other connected appeals by co-convicts.
The Court also directed jail authorities to place on record the nominal roll of the convict and called for trial court records in the case.
Hussain challenged the trial court’s judgment convicting and sentencing him in the case, saying the investigation was aimed at implicating him to satisfy public anger.
The counsel for Delhi Police said the State would argue all the appeals, including Hussain’s, together.
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