New Delhi, Jan 19: The Supreme Court today suspended the execution of Mohammad Afzal and Shaukat Hussain Guru in Parliament attack case. The Delhi High Court had earlier upheld the death penalty against the two accused. The court also issued notice to Delhi Police on an appeal filed by Shaukat Hussain Guru challenging the high court judgement upholding the death penalty awarded to him in the case.
Notices were also issued to Delhi University lecturer S A R Geelani and Afsan Guru, who had been acquitted of all charges in the Parliament attack case by the Delhi High Court, on an appeal filed by the Delhi Police.
A bench comprising Justice S N Variava and Justice H K Sema directed Geelani and Afsan Guru not to leave the country without the permission of the court.
The bench also summoned the records of the high court and the trial court pertaining to the Parliament attack case and posted the hearing to February 20. Bureau Report