Pune blasts: Accused surrenders after court cancels bail

The HC granted him bail with severe restrictions, including directions to mark his attendance before the ATS once a month and for the trial court hearings. In 2018, the ATS, in an affidavit before the HC, said Sheikh was not marking his presence before the agency and, while out on bail, other cases had been registered against him. While Sheikh said he was not able to mark his presence on one occasion as his daughter had to be hospitalised, the ATS said there were other occasions when he did not mark his presence. Sheikh claimed the new cases were registered against him as the police want him to be kept behind bars.

The court observed that Sheikh had failed to mark his presence before the ATS on a few dates and failed to attend the trial court on March 24, 2017, and September 20, 2017 “without any justifiable reason”. It said Sheikh had violated the conditions imposed on him and, hence, his bail needs to be cancelled. On August 1, 2012, five low-intensity blasts took place in Pune, injuring one.