A division bench of the High Court at Hyderabad on 7 April set aside the conviction of six persons in the infamous 2005 Arms Procurement Case related to terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen and acquitted all of them. Jahangir Khan, Shabbir Ahmed, Ravinder Kumar, Mohammed Yaseen alias Pappu, Zohra Nishat and Shaik Awadh, were arrested by the sleuths of Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Hyderabad police in December 2005 for allegedly hatching a criminal conspiracy against the state.
The illegal arms procurement and criminal conspiracy case was busted in Rajasthan after the Ajmer district police arrested a truck driver Shabbir and cleaner Ravinder and recovered AK 47 rifles from their vehicle. The SIT booked them under IPC Sections 122 and 124 (A) and Section 23 (2) of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. Mujeeb, who is accused number one in this case, was also convicted in section 39/40 of Indian Wireless Telegraphic Act.