Court recalls non-bailable warrant against Farooq after issuing it

The warrant was recalled after Abdullah’s counsel, Ishtiyaq Khan, moved an application seeking the recall of the warrant as medical consultants of the former chief minister had advised him against any travel after the life-threatening attack on him at Jammu last night, said people in the know of the matter.

Earlier in the day, a court in J&K had issued a non-bailable warrant against Abdullah in ₹113-crore JKCA financial irregularities case. Chief judicial magistrate Srinagar Tabassum had issued the warrants even as Abdullah failed to appear in court either in person or online.

“This file has come up for hearing today. Accused no. 3’s exemption filed on his behalf. Exemption not allowed and is rejected. Issue non-bailable warrant to accused no. 3 (Manzoor Gaznafar Ali). With respect to accused no. 5 (Dr Farooq Abdullah) exemption filed. Keeping into view the contents of the application the counsel for the accused was given an option to ensure the presence of the accused through virtual mode however counsel did not consent and stated that accused could neither physically nor via virtual mode appear before the court,” the CJM order said.