{"id":19188,"date":"2012-04-09T15:11:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T09:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=19188"},"modified":"2012-04-09T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T09:41:09","slug":"supreme-court-grants-bail-to-pakistani-doctor-chisty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-grants-bail-to-pakistani-doctor-chisty","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court grants bail to Pakistani doctor Chisty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/supreme-court-grants-bail-to-pakistani-doctor-chisty\/pakistani-microbiologist-khalil-chisti\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19189\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19189\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-grants-bail-to-pakistani-doctor-chisty\/pakistani-microbiologist-khalil-chisti\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Pakistani-microbiologist-Khalil-Chisti.png?fit=180%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"180,226\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pakistani microbiologist Khalil Chisti\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Pakistani-microbiologist-Khalil-Chisti.png?fit=119%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Pakistani-microbiologist-Khalil-Chisti.png?fit=180%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19189\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Pakistani-microbiologist-Khalil-Chisti.png?resize=180%2C226&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Pakistani-microbiologist-Khalil-Chisti.png?w=180&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Pakistani-microbiologist-Khalil-Chisti.png?resize=119%2C150&amp;ssl=1 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Supreme Court has granted interim bail to 80-year-old Pakistani microbiologist Khalil Chisti during the pendency of his appeal against Rajasthan high court order upholding his conviction in a murder case.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Chisti had applied for bail on the ground that he is 80 years old and has already been in prison for the last 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Chisti pleaded before court that he be allowed to return to his home town Karachi or be allowed to live in Delhi becuase of vitiated family atmosphere in Ajmer.<\/p>\n<p>Supreme Court asked him to surrender his passport and allowed him to file a fresh application.<\/p>\n<p>The court has asked Dr Chisti to remain in Ajmer till further orders.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistani doctor was given a life term on January 31, 2011 by a trial court for a murder in Ajmer in 1992. The doctor, born in Ajmer to a prosperous family of caretakers of the Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti shrine, was studying in Pakistan at the time of partition in 1947.<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t return to his family in Ajmer till he came to visit his ailing mother in 1992. Chishti allegedly killed a man after a fight over some dispute.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the issue of Khalil Chisti figured during the lunch hosted by PM Manmohan Singh for Pakistani president Asif Zardari.<\/p>\n<p>It is learnt that Pakistani interior minister Rehman Malik referred to the issue during his interaction with home minister P Chidambaram.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court has granted interim bail to 80-year-old Pakistani microbiologist Khalil Chisti during the pendency of his appeal against Rajasthan high court order upholding his conviction in a murder case. 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