India: Delhi magistrate, 32, loses battle to Covid; held virtual hearing day after being discharged

Lawyers who knew Kamran Khan said that he, unlike most young metropolitan magistrates, used to take quick decisions, sometimes granting bails in criminal cases the very day they came up in court.

HE WAS NOT just a “majestic Magistrate”. A 6-feet avid cricketer, jovial and intelligent, Kamran Khan, all of 32, was bold, took quick decisions, and held court with a gentle heart.

Metropolitan Magistrate Kamran Khan wouldn’t listen to lawyers at the Dwarka district court who pleaded with him to rest a day after he was discharged on April 15, having been hospitalised for Covid-19. He put his foot down, and held court via a virtual link. During the hearing, he granted bail to a man accused in an Arms Act case.

This would be Khan’s last hearing as a Metropolitan Magistrate — his condition worsened soon after, and he was shifted to the ICU at Delhi’s Vimhans Hospital on April 18. He died early Tuesday morning.

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