HC to resume hearing on Kanhaiya’s bail plea today
29 Feb 2016 12:57 AM GMT
Justice Pratibha Rani, who had on February 24 deferred the hearing till February 29 after the Delhi Police informed the Bench that it will seek his further custodial interrogation, will resume the hearing on Monday.
The hearing assumes significance as the police are likely to apprise the Bench about the ongoing probe, during which it had taken Kanhaiya into one-day custody to confront him with two other JNU students and accused – Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya.
Umar and Anirban had surrendered before the police on February 23. They are in police custody till February 29.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Kanhaiya, had earlier contended that as per the status report filed by the Delhi Police, there was no evidence of any anti-India slogans being raised by his client.
Kanhaiya, who was arrested on February 12, was in police custody till February 17 and was later remanded to judicial custody till March 2 amid violence at the Patiala House Court during the remand proceedings. He was taken to one-day police custody on February 25 and was thereafter remanded back in judicial custody for two weeks on February 26.
In its status report filed before the High Court, the police had alleged Kanhaiya had not only participated in the event on JNU campus on February 9 where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised but had “actually organised” the programme.
It had claimed that besides Kanhaiya and other accused, some “foreign elements” were also present during the event and they had covered their faces to hide their identity.
Ashutosh quizzed again by Delhi Police
NEW DELHI: JNU student Ashutosh Kumar, who is among one of the six students to have been charged with sedition, was questioned by the Delhi Police in connection with the controversial event on the university campus again on Sunday.
The police quizzed Kumar on Saturday too. He was grilled for around10 hours and released in the night. On Sunday, he was again called for questioning at the RK Puram police station, where he was quizzed for three hours and released. The police had on February 20 issued a look-out notice against Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, Rama Naga, Ashutosh Kumar and Anant Prakash. The police custody of JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya was extended by two days on Saturday.
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