[BREAKING] Delhi Court defers order on release of Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal, Asif Iqbal Tanha due to "heavy board"; order at 11 tomorrow

A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred its order on the release of Delhi Riots accused Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha citing a "heavy board" of other bail applications listed before it. .Additional Sessions Judge at Karkardooma Courts Revinder Bedi stated that the Court will pass its order tomorrow at 11 am. The Delhi High Court had on Tuesday granted bail to the three of them in the Delhi riots case of 2020 in which they are accused. They had then approached the lower court the same day seeking release from jail. .The judge had deferred passing an order on Tuesday for immediate release for want for verification of their addresses and sureties.It had sought a verification report from Delhi Police while posting the case for Wednesday. When the matter came up on Wednesday, the Investigating Officer (IO) sought more time to conduct verification of addresses of the accused and their sureties. Advocates Adit Pujari and Tusharika Mattoo and Sowjhanya Shankaran appearing for the accused, however said that verification reports were not filed despite the time granted to IO. .The Court after hearing the parties reserved its order which will now be pronounced at 11 am on Thursday..Following the grant of bail by the Delhi High Court in the Delhi riots case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Kalita, Narwal and Tanha through their counsel, had moved the trial court for their immediate release..The High Court, while granting bail to the three of them, had observed that the State, in its anxiety to suppress dissent, blurred the line between the constitutionally guaranteed right to protest and terrorist activity."We are constrained to say, that it appears, that in its anxiety to suppress dissent and in the morbid fear that matters may get out of hand, the State has blurred the line between the constitutionally guaranteed ‘right to protest’ and ‘terrorist activity’. If such blurring gains traction, democracy would be in peril," the order said..Advocates Adit S Pujari, Tusharika Mattoo and Kunal Negi appeared for Kalita and Narwal. Advocate Sowjhanya Shankaran appeared for Sinha. .[Read Orders]

[BREAKING] Delhi Court defers order on release of Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal, Asif Iqbal Tanha due to "heavy board"; order at 11 tomorrow

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