NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Wednesday challenged the high court order prohibiting entry to 3 student activists from the 2020 Delhi riots case.
The special leave petition has been filed with law enforcement against the Delhi high court ruling that allowed bail to Asif Iqbal Tanha, Devangana Kalita along with Natasha Narwal that had been billed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in relation with the riots that burnt the funds in February this past year.
A seat of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani on Tuesday put aside the trial court’s orders denying bond into the Pinjra Tod activists that had been detained in May 2020.
See AlsoDelhi riots: High court grants bail to student activists, states country blurred lines between appropriate to protest and also an action of terrorThe Delhi high court on Tuesday granted bail to student activists Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha, reserved under the strict Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) legislation, in relation to the northeast Delhi riots.
The HC put aside the trial court’s orders denying bond toThe seat had led the 3 activists to surrender their passports and to not provide some inducement to prosecution witnesses or witnesses with the evidence in the situation.
Granting bail, the high court had discovered the country in its own”pressure to curb dissent” blurred line between the constitutionally guaranteed right to protest and terrorist action.
“If these blurring increases traction, democracy will be in danger,” explained the seat.