Lucknow court docket points order to launch journalist Siddique Kappan from jail
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LUCKNOW: A court docket right here on Monday issued the discharge order of journalist Siddique Kappan, who was lodged in jail after his arrest in October 2020 whereas he was on his approach to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, the place a Dalit lady had died after allegedly being raped.
Kappan, a journalist from Kerala, was not too long ago granted bail by the Supreme Court. He was booked underneath numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Information Technology (IT) Act.
Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Anurodh Mishra directed Kappan to furnish two sureties of Rs 1 lakh every and a private bond of the identical quantity.
The decide additionally sought an enterprise from the journalist that he wouldn’t breach the circumstances imposed on him by the apex court docket.
Kappan together with three others — Athikur Rehman, Alam and Masood — have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police on October 5, 2020.
The Dalit lady had died at a Delhi hospital a fortnight after she was allegedly gang-raped on September 14, 2020. She was cremated in the midst of the evening in her village.
LUCKNOW: A court docket right here on Monday issued the discharge order of journalist Siddique Kappan, who was lodged in jail after his arrest in October 2020 whereas he was on his approach to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, the place a Dalit lady had died after allegedly being raped.
Kappan, a journalist from Kerala, was not too long ago granted bail by the Supreme Court. He was booked underneath numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Information Technology (IT) Act.
Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Anurodh Mishra directed Kappan to furnish two sureties of Rs 1 lakh every and a private bond of the identical quantity.
The decide additionally sought an enterprise from the journalist that he wouldn’t breach the circumstances imposed on him by the apex court docket.
Kappan together with three others — Athikur Rehman, Alam and Masood — have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police on October 5, 2020.
The Dalit lady had died at a Delhi hospital a fortnight after she was allegedly gang-raped on September 14, 2020. She was cremated in the midst of the evening in her village.
