A Bengaluru magistrate court on Wednesday granted bail to Amulya Leona Noronha , the student who was arrested on February 20 and charged wi...
A Bengaluru magistrate court on Wednesday granted bail to Amulya Leona Noronha, the student who was arrested on February 20 and charged with sedition for shouting “Pakistan zindabad” slogans during a rally against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in the city, The Wire reported. Noronha secured bail nearly four months after the incident.
Hours earlier, a sessions court had rejected her bail application, saying that she might engage in similar offences and abscond if released. However, the metropolitan magistrate court granted her “default bail” as the Bengaluru police had failed to file a chargesheet in the case within the stipulated 90 days period.
Noronha’s advocate, R Prasanna, told the website that she will be released from the Bengaluru Central Prison in Parappana Agrahara on Friday. She was granted bail against a surety of Rs 1 lakh and on the condition that she would not influence witnesses in the matter.
“The default bail became a full fledged argument with the prosecution citing High Court orders and reasons why Amulya should not be out,” Prasanna said. “After a week-long process, the court, on June 10, finally, ordered for her release. We were making simultaneous efforts in the High Court and the sessions court. On May 20, soon after 90 days had ended, we decided to move for...
