The Patiala House Court on Thursday once again denied bail to pregnant Jamia Millia Islamia student Safoora Zargar, in a case related to th...
The Patiala House Court on Thursday once again denied bail to pregnant Jamia Millia Islamia student Safoora Zargar, in a case related to the communal violence in North East Delhi in February during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, PTI reported. Zargar was the media coordinator of the Jamia Coordination Committee.
Zargar has been booked under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The prosecution has alleged that she made an “inflammatory speech” on February 23 that led to violence and rioting in North East Delhi, The Quint reported.
This is Zargar’s third unsuccessful bail plea. Zargar’s lawyers had moved court for bail on April 18, before the UAPA was invoked against her. The plea was rejected on April 21. A second application filed on May 2 was also unsuccessful.
“When you choose to play with embers, you cannot blame the wind to have carried the spark a bit too far and spread the fire,” Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana said in his order on Thursday. “The acts and inflammatory speeches of the co-conspirators are admissible under the Indian Evidence Act even against the accused.”
The judge said that during the course of the investigation, a larger conspiracy could be discerned. He said that therefore, the evidence of acts and statements...
