A court in Delhi last week rejected the anticipatory bail application of one of the accused in the Jantar Mantar hate slogans case , saying...
A court in Delhi last week rejected the anticipatory bail application of one of the accused in the Jantar Mantar hate slogans case, saying that India is not a Taliban state and the rule of law is the “sacrosanct governing principle” in the country’s multicultural society, Live Law reported.
Participants at a rally held at Jantar Mantar on August 8 had shouted communal slogans calling for Muslims to be killed. The event was organised by former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay. He was arrested on August 10 but granted bail a day later.
Five others – Deepak Singh, Vinod Sharma, Vineet Bajpai, Preet Singh and Deepak Kumar – were also taken into custody. On August 12, a court rejected the bail petitions of three of the accused.
Bhupendra Tomar, the president of a fringe outfit called Hindu Raksha Dal, was one of the participants. In his petition seeking anticipatory bail, Tomar had claimed that the accusations against him were false, India Today reported.
But on August 21, Additional Sessions Judge Anil Antil pointed to a video of Tomar making inflammatory remarks. The police had submitted the clip to the court.
“It is evident from the video in question played before the court during the proceedings, and the transcript submitted thereto, that the said clip, depicting...
