AMN /
Delhi Police today opposed the bail plea of JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar in High Court. The Court has directed Delhi Police to file before it tomorrow a status report of the investigation in the case.
Delhi High Court was hearing the bail plea of Kanhaiya Kumar today. He had approached the high court after the Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear his bail petition on the ground that it will set a dangerous precedent and had asked him to approach the High Court.
Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court has agreed to hear today the plea of two JNU students seeking security before they surrender to police in a sedition case. Justices B D Ahmed and R K Gauba agreed to grant urgent hearing to the plea of Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, which said that there is a threat to their lives and sought police protection while surrendering.
They are among the five JNU students, whom the police have been looking for in connection with a sedition case. They surfaced on the University’s campus on Sunday night. All the the five students maintained that they will not surrender but police can come and arrest them. They also said, they did not do anything wrong but were framed using a doctored video. The High Court also agreed to hear another plea seeking directions to police to arrest all the five JNU students.
Meanwhile the authorities of Jadavpur University,JU, in Kolkata have decided to resolve the JNU solidarity impasse amicably by a dialogue and within the JU. The students had last week brought out a rally in support of the JNU and demanding release of the JNU students leader Kanhaiya Kumar when some people indulged in anti-national sloganeering. Official sources said that no legal action will be taken by the University administration against any JU student and role of no outsiders allowed on the issue.