New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned bail hearing of Jawaharlal Nehru Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar till February 29 in connection with a sedition case filed against him. He'll be in Tihar Jail for six more days.
Delhi Police filed the status report in the sedition case but it was not read out in the court today. Delhi Police told High Court it wanted to interrogate Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya together.
Kanhaiya had earlier claimed that he is a victim of conspiracy and falsely implicated by "fabricating" evidence.
His petition contended that the charge of sedition has not been made against him merely for raising slogans against government as that action was not accompanied by violence or incitement.
"It is alleged that the petitioner (Kanhaiya) raised slogans on the evening February 9 at JNU. However, the petitioner strenuously denies that he raised any slogan that would fall within the mischief of section 124 A (sedition) of IPC..."
"The petitioner, however, submits that he is a victim of conspiracy where certain vested elements are seeking to fabricate evidence against him and circulate a doctored video which seeks to superimpose utterances that may have been made elsewhere by others, on him," the bail plea, filed by Kanhaiya said.
The petition further said that he never raised any seditious slogans and no charge under section 124 A of IPC is made out against him.
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