Delhi minorities panel chief moves HC for anticipatory bail in sedition case, wants police not to seize his phone, laptop
New Delhi: Delhi Minorities Commission chairman Zafarul Islam Khan on Friday moved the Delhi High Court looking for anticipatory bail in a sedition case lodged towards him. According to his advocate Vrinda Grover, his plea was talked about for an pressing listening to and it has been allowed to be listed on May 12.
A sedition case was filed towards Khan after he printed a publish on April 28 having alleged seditious and hateful feedback by way of his official web page on social media.
Based on a criticism, the Delhi Police Special Cell on May 2 lodged an FIR towards Khan beneath Sections 124A and 153A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for the alleged offences of sedition and selling emotions of hatred between completely different teams on the grounds of faith, race, homeland, residence and language.
Khan sought anticipatory bail on the bottom that he’s a public servant and a senior citizen aged 72 years, who suffers from coronary heart illness and hypertension and is extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 an infection which may have deadly penalties for an individual of his age and well being situation.
“In these circumstances, there may be an pressing have to grant him safety from arrest and coercive motion in a frivolous and untenable case, in an effort to safeguard his liberty because the failure to take action could have irreversible penalties on his proper to life,’’ the petition filed by way of advocates Vrinda Grover, Ratna Appnender and Soutik Banerjee stated.
The plea additionally sought a path to the police that within the occasion of his arrest, he be instantly launched on bail and that no coercive measures be taken towards him. It additionally sought a path that Khan’s laptop computer and cellular be not seized.
The plea claimed that no offence has been dedicated by Khan and the FIR has been registered with a mala fide intention to harass and intimidate him.
It stated the FIR towards him was “misconceived, being made on a misrepresentation of information and an inaccurate, untenable studying of the regulation.’’
Khan claimed within the plea that his social media publish was falsely reported, distorted and sensationalised out of context by sure sections of the media to embarrass him and to tarnish the stellar work that he has been doing as Chairman of the fee.
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