JNU sedition case: Delhi court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others
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Last Updated: Feb 16, 2021, 11:32 AM IST
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Former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and others, including former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, were accused of raising anti-India slogans.
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The maximum punishment for sedition is life imprisonment.
New Delhi: A court here has taken cognisance of a chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) President Kanhaiya Kumar and 9 others in a 2016 sedition case and summoned them on March 15.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Pankaj Sharma on Monday took the cognisance of the final report almost a year after the Delhi Police has received requisite sanctions to prosecute the accused in the case.