Delhi Court Summons Kanhaiya Kumar, Others on March 16 in 2016 JNU Sedition Case
The case has been delayed because the request for sanction to prosecute was pending before the Delhi government for a long time
Kanhaiya Kumar. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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New Delhi:Â Five years later, Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others who had faced sedition charges for a 2016 event on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus will be facing trial and have been summoned by a Delhi court. The Delhi Police received sanction to prosecute from the Delhi government last year.
The police chargesheet has claimed that Kumar and others led the procession in which “seditious” slogans were chanted. Other accused include Anirban Bhattacharya, Aquib Hussain, Mujeeb Hussain Gattoo, Muneeb Hussain Gattoo, Umar Gul, Rayees Rasool, Basharat Ali and Khalid Bashir Bhatt.
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.
JNU Sedition Case: Kanhaiya Kumar, Others To Face Trial, Summoned In March
Kanhaiya Kumar and others, including former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, were accused of raising anti-India slogans. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-16T11:53:58+05:30 JNU Sedition Case: Kanhaiya Kumar, Others To Face Trial, Summoned In March outlookindia.com 2021-02-16T11:55:06+05:30
A year after the Delhi Police received prosecution sanction against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) President Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in the 2016 JNU sedition case, a Delhi court Monday took cognisance of the chargesheet and summoned all the accused on March 15.
Kanhaiya Kumar and others, including former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, were accused of raising anti-India slogans.
A court here has taken cognisance of a chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police against formerJawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) PresidentKanhaiya Kumar and nine others in a2016sedition 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 received requisite sanctions to prosecute the accused in the case, court sources said. Kumar and others, including former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, wereaccused of raising anti-India slogans. The other seven accused chargesheeted in the case are Kashmiri students Aquib Hussain, Mujeeb Hussain, Muneeb Hussain, Umar Gul, Rayeea Rassol, Bashir Bhat and Basharat, some of them were then studying in JNU, Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia.