In a setback to the Delhi police, a city court on Tuesday granted bail to climate activist Disha Ravi, arrested for sedition for allegedly sharing a toolkit related to the farmers protest on social media, holding that evidence on record was not sufficient to keep a 22-year-old young lady with absolutely no criminal antecedents in custody. The offence of sedition cannot be invoked to minister to the wounded vanity of the governments, said Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana, and opined that citizens are conscience keepers of government in any democratic nation and they cannot be put behind the bars simply because they choose to disagree with the State policies.
Updated Feb 23, 2021 · 10:58 pm Climate activist Disha Ravi outside Delhi s Patiala House court on Tuesday. | PTI
Disha Ravi, the 22-year old climate activist arrested in connection with the farm protest document case, was released from Tihar Jail in Delhi on Tuesday late evening, PTI reported. Earlier in the day, a Delhi sessions court granted her bail on two sureties of Rs 1 lakh each.
“I am happy that she got bail.It has reinforced our faith in the system,” Ravi’s mother Manjula told reporters in Bengaluru, the activist’s hometown. Asserting that Ravi had done nothing wrong, Manjula expressed her gratitude to all those who stood by her daughter, PTI reported.
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