A Mumbai court on Wednesday granted bail to an associate of a 22-year-old climate activist whose arrest for promoting an action plan for farmers' protests has caused outrage across the country.
Fellow accused Shantanu Muluk has obtained bail as well, while Disha Ravi, accused of editing the toolkit tweeted by Greta Thunberg, is in the Delhi police’s custody.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted transit anticipatory bail of three weeks to Nikita Jacob in connection with the Toolkit document case related to farmers protest. Bombay HC has given an interim relief of three weeks to Nikita Jacob. The judge acknowledged that she has been repeatedly cooperating in the investigation. She will appear for questioning if Delhi Police summons her again.
Meanwhile, in three weeks time, we have to approach either appropriate court in Delhi for a regular anticipatory bail application, Sanjukta Dey, Lawyer of Nikita Jacob said.
The court said that in case of arrest, Jacob will be released on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 and one surety of like amount.
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