What Exactly is the Crime Disha Ravi is Accused Of?
Is it illegal to gather support for a protest in India or communicate with people abroad? From the details the police provided, she and the others are not even accused of communicating with any of the individuals arrested or wanted for the violence on January 26.
A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against the arrest of 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi, outside the police headquarters in New Delhi, India, February 16, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
World22/Feb/2021
New Delhi: On Saturday, February 20, a Delhi court reserved its order on the regular bail application filed by 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi. Additional sessions judge Dharmender Rana posted the matter for February 23, tomorrow.
Did the Police and Magistrate Follow Statutory Procedure in Disha Ravi s Arrest?
The Code of Criminal Procedure specifies the manner in which an arrest is to be effected and deviations from the code would make the arrest illegal and the arresting police officials liable for punishment.
File photo of environmental activist Disha Ravi. Photo: Mid-Day
Rights22/Feb/2021
The 18th century Italian criminologist, jurist and philosopher Cesare Beccaria was probably the first person to have theorised rules of legislation in a series of articles on various aspects of criminal law published in English as
An Essay On Crimes and Punishments. He propounded the theory of separation of powers by saying it is not for the sovereign who represents society to say whether any individual has violated the law. In case of a violation, there are two parties: the state, which insists there has been a violation, and the other, who denies it. So there must be a third party to arbitrate.
Chief metropolitan magistrate Pankaj Sharma allowed custodial interrogation of Ravi after police said she was required to be confronted with co-accused.
Updated Feb 17, 2021 | 17:20 IST
Muluk s father said that items from his house were seized by two people claiming to be Delhi Police personnel without a search warrant. Shantanu Muluk is a suspect in the toolkit conspiracy case
Mumbai: The father of Shantanu Maluk, a suspect in the toolkit conspiracy case, on Wednesday said that two people claiming to be Delhi Police personnel seized a hard disk and other items from his house without a search warrant on February 12 around 5.30 am.
Beed superintendent of police Raja Ramaswami said that Shantanu s father Shivlal Muluk, 54, made a representation to the police as a responsible citizen on Tuesday and urged the SP to take appropriate action regarding the search conducted at his house, an official said.
Police alleged that Mumbai lawyer Nikita Jacob and Pune engineer Shantanu were among the around 70 people who had attended the meeting through Zoom app.