Delhi Court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others
Delhi Court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others
NEW DELHI, Feb 16:
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.
Kumar and others, including former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, were accused of raising anti-India slogans.
Updated Feb 16, 2021 · 08:26 am Umar Khalid, Kanhaiya Kumar and Anirban Bhattacharya. | PTI File Photo
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others are set to face trial in the 2016 sedition case after a court in Delhi on Monday took cognisance of the chargesheet filed against them, and summoned the accused on March 15, reported
The Indian Express. The action came a year after the Delhi government gave the sanction to prosecute the accused.
“The sanction to prosecute accused persons has already been filed by the Home Department, GNCT [Delhi government], dated February 27, 2020,” Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma of the Patiala House Courts said. “After careful perusal of the chargesheet and consideration of the material, all the accused persons are summoned to face trial and they have been summoned through investigation officer for March 15, 2021.”
JNU sedition case: Delhi court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others
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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.
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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.