Hathras gang rape | Mathura Court rejects bail plea of three alleged PFI men
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The three together with Delhi-based journalist Siddiqiue Kappan are at the moment lodged in Mathura jail.
A Mathura Court on Friday rejected the bail plea of three men who had been booked and arrested together with a Kerala journalist whereas they had been going to a village in Hathras to satisfy the members of the family of an alleged gang rape and homicide sufferer.
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Initially detained on October 5 underneath Section 151 of the CrPc, all of the 4 men had been later booked underneath sections 124-A (sedition), sections 153A (selling enmity), 295 (outraging spiritual emotions) of IPC and sections 65, 72 and 75 of the IT Act.
Eventually, the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 (UAPA) was additionally invoked towards them. Police claimed that each one had been half of Popular Front of India (PFI) and Campus Front of India (CFI).
Judge Mayur Jain cited the gravity of fees whereas rejecting the bail functions Atif-ur-Rahman, Masood Ahmad, and Mohammad Alam. The Court delivered three separate orders however all of them said that the bail pleas had been liable to be rejected as a result of embargo created underneath Section 43-D (5) of the UAPA that the Court couldn’t grant bail.
The three together with Delhi-based journalist Siddiqiue Kappan are at the moment lodged in Mathura jail.
Defence lawyer Madhuvan Chaturvedi stated they’ll method the High Court for the bail.
“A habeas corpus petition of the three men is already listed in the Allahabad High Court and the hearing is on November 17,” he stated.
Mr. Kappan’s petition is listed within the Supreme Court and is more likely to be heard on November 16.
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