SC grants 5-day bail to journalist Siddique Kappan to visit ailing mother in Kerala
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The Supreme Court on Monday granted 5-day bail to journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on his method to Hathras the place a younger Dalit lady had died after being gang-raped, to visit his ailing mother.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, nonetheless, mentioned that in his visit he shall not give any interview to the media, together with social media.
The Bench, additionally comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, mentioned that Mr. Siddique is not going to meet members of the general public besides his family and docs involved.
It mentioned Mr. Siddique will likely be escorted by a workforce of Uttar Pradesh cops and police at Kerala will cooperate with them.
Mr. Siddique was arrested on October 5, 2020 whereas he was on his method to Hathras, residence to the 19-year-old Dalit lady who died after being gang-raped allegedly by 4 upper-caste males on September 14.
Her cremation at evening by the authorities, allegedly with out the mother and father’ consent, had triggered widespread outrage.
The police had mentioned it has arrested 4 folks having alleged hyperlinks with the PFI in Mathura and recognized the arrested individuals as Siddique from Malappuram, Atiq-ur Rehman from Muzaffarnagar, Masood Ahmed from Bahraich and Alam from Rampur.
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