The Allahabad High Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea moved by journalist Siddique Kappan in connection with the ‘Hathras Conspiracy Case’. The bench of Justice Krishna Pahal denied him bail after reserving the verdict on August 2.
In October 2020, Siddique Kappan along with three others was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police while they were proceeding to report the Hathras rape-murder crime.
They were arrested under the apprehension of causing a breach of peace and were booked under various offences under the stringent UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act).
Kappan and others were booked under UAPA Sections 17 and 18, along with IPC Sections 124-A (Sedition), 153-A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion), 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings) and Section 65, 72 and 75 of the IT Act.
Kappan has been in jail for nearly two years in the conspiracy case now.
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Rabia Shireen is a Staff Reporter at The Cognate.
