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A Delhi court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea filed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar Umar Khalid in relation to Delhi riots conspiracy case.
Recently, the Supreme Court reiterated that a Judicial Magistrate cannot be said to have taken cogniznance of an offence by directing an investigation by the police under Section 156 (3) of the Code.
While excluding advocates from the purview of the CP Act is fair and could be justified for a number of reasons, the judgment suffers from some serious procedural lapses.