Disha Ravi gets bail in toolkit case; court calls evidence scanty, sketchy
Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana said in his bail order that there is no palpable reason to not grant bail to Ravi who has no criminal background
BusinessToday.In | February 23, 2021 | Updated 17:50 IST
Disha Ravi
A Delhi Sessions Court granted bail to climate change activist Disha Ravi on Tuesday afternoon, subject to two sureties of Rs 1 lakh each. Ravi was arrested for being involved in sharing a toolkit on social media in connection with the ongoing farmers protest.
Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana said in his bail order that there is no palpable reason to not grant bail to Ravi who has no criminal background. He said, Considering the scanty and sketchy evidence on record, I do not find any palpable reason to breach the rule of bail for a 22-year-old girl who has absolutely no criminal antecedent,
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They said the swiftness with which the court granted the bail has raised their hopes that Ravi will fight the cause well and emerge unscathed.
Toolkit case: Delhi court grants bail to activist Disha Ravi
People across Bengaluru hailed the order of a Delhi court to grant bail to Disha Ravi. The ‘swiftness’ with which the court granted bail has raised hopes that Ravi would emerge unscathed, they said. Ravi’s mother Manjula said she was happy and the bail order had firmed up her faith in the law. The Delhi Police had arrested Ravi on February 13.
Activist Mukund Gowda, Ravi’s fellow volunteer at Fridays for Future, said he saw the bail as a sign of victory, yet only a temporary relief in a long-drawn fight. “The court granting her bail showed there was not an iota of truth in sedition charges against her and the police’s attempt to link her with Khalistan elements is baseless,” he said.
Court grants bail to Disha Ravi who has no criminal antecedents , says evidence sketchy, scanty ANI | Updated: Feb 23, 2021 18:12 IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): A Delhi Sessions Court on Tuesday granted bail to climate activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested for being involved in sharing a toolkit on social media in connection with the ongoing farmers protest.
While granting bail to her subject to two sureties of Rs 1 lakh each, the Session Court of Patiala House Court observed, that there is no palpable reason to not grant bail to Disha who has no criminal background. Considering the scanty and sketchy investigation, I do not find any palpable reason to breach the rule of bail for a 22-year-old girl who has absolutely no criminal antecedents, Additional Session Judge Dharmender Rana said in his bail order.
Disha Ravi, an activist associated with Greta Thunberg, was charged after sharing a protest manual with farmers who were demonstrating against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
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In today s hearing Disha Ravi s counsel stressed that she had no links with the Khalistani movement & that a case of sedition could not be sustained. Toolkit case: Disha Ravi produced before Patiala House Court at the end of her one-day police custody (Image Source: ANI)
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Updated: Feb 23, 2021, 06:09 PM IST
Climate activist, 22-year-old Disha Ravi, arrested in connection with the toolkit case, was granted bail by a Delhi Sessions Court on Tuesday afternoon - subject to provision of two sureties of Rs 1 lakh each.
Disha Ravi has already spent six days in police custody and two in jail. Bail was granted today after the court reserved its order on Saturday.