JNU Sedition Case: Umar Khalid, Kanhaiya Kumar, Other Accused Appear in Court While Khalid, Kumar and Anirban Bhattacharya already got bail in the case, the other seven accused were also granted bail on Monday, said news reports. Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya in JNU. Photo: PTI/Files Rights16/Mar/2021 New Delhi: The Patiala house court in Delhi on Monday heard proceedings in the 2016 sedition case against former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, and seven others. The chief metropolitan magistrate Pankaj Sharma directed the Delhi Police to give copies of chargesheet to former JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others.