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Toolkit case: Nikita Jacob’s bail plea on March 9 Agencies March 2, 2021 New Delhi, Mar 2: A Delhi Court on Tuesday said that it will hear Mumbai-based activist lawyer Nikita Jacob's anticipatory bail plea on March 9, a day before her protection from arrest ends in connection with the 'Toolkit' case related to the farmers' agitation. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana adjourned the matter after he was apprised by the Delhi Police that they need more time to file a comprehensive reply to the application and that it be kept with a similar plea by co-accused Shantanu Muluk on March 9. On February 17, Bombay High Court had granted three weeks transit anticipatory bail to Jacob with a direction to approach the court concerned in Delhi, where the case is lodged. Her protection from arrest ends on March 10.
UP villagers clash with police after teenage Dalit girl's body found in field Agencies March 1, 2021 Aligarh, Mar 1: The body of a 16-year-old Dalit girl was found in a field in the Akrabad area here, following which villagers clashed with police and indulged in stone-pelting, police said on Monday. The girl had gone to the fields Sunday afternoon to collect fodder for cattle but did not return. Later, her body was found in a field when her family members started searching for her, they said Police said prima facie it appeared that she was strangled. As the news spread, irate villagers pelted stones at a police party which was trying to take the body for post-mortem, they said.
After the warrant against her, the Mumbai-based lawyer moved the High Court and sought interim relief against police action in the matter. The case will be heard by Justice PD Naik's bench.
According to Delhi Police, Disha, along with the help of lawyer Nikita Jacob and engineer Shantanu Mallick, played key roles in the circulation of the document. The police also claim that the group worked with the pro-Khalistan outfit Poetic Justice Foundation.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], February 15 (ANI): Shantanu Mallick, suspect in the ongoing 'Toolkit' document case related to the farmers' protest, on Monday moved the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court seeking transit anticipatory bail.
updated: Feb 15 2021, 20:28 ist Delhi Police on Monday appeared to link activists Disha Ravi, Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Mallick, who are being investigated in the toolkit case, with a foreigner under Indian agencies' radar for his "connections" with the ISI, claiming that his name figured in the document they prepared in support of farmers' protest. Under fire from the Opposition parties for "targeting" the youth activists, police also claimed that Mumbai-based Nikita and Shantanu, an engineer residing in Maharashtra's Beed, had a Zoom meeting on January 11 with pro-Khalistani outfit Poetic Justice Foundation when modalities for creating the 'toolkit' for farmers' protest was finalised.