Siddique Kappan Co-Accused Atiq-Ur-Rehman Granted Bail By Allahabad High Court In Hathras Conspiracy Case

The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to the 'Hathras Conspiracy' case accused Atikur Rehman (also spelled as Atiq-Ur-Rehman) who was arrested in October 2020 along with journalist Siddique Kappan and two others on their way to Hathras to meet the family members of a gang rape and murder victim.

The bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Renu Agarwal took into account the fact that Rehman has been in jail for the last over 2 years and that the co-accused in the matter, Siddique Kappan and Mohammad Alam have already been granted bail by the High Court.

A detailed copy of the Judgment is awaited.

It may be noted that Rehman would continue to remain in jail due to the pendency of a PMLA case against him.

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Rehman was held by UP Police on his way to Hathras along with a Kerala journalist (Siddique Kappan) and 2 others while they were going to meet the family members of the gang rape and murder victim.

After being held by the UP Police, Rehman was slapped with Sections 17 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), Sedition (S. 124-A IPC), Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion (S. 153-A IPC), deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings (S. 295-A IPC) and Section 65, 72 and 75 of the IT Act.

Case title - Atikur Rehman vs. State of UP

Case Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 97