"If I prefer King Fu Over Yoga, Will I Become Chinese Spy?' Interesting Courtroom Exchange In Disha Ravi Bail Hearing

Shreya Agarwal

20 Feb 2021 2:14 PM IST

  • If I prefer King Fu Over Yoga, Will I Become Chinese Spy? Interesting Courtroom Exchange In Disha Ravi Bail Hearing

    A Delhi Court is hearing #DishaRavi's bail plea, a 22-year old climate activist who was sent to judicial custody in relation to the #Toolkit...

    A Delhi Court is hearing #DishaRavi's bail plea, a 22-year old climate activist who was sent to judicial custody in relation to the #Toolkit case.

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    • 20 Feb 2021 4:28 PM IST

      Agarwal: An order of interim bail was passed for Shantanu on Feb 16, and for Nikita, according to a newspaper article the bail order was for a period of 3 weeks.

      #DishaRavi

      #Toolkit

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:28 PM IST

      Agarwal now reading Shantanu Muluk's transit bail order granted by the Bombay High Court.

      Court: Only read the operative portion.

      #DishaRavi

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:26 PM IST

      Court: Can you please explain what is the purpose and meaning of this transit bail?

      Agarwal: It means that In these 10days, Shantanu cannot be arrested.

      Court: Is it like an anticipatory bail only?

      Agarwal agrees: I'm most obliged.

      #DishaRavi

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:23 PM IST

      Agarwal: My case is, were they sleeping while I was in custody?

      #DishaRavi

      #Toolkit

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:22 PM IST

      Agarwal: I am extremely surprised, they are saying there could be more mobiles, more laptops.. in my 5 days worth of policy custody, I was not even taken to Bangalore, no raid was conducted.

      #DishaRavi

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:22 PM IST

      Agarwal: So while deciding on bail, the question is that will the accused be available to serve whatever punishment that is meted out to her.

      #DishaRavi

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:22 PM IST

      Agarwal: I am not saying that I should be exonerated on this basis, but kindly consider that at the end of the day, there is a possibility that I may get away with merely a fine.

      #DishaRavi

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:21 PM IST

      Agarwal: There is also a provision in Section 124A itself where the punishment is only a fine - i.e. a rap on the knuckle.

      #DishaRavi

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:19 PM IST

      Agarwal: Their case is not that the Toolkit is seditious but that these persons are bad.

      #DishaRavi

      #Toolkit

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:18 PM IST

      Agarwal: The upshot of 124A is an utterance or communication. If the communication here is of the Toolkit, there is no disaffection in the Toolkit. Neither on a plain reading, nor on a reading through the ASG's eyes.

      #DishaRavi

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