"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 4:18 PM IST

      Agarwal: This is not the scope of S.124A.

      Agarwal now refers to sec. 124A.

      #DishaRavi

      #Toolkit

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:17 PM IST

      Agarwal: It has now come up in their submissions that the Toolkit by itself is not seditious, infact, one will have to do application of mind, superimpose things, to arrive at the conclusion that the accused is seditious.

      #DishaRavi

      #Toolkit

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:17 PM IST

      Agarwal: What have I done? I am so honored that this Ld. Court raised the question whether the Toolkit by itself is seditious.

      #DishaRavi

      #Toolkit

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:15 PM IST

      Agarwal: Their allegations in the FIR state that I have attacked chai and yoga. Is this the parameter for sedition?

      #DishaRavi

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:14 PM IST

      Agarwal: For instance, if there is yoga. And I prefer kung fu over yoga. Will I become a chinese spy? I'm not saying this. It's in their FIR. We're reducing the bar of someone having a different point of view. 

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:14 PM IST

      Agarwal: For instance, if there is yoga. And I prefer kung fu over yoga. Will I become a chinese spy? I'm not saying this. It's in their FIR. We're reducing the bar of someone having a different point of view. 

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:14 PM IST

      Agarwal: If the offence is that I protested peacefully, I'm guilty, if the offence is that I advertised about this peaceful protest, I'm guilty. If this is the parameter, I'm definitely guilty.

      #DishaRavi

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:11 PM IST

      Agarwal: An organization which has come up on Feb 2020, how can it be called Khalistani? The issue of PJF, their most critical piece of evidence is the Zoom call... the court also asked, was the applicant a part of the Zoom call?

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:11 PM IST

      Agarwal: They have such wide powers, but they have not banned this PJF organization.

      Police: Their activities as of Oct, 2020, came to be known to us, and their website was launched in Jan 2021.

      #DishaRavi

      #Toolkit

    • 20 Feb 2021 4:09 PM IST

      Agarwal: There is no mark on a person's face saying that they are a secessionist. It's a very nice English word, conspiracy. I've learnt it from Mr. Raju himself, "jiska koi nahi hota, uska conspiracy hota hain."

      #DishaRavi

      #Toolkit

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