: Siddique Kappan case: SC issues notice to Uttar Pradesh government, final hearing on September 9 #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government in connection

Siddique Kappan case: SC issues notice to Uttar Pradesh government, final hearing on September 9 #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government in connection with the case of journalist Siddique Kappan, who has been booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.A bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat said that the court will hear the case next on September 9, when it will be disposed of. He also directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file its response by September 5.Kappan was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police on October 5, 2020, while he was travelling with three other men in a car to Hathras where a Dalit woman was gangraped and killed by four upper-caste Thakur men on September 14, 2020.The police first accused the Kerala-based journalist of intending to start a caste-based riot and create communal disharmony. Subsequently, sedition charges and provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act were added.On August 2, the Allahabad High Court had rejected his bail plea saying that it had emerged during the investigation that Kappan had no work in Hathras when he was arrested.However, Mohammad Alam, one of the persons booked under the UAPA along with Kappan, was granted bail on Tuesday by the Allahabad High Court. Alam is a member of the Islamic organisation Popular Front of India,...Read more

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