Sedition charge

14 Jan 2019

In power

BJP — Delhi Police

Acted

Police, Delhi

Under

Sections 124A, 143, 147, 149, 120B and 323 IPC (Sections 465 and 471 IPC also appear in the cognizance order)

Delhi Police filed a chargesheet against Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and seven Kashmiri students, and mentioned 36 others without naming them as accused for lack of evidence. Police said it rested on documentary evidence, CCTV footage and about 90 eyewitness accounts. On 19 January 2019 the Patiala House court refused to take cognizance because the chargesheet was filed without sanction from the Delhi government; police told the court sanction would be obtained within ten days. [1][2][3]

• 10 persons named as accused in the chargesheet, said Delhi Police chargesheet (as listed in the cognizance order) [3]
• 36 others mentioned in the chargesheet but not named as accused, said Delhi Police (as reported by Bar & Bench) [1]
• about 90 eyewitness accounts relied on, said Delhi Police (as reported by Bar & Bench) [1]

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