Kappan and 3 others were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police in October 2020 and slapped with the stringent UAPA, as cops claimed he wanted to disturb peace in the area.
The Kerala journalist, booked under UAPA & other charges, for alleged links with Popular Front of India, has approached SC. The bail plea hearing will take place on 9 September.
Justice Krishan Pahal denied Kappan bail due to several factors, including use of tainted money, links with other accused from outside media fraternity.
Justice Krishan Pahal says the prosecution's allegations of tainted money being used by the applicant and his colleagues for inciting violence cannot be ruled out.
Charge sheet against Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan and seven others was filed by UP Police in a Mathura court on 3 April. Court has taken cognisance, charges yet to be framed.
The plea demands contempt action against Senior Superintendent of Mathura jail, two special secretaries of UP Department of Home Affairs, chief secretary of UP government and UP DGP.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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