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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the bail plea of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan on Friday (August 26).
Kappan along with three others were arrested on October 5, 2020 by the Uttar Pradesh Police under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA)while going to Hathras after the rape and murder of a Dalit girl.
A counsel representing Kappan mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana. The bench agreed to list the matter on Friday.
Earlier this month, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had rejected Kappan’s plea for bail.
Also Read Ordinary citizens’ freedom cannot be taken away: Siddique Kappan’s daughter Kappan’s plea in the apex court said, “As a result of the rejection of the application, the petitioner, a journalist of 12 years’ experience, who has also served as the secretary of the Delhi chapter of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists continues to be incarcerated. Presently, the petitioner has spent almost two years behind bars, on the basis of trumped-up charges, only because he sought to discharge his professional duty of reporting on the infamous case of the Hathras rape/murder.” The plea contended that the plea raises seminal questions pertaining to the right to liberty, as well as the freedom of expression and speech vested in independent media under the aegis of the Constitution.

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